Ports & Harbours

The UK’s Environment Agency has announced work is set to begin building an earth embankment to provide vital flood protection from the sea at Easton Broad, south of Lowestoft in Suffolk.

Peel Ports has awarded a contract to a joint venture comprising BAM Nuttall and Van Oord for construction of the new £300m Liverpool2 Container Terminal on the Mersey estuary.

United Waalhaven Terminals (UWT) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have reached agreement for construction of a new quay on the Prins Johan Frisohaven, partly to handle empty containers.

Thanet District Council’s Harbour Master Rob Brown is certain that Ramsgate is a port whose time has come – again.

Dutch design and engineering consultancy Grontmij has agreed a further extension to an assignment aimed at protecting Poland from catastrophic flooding, including the region around the city of Wroclaw.

Scotland’s most northerly mainland port has signed an agreement with NorSea Group that will see major investment in developing a one stop shop for the offshore oil and gas industry with an…

Foundation work on Zeebrugge’s second LNG jetty is complete, allowing progress with building of the superstructure in a project with one eye on the supplying of LNG as a fuel for shipping.

KCAP Architects&Planners, Royal HaskoningDHV and project initiator Emergo have presented plans for a floating park in Rotterdam’s Rijnhaven.