Ports & Harbours

Gulf Finance House BSC (GFH), one of the leading Islamic investment banks in the Middle East, and Bahrain-based Dala Development Properties Management Co WLL (Dala Development), have announced that they have signed…

The 24th Bi-annual Conference of the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH), which took place in Shanghai 21-27 May, marking the 50th anniversary of the organisation, concluded with a stark warning…

A new report from the Construction Industry Research Association (CIRIA) is offering ports and harbours new insights into, and new tools to fight, Accelerated Low Water Corrosion (ALWC).

Edinburgh based Ocean Power Delivery (OPD) signed an order last month with a Portuguese consortium led by Enersis to build the initial phase of the worlds first commercial wave farm to generate…

An updated and revised version of a European standard for cathodic protection of harbour structures, EN 13174, which will be of direct use for port and harbour engineers planning protection against ALWC…

The Municipality of Gavle in Sweden is investing 6.5m in the Port of Gavle to create a new quay and for dredging in order to allow calls by larger container ships. Together…

Development plans for Folkestone Harbour UK include the introduction of two further berths to accommodate larger vessels of up to 7m draft and a harbour dredging programme as well as the ongoing…

Bristol UK based Marine Current Turbines has received £ 3.85m from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to help fund their SeaGen tidal energy project. The grant to Sea Generation Ltd…

The Duke of York has officially opened Costain s West Bay project in Dorset, which will provide flood protection and vastly improved harbour facilities for the small Dorset town.

MacGregor has strengthened its relationship with Danish ferry operator DFDS by securing a new order for a large linkspan installation at Immingham in the UK, making the inner harbour accessible at all…

ABPmer , Associated British Ports marine environment research subsidiary, has helped secure planning permission for the creation of 108 hectares of new coastal habitat on Wallasea Island on Crouch Estuary in Essex.…

Corrosion control specialists iicorr in Aberdeen says it has secured contracts worth around £ 400,000 to carry out corrosion control work for a number of Scottish ports including those at Orkney, Wick,…

Agreement has been reached by all interested parties that short term action should be taken to repair a 90m long eroded section of sand dunes at the neck of East Head, a…