Ports & Harbours

Jan de Nul reports that new projects with a total value of more than €500m have been added to its orderbook in the last month.

Royal Boskalis Westminster has acquired a contract with port operator Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) for deepening and widening the port and access channel of JNPT in Mumbai, India.

Construction work on Antwerp Port Authority’s new headquarters, which will start in September, will be kept on a tight rein.

Germany’s historic Rhine-Main-Danube (RMD) Canal, which links two of Europe’s mightiest river complexes and two halves of the European continent, celebrates its 20th anniversary in September.

In July, Aberdeen Harbour Board awarded a £5.2 million contract involving major improvements to the port entrance and for widening and deepening the navigation channel, writes David Foxwell.

In July, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in the UK announced that it had approved three applications relating to the development of a jetty at Hinkley Point, Somerset, writes David Foxwell.

In mid-July, the Marine Management Organisation in the UK announced that it has approved a licence for a maerl-relocation trial to take place in the Falmouth area, writes David Foxwell.

A contest to win a contract to build and install new lock gates for the £5 million Dock Lock project at Milford Marina is well underway, writes David Foxwell.