Ports & Harbours

A giant set of new lock gates has arrived by barge in Milford Haven, UK. The gates are part of the Port’s £6m Milford Dock Lock Project which will reduce locking times…

According to UK company Tyne and Wear Marine (TWM), common misconceptions abound when it comes to testing bollards. For example, many seem to think that bollards should be tested at 90° to…

The ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven are doing much to address the issue of air quality. Not only are they engaged in facilitating LNG infrastructure, they are proving that the ports’ own…

Spanish port boarding solutions provider Adelte has announced that it will design, manufacture and install two state-of-the-art HYDRA-model Seaport Passenger Boarding Bridges (SPBBs) for the new Hamburg cruise terminal.

Commercial pontoon specialist Marine Designs Ltd, part of the A&P Group, has completed its 11th offshore wind related project with the installation of crew transfer pontoons in Grimsby Fish Docks for the…

Cork Harbour, on the south coast of Ireland, reputed to be the second largest harbour in the world, sees a great variety of shipping, with some 4,500 vessel movements per annum. The…

Lerwick Port Authority has awarded a construction contract for the latest expansion of the harbour’s facilities in a project costing a total of £16.5 million and which will benefit the fishing and…

Irish civil engineering contractor L&M Keating Ltd have successfully towed and installed the contractor designed 1000t reinforced concrete lock chamber for a new storm gate on Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, Ireland.…

Hamburg has invested in an environmentally friendly alternative for supplying power to cruise ships lying at port. The LNG Hybrid Barge, Becker Marine Systems’ floating liquefied gas power plant christened at Hafencity,…