Ports & Harbours

The first $76.2m stage of a new container terminal in the Romanian Black Sea port of Constantza is scheduled to start operation in August.

Funding for the construction of a major ro-ro terminal and new quays at the Port of Great Yarmouth in the UK, at £ 32m, one of the largest projects of its type…

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…

A new company formed from the amalgamation of the UK nearshore and onshore geotechnical divsions of Fugro Ltd and Foundation & Exploration Services Ltd, Fugro Engineering Services (FES), has carried out deep…

Sherwood Forest Park, often referred to as Sherwood Arboretum, is situated on the Sherwood reach of the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Australia.

Consultancy group Halcrow has been appointed by the Dover Harbour Board to help shape the Port of Dovers future as demand for its services begins to outstrip capacity.

Gibraltar is at the meeting point of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, a geography which produces a highly complex pattern of currents and tides. When the Government of Gibraltar planned…

The Millbank Pier, the fifth and final new London pier being built with funding from the Millennium Commission, opens this month.

A £ 4 million project to rebuild Queens Wharf in Falmouth UK began this month following the removal of a massive crane from the seabed. The wharf was destroyed on the night…

The European Marine Sand and Gravel Group (EMSAGG) held a major conference, European marine sand and gravel - shaping the future, in February at Delft University in the Netherlands.

Contractor Interbeton has sunk the first caissons that will form the basis of a new 1,200m long quay wall at the Port of Durban in South Africa, a project that Interbeton is…

British Waterways has announced the route selected to link the River Great Ouse at Bedford with the Grand Union Canal at Milton Keynes, the first new canal to be built in the…

A major £ 700,000 renovation project, which has closed off a northern section of the Lancaster Canal throughout the winter, is on course for completion this month, British Waterways has confirmed.