Ports & Harbours

Conjet hydrodemolition equipment is playing a key role in removing concrete and assisting with the replacement of the Panama Canals special tow track rail system. The track is used by powerful electric…

Gweek, Cornwall-based Seacore has completed a challenging pile remediation project on behalf of BP Norway for a new four-legged water injection jacket standing in 76m of water in the Valhall Field in…

Traditionally adversarial relationships between environmentalists and port developers have been reversed by a pioneering agreement between Associated British Ports and leading UK conservation organisations which will help to safeguard the future of…

New UK ferry terminals built by Mowlem Marine have opened recently at Holyhead and Scrabster Harbour , Caithness, Scotland.

The phenomenal sold-out success of Jumeirah Palm Island off the coast of Dubai has led to a second major land reclamation project for the Netherlands Van Oord ACZ .The dredging and marine…

An environmental clean-up operation in the old heavily industrialised Asturias region of Spain is turning a contaminated sedimentation basin of a river mouth into an inviting urban green space for the coastal…

The first of 30 turbines was fitted at the UKs newest offshore windfarm at North Hoyle , 8 to 11 km, off the coast of Wales, on 19 August. The site is…

In late January, this year, the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) was confronted by a serious problem in the Port of Shuaiba, Kuwait, where there was an urgent requirement for a facility…

Argyll & Bute Council in the UK has revealed more details of its intended re-development of Dunoon Pier and the marine infrastructure around the pier, a well known structure built during the…

The first phase of a 30 year development plan for the busy UK Port of Dover , devised by consultants Halcrow and covered in MJ last month, is moving forward, with Edmund…

British firm DCT (Deepsea Container Terminal) Gdansk has signed a 60 year lease giving it the exclusive right to build and operate a deep-sea container terminal in the Polish port which could…

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…