Ports & Harbours

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.

Following a competitive tendering exercise UK based Coastline Surveys Limited have been awarded a two year survey contract to undertake monthly surveys of the Cardiff Bay, the Barrage, Inner and Outer Harbours…

A new development at the UK' s Plymouth Marina has involved the construction of a boat launching facility to move craft directly from the storage yard into the estuary below.

Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has begun construction works for a new bridge over the Rethe canal.

TTS has carried out a major upgrade project to extend the life of access ramps serving a Stena Line route.

The Dutch engineering consultancy DHV has been commissioned, together with the Chinese planning institute Qinghua and the Arup consultancy from the UK, to carry out a prestigious coastal and urban development project…

Europe’ s first container terminal to be built inland entirely for operation by global shipping majors has been completed and inaugurated in Europe’ s biggest inland port, Duisburg, after construction costing around…

Construction work is beginning this month on one of the most prestigious port civil engineering projects ever undertaken in Germany, the planned € 1bn JadeWeser deepwater container facility in Wilhelmshaven.

The developers for the new Outer Harbour at Great Yarmouth in the UK say construction is progressing well on the new north breakwater, with approximately 550m completed.