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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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

Within days of defeating Ken Livingstone to become the new Mayor of London last month, Boris Johnson has withdrawn his predecessor' s legal challenge to the UK Government' s decision to grant…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