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Following the success of the Contract Management Days for Dredging and Maritime Construction in 2006, the Central Dredging Association (CEDA) and the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC), in association with CIRIA…

Tidal energy, is more predictable than wind or solar and canproduce 20% of the UKs current energy needs. Capturing four times more energythan anything air based, tidal energy has real potential.

Since it was opened in June 2000, Associated British PortsHumber International Terminal (HIT) has exceeded all throughput expectations,having recently handled its 50 millionth ton of cargo.

After more than two years of workshops,conferences, best practice tours and several papers and studies being publishedconsidering the common challenges faced by ports across Europe, the EUsPort-Net project held its closing conference…

The first phase of astudy is underway into the thousands of planes which have crashed into the seaaround Britain, many during WWII, and how they relate to the activities of themarine aggregates…

The UK Harbour Masters Association Autumn Seminar will take place at the IMarEST Conference Centre in London on 17 October. The programme has proved a challenge to finalise but the result offers…

Associated British Ports (ABP) Port of Cardiff celebrated the centenary of Queen Alexandra Dock with an official tree planting ceremony last week and the opening of a special photographic exhibition featuring images…

At the beginning of September the new flagship of the Chinese shipping company COSCO Container Lines Ltd docked at the Port of Hamburg for the first time. The Cosco Asia, with its…

The revolutionary New Zealand biodiesel powerboat Earthrace arrived in Amsterdam last week as part of its European promotional tour sponsored by Deutsche-Med of Rostock, Germany.

At noon on 11 September, ten members of the British Limbless Ex-Service Mens Association (BLESMA) and two participants from its American counterparts The Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project (WWDSP) embarked upon a…

APL, the global container transportation company, has ordered eight MAN B& W 14K98ME-C7 engines, each generating a massive 84,280 kW or 115,000 BHP at 104 rpm, to power eight 10,000 TEU containerships…

The Port of Marseille Authority (PMA) is planning to develop two more new container terminals at Fos, its base for east-west trades, with a combined capacity of two million teu per year.…