Ports & Harbours

Making its debut at seawork 2003 , Lankhorst Recycling will be pulling out the plastic.

Norsk Hydro is involved in a pioneer project on the windswept Norwegian island of Utsira which could determine if hydrogen combined with wind power may prove the best energy solution for remote…

The UKs famous Southend Pier , which was badly damaged by fire more than 20 years ago, has finally been rebuilt.

Ballast Ham Dredging recently completed the dredging of Limehouse Basin within the East London Docks, employing their patented Water Injection Dredging (WID) technology.

Boskalis Offshore is making good progress with a challenging project that will see Singapore connected to the Indonesian island of Pulau Pemping by a new 26km gas pipeline known as the Pulau…

A £ 4 million project to rebuild Queens Wharf in Falmouth UK began this month following the removal of a massive crane from the seabed. The wharf was destroyed on the night…

The European Marine Sand and Gravel Group (EMSAGG) held a major conference, European marine sand and gravel - shaping the future, in February at Delft University in the Netherlands.

A new company formed from the amalgamation of the UK nearshore and onshore geotechnical divsions of Fugro Ltd and Foundation & Exploration Services Ltd, Fugro Engineering Services (FES), has carried out deep…

Sherwood Forest Park, often referred to as Sherwood Arboretum, is situated on the Sherwood reach of the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Australia.

Consultancy group Halcrow has been appointed by the Dover Harbour Board to help shape the Port of Dovers future as demand for its services begins to outstrip capacity.

Gibraltar is at the meeting point of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, a geography which produces a highly complex pattern of currents and tides. When the Government of Gibraltar planned…

The Millbank Pier, the fifth and final new London pier being built with funding from the Millennium Commission, opens this month.

Contractor Interbeton has sunk the first caissons that will form the basis of a new 1,200m long quay wall at the Port of Durban in South Africa, a project that Interbeton is…

British Waterways has announced the route selected to link the River Great Ouse at Bedford with the Grand Union Canal at Milton Keynes, the first new canal to be built in the…

A major £ 700,000 renovation project, which has closed off a northern section of the Lancaster Canal throughout the winter, is on course for completion this month, British Waterways has confirmed.

The Swedish Port of Goteborgs board has approved the Ports largest ever investment package, authorising some $45m for upgrading facilities at the Skandia Container Terminal to accommodate the largest boxships envisioned for…

Cornwall based Seacore Ltd has demonstrated the versatility of one of its Skate II series jack up platforms during the replacement and extension of a seawall outfall pipeline down steep cliffs and…

The Belgian DEME Group recently deployed its powerful sea-going cutter suction dredger Amazone to Nigeria for trench dredging at the Offshore Gas Gathering System (OGGS) landfall on the southern shore of Bonny…

Civil engineering contractors Costain began work earlier this month on a £ 28m project to extend Trinity Terminal at the UK Port of Felixstowe. The Port was granted the Harbour Revision Order…