Ports & Harbours

Volker Stevin Marine has been awarded a £ 16m contract to manufacture, transport and submerge the tunnel units for the new Tyne Tunnel in the UK.

The German Government has approved spending of € 420m up to 2018 to upgrade the spectacular Kiel Canal, which links the North Sea and the Baltic and is the world’ s busiest…

The restoration of sea locks and a lifting road bridge at the historic Brunswick Dock in Liverpool was completed earlier this month. The dock was originally built in 1838 to handle timber…

Torbay Harbour Authority in the UK is the first Solent Marine client to benefit from the company' s new solution in modular walkway pontoon design for marina construction.

Work starts this month on the new £ 12m Raasay Ferry Terminal, which will accommodate the Caledonian MacBrayne service sailing to Sconser.

Marine industry electrical products specialist and Seawork exhibitor Maricer has recently completed the supply of electric and water service pedestals to the British Waterways Marinas Ltd (BWML) site at Diglis Basin in…

Within days of defeating Ken Livingstone to become the new Mayor of London last month, Boris Johnson has withdrawn his predecessor' s legal challenge to the UK Government' s decision to grant…

The UK Government' s Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) appointed contractors last month to undertake a Severn tidal power feasibility study which will determine the potential of a tidal…

Oman' s Port of Salalah has worked closely with Cavotec MoorMaster in implementing a vacuum based mooring system that allows for safe and swift mooring of ships of all sizes at the…

Spanish marina builder Ronautica has recently delivered a tender proposal to the Balearic Port Authority for an ecological, self sufficient port based on renewable energies.

The councillor for spatial planning at Krimpen aan den IJssel in the Netherlands drove the first pile last month for the new completion quay at IHC Krimpen Shipyard. The ceremony launched a…

Delta Marine Consultants (DMC), the company behind the Xbloc armoured unit used in shore defence projects, is developing a new  environmentally friendly version of the Xbloc, which it has dubbed the ‘…

Work is progressing in East London on the first piece of infrastructure for the 2012 Olympics. Civil engineering contractor Volker Stevin is undertaking works at Prescott Lock at the gateway to Olympic…

Coastal defence work has started to replenish the beach and construct a series of groynes at Felixstowe Beach in Suffolk UK.

Hamble UK based Solent Marine has become the exclusive worldwide supplier of SolDeck, a new synthetic decking which offers marinas a number of advantages over other systems.

Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Southampton has awarded a multi-million pound building contract for its fourth cruise terminal to Dean & Dyball, the Hampshire UK based multi-disciplinary contractor.

Proving popular at a number of international exhibitions, returning Seawork exhibitor VersaDock has received an order from the organisers of Boat Show Asia 2008 for 300 m2 of VersaDock to not only…

The ABP Port of Southampton has recently installed new ship to shore walkways at the Port’ s City Cruise Terminal.