Ports & Harbours

Drogheda Port Company has selected a consortium as preferred bidder following an open competitive process to secure a joint venture partner to co-develop Irelands new deepwater port at Bremore Co Fingal.

The global boom in port construction and land reclamation works has sparkedconfident fleet renewal programmes by the major international dredging contractors, with the emphasis currently on versatile medium size trailer suction hopper…

Sovereign Harbour is an exclusive residential development set around a series of complex marinas and tidal basins in Eastbourne, East Sussex UK. The entrance feature to the site consists of a large…

Belgian marine construction and dredging contractor Jan De Nul has been awarded two contracts by Aker/Exxon relating to the Adriatic LNG contract. At Algeciras in Spain a berm and tow-out channel must…

At a value in the region of £ 2.5 million, the order to refurbish the Lowestoft Bridge in Suffolk is Bosch Rexroths single largest order in the UK. Placed in July 2006…

The Crown Estate and Greenwich Foundation in the UK have completed therestoration of the historic Queens Stairs on the banks of the River Thames atthe Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. These are…

Renewable energy generator E.ON UK and Ocean Prospect have agreed to work together to develop proposals for a potential 5MW wave power project in the sea off Cornwall. The pioneering scheme would…

The harbour walls at Padstow in the UK are being given a £ 1.8 million facelift as the Environment Agency, working with Royal Haskoning, starts essential repairs in the popular North Cornwall…

Hampshire UK based Commercial Marine and Piling (CMP) has completed a £ 1m contract at Battersea Power Station in London to refurbish the existing jetty for use as a commercial wharf. It…

The decision of defending Americas Cup Champions, landlocked Switzerland, to stage the 2007 event from the Spanish Port of Valencia has led to an explosion of port development and housing works which…

TTS Port Equipment AB has been awarded a contract for a semi-submerged linkspan for use by island traffic outside Gothenburg, Sweden. The semi-submerged linkspan will be a vehicle deck structure hinged to…

Bristol Port Company is consolidating plans announced last year to build a 300m deepwater container terminal on reclaimed land outside the Avonmouth dock complex and now expects to submit a planning application…

Southampton UK based Solent Marine designed and built 80 pontoon sections and designed a 36m linkspan bridge which recently completed a multi-faceted project to create moorings for the fishing fleet in Cornwalls…