Ports & Harbours

The Weser port of Brake is inaugurating a new warehouse complex, the Halle Nord, this month

Odfjell Terminals Europe has signed an agreement with Grand Port Maritime du Havre (GPMH) for the reservation of a plot of land to be developed into a bulk liquid terminal.

The UK Environment Agency (EA) has given the go-ahead for a £36m sea defence scheme for the Essex coast aimed at protecting over 3,000 homes for the next 100 years.

Officials on the German North Sea island of Borkum in the Ems Estuary have inaugurated new storm protection barriers after two and a half years of complex building.

The RoRo facility for Berth No. 1 has been completely refurbished at ADM Kiel by Nobiskrug GmbH and installed.

Orcades Marine, an Orkney based marine consultancy company, is about to commence a research and development study on the prospect of a Floating Container Storage and Transhipment Terminal (FCSTT) in Scapa Flow.

Lyngby Denmark based construction company, E. Pihl & Søn AS has filed for bankruptcy, threatening a number of major projects including works at Aarhus and Copenhagen harbours.