Ports & Harbours

The Environment Agency (EA) in the UK says it hopes to obtain Heritage Lottery funding to help with the refurbishment of the historic Lydney Docks and surrounding harbour on the Severn estuary…

Consulting engineers HighPoint Rendel are providing verification of difficult designs for a £ 250 million deepwater port with a container terminal and free trade zone to be built in the Dominican Republic.

The Northern Lighthouse Board is responsible for over 350 lights, buoys and navigation beacons in the north of the UK, stretching from Chicken Rock on the Isle of Man to Muckle Flugga…

Associated British Ports (ABP) has acquired the former Ailsa-Troon shipyard at ABP' s Port of Troon under a 50-year lease. The 5.5ha site - which contains two dry docks, a pier, two…

A multidisciplinary investigation has been completed by Foundation and Exploration Services Ltd (FES) at Harwich UK, where both land and marine drilling were required.

Fentek, the UK-based manufacturer of fenders for ports and harbours, says the popularity of its Parallel Motion fender system continues to grow. Recent installations and orders have put the total number of…

Plastic Pilings Inc, the American manufacturer of marine piles and timber made of recycled plastic, has had a significant entry to the UK market via the Portsmouth Naval Base, where fender piles,…

Associated British Ports' plans for a new container terminal at Dibden Bay have been dealt a blow after a key Government agency decided that the site should be included in the newly…

Consulting engineers HighPoint Rendel in the UK has revealed details of an innovative project that it has undertaken on behalf of the Isle of Wight Council that will see a well known…