Ports & Harbours

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Crown Estate in the UK has announced a net revenue surplus of £ 211.4 million for the year ending 31st March 2008, a 5.6 per cent increase on last year. All…

1st September 2008

Crown Estate increases turnover from aggregates dredging

1st September 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Survey work by a consortium of firms involved in construction of the $3 billion Qatar-Bahrain Causeway got under way recently.

1st September 2008

Survey work for Qatar-Bahrain causeway gets under way

1st September 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A total of 10 Eco-Xbloc armoured units have been placed on the southern breakwater at Ijmuiden in The Netherlands in order to evaluate their ability to play a role creating habitats for…

1st September 2008

Xblocs installed on breakwater at IJmuiden

1st September 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Construction was finally starting this month on the ¢ 1bn first phase of Rotterdams giant new North Sea Maasvlakte 2 complex, which will eventually house deepsea container, distribution and chemical industry facilities…

1st September 2008

Rotterdam starts construction at Maasvlakte 2

1st September 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A £ 400m contract was signed last month which will launch the first stage of construction for DP World' s £ 1.5bn London Gateway container port and business park development at the…

1st September 2008

Door opens for London Gateway construction

1st September 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Department of Transport in Ireland has announced that construction of new harbour facilities at Caladh Mór, Inis Meáin, Aran Islands, County Galway are currently ongoing.

28th August 2008

New harbour facilities in County Galway

28th August 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Two new expansion projects, one completedand one still to come, will further increase container handling in Germanysbiggest seaport Hamburg.

30th July 2008

New Projects Boost Hamburg Port Capacity

30th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Maritime Journal joins the UK Environment Agency, Birse Coastal,and SCOPAC (Standing Conference On Problems Associated with the Coastline) insponsoring the International Conference on Coastal Management, which will beheld at the Mercure Holland…

30th July 2008

MJ Sponsors International Conference on Coastal Management

30th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Antwerp based shipping company EXMAR NV has applied tothe Zeebrugge Port Authority (MBZ) fora domain concession for the construction of a discharging and ship to shiptransfer installation for LNG and high…

30th July 2008

New LNG Infrastructure for Zeebrugge

30th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A metocean design has been completed for the proposed Round2 Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm, planned for the southern North Sea offthe UKs North Norfolk coast, just inside the 12 mile territorial…

30th July 2008

Extensive Design Study Prefaces Wind Farm

30th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

German authorities investing a total of ¢ 37.5mup to 2009 in the expansion of the growing seaport of Brake on the Lower Weser have now commissioned the construction of anew ¢ 14.5m…

30th July 2008

Germans Commission ¢14.5m Quay/Berth Project

30th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A risk assessment framework for marine aggregate extraction has been developed by HR Wallingford in association with Royal Haskoning and the University of Newcastle.

30th July 2008

Assessing the Risks Posed by Marine Aggregate Extraction

30th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Moroccan authorities definitely met the deadlines on TangerMed port project,as APM Terminals Tangier, a subsidiary of AP-Moller Maersk, inaugurated the firstcontainer terminal of the huge complex on 27th July, the concessionof which…

30th July 2008

Boxport Building at Global Trade Crossroads

30th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Three companies are reportedly bidding to win a £ 32 million contract for a large scale upgrade of the Port of Peterhead.

29th July 2008

Port of Peterhead plans large scale expansion

29th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The state owned Port of Tallinn and KMG Inseneriehituse have signed a contract for the extension of the Muuga Container Terminal in Estonia.

29th July 2008

Expansion planned at Estonias Muuga terminal

29th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Department of the Transport in Ireland has announced that marine construction work has commenced in Broad Haven Bay, in North West County Mayo, as part of the Corrib Field Development.

28th July 2008

Dredging underway for Corrib Field Development

28th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Environment Agency, in partnership with Chichester and Arun District Councils, has released more details of the draft coastal defence strategy for the West Sussex coastline between Pagham Harbour and West Wittering…

27th July 2008

Conservancy supports East Head strategy

27th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

DP World has secured approval to build a new port and logistics park on the banks of the River Thames in southeast England.

10th July 2008

DP World gets approval for London Gateway project

10th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A new linkspan has been installed at Victoria Terminal Four in Belfast in order to streamline the Stena HSS 1500 service.

10th July 2008

TTS installs new linkspan

10th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The first phase of the £ 17m Weston-Super-Mare sea defences and seafront enhancements formally opened to the public in early May. 

10th July 2008

First phase of works completed at Weston-Super-Mare

10th July 2008