Ports & Harbours

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Construction of South Africas newest harbour, Port of Ngqura, at Port Elizabeth, in the Eastern Cape, is progressing according to schedule, with approximately Rand 2 billion already having been spent on infrastructure.

1st March 2005

Port of Ngqura Taking Shape

1st March 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Xbloc armoured units of the type developed by Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) in the Netherlands have been selected for a number of new projects in different locations around the world, according to…

1st March 2005

More Orders for Xbloc Armoured Units

1st March 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A £ 50 million pound harbour and breakwater is being considered as one of a number of the proposals to strengthen the sea defences at Weston on the north Somerset coast in…

1st March 2005

Breakwater Considered to Strengthen Sea Defences

1st March 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Montrose New Bridge , via which the A92 crossed the river South Esk on the East Coast of Scotland until last October, was in fact 73 years old and dying from…

1st February 2005

Bridge Removal Over Shallow Waters

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

UK Government Ministers have backed a pilot project which could lead to a new, plan-led approach to protecting and managing Britains seas in a more sustainable way.

1st February 2005

A Planning System For the Sea

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Land and marine geotechnical investigations for a proposed LNG terminal, including an unloading jetty and pipeline at Horseshoe Point on the Isle of Grain in Kent UK, has been completed by Fugro…

1st February 2005

Firm Foundations for the Isle of Grain

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

At the end of January, the UK Secretary of State for Transport, Alistair Darling, set out his view on the proposal to support the Great Yarmouth Outer Harbour (EastPort) scheme with public…

1st February 2005

EastPort Project Moves Step Closer

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A European project called EUMARSAND is being uses to determine the potential effects on the marine environment of aggregates extraction, MJ has learned.

1st February 2005

Euro Project Addressing Aggregates Issues

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

With the pre-Christmas commissioning of the Scroby Sands wind farm just off the beach at Great Yarmouth, the UK has moved into position as the second largest offshore wind generator in the…

1st February 2005

Tidal Surge of Financial Support for UK Marine Renewables

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has been awarded a contract for constructing the entrance to and reclamation of land for the construction of a cruise terminal on the Turk &…

1st February 2005

Reclamation Contract Awarded

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Excavation, piling and the laying of foundations are in full swing at the eastern Skandia Harbour container yard in the Swedish Port of Goteborg . The quay and the surfaces within the…

1st February 2005

Improvements in Full Swing at Skandia Harbour

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Anglo Norwegian joint venture of Seacore Ltd and Eidesvik Subsea AS has been awarded an open tender contract by the joint Moroccan and Spanish authorities to perform a marine site investigation…

1st February 2005

Seabed Study for EuropeAfrica Tunnel

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Gothenburg based TTS Ships Equipment AB has won a contract from Stena Line Scandinavia AB for the turnkey delivery of linkspan for the Stena Terminal at Verko, near Karlskrona in Sweden. It…

1st February 2005

First Ever Linkspan Order for TTS

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

In early January, China Harbour-Costain announced that it had been awarded a US$170 million contract by Sempra LNG s Energia Costa Azul to design and construct the breakwater for a liquefied natural…

1st January 2005

China Harbour-Costain to Design Breakwater for LNG terminal

1st January 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Brunei has launched a global campaign to find a partner for its planned US$1.7 billion deepwater port, which is a major plank in the tiny Asian nations economic diversification plan.

1st January 2005

Brunei EDB Appoints Halcrow for Port Study

1st January 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Flexcrete , which specialises in repair to marine and other structures, has launched a new product, Cemprotec Clutch Filler , to complement its successful Cemprotec E942 system.

1st January 2005

Flexcrete Unveils Solution to Sheet Piling Problem

1st January 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

HR Wallingford in the UK has unveiled details of a major investment it has made in a new modelling hall that covers an area more than 11,000m 2.Responding to record demand for…

1st January 2005

Hydraulic Modelling Alive and Well at HR Wallingford

1st January 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Work on a 35m flood relief scheme for Clonmel in Ireland will start early next year, the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Mr Tom Parlon said recently during a…

1st December 2004

Flood Scheme to Cost €35m

1st December 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Plans for a marina at Yarmouth in the UK which could cost as much as £ 100m could be submitted to the borough council in February of 2005.

1st December 2004

£100m Marina Plans for Yarmouth

1st December 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Port of Felixstowe in the UK has celebrated the official opening of a 270m extension to its Trinity Terminal , known as Trinity III 2 , which was built by Costain…

1st December 2004

Costain Completes Work at Felixstowe

1st December 2004