Ports & Harbours

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…

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…

The UKs famous Southend Pier , which was badly damaged by fire more than 20 years ago, has finally been rebuilt.

Ballast Ham Dredging recently completed the dredging of Limehouse Basin within the East London Docks, employing their patented Water Injection Dredging (WID) technology.

Boskalis Offshore is making good progress with a challenging project that will see Singapore connected to the Indonesian island of Pulau Pemping by a new 26km gas pipeline known as the Pulau…

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…