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Last minute problems threaten one of Germany’s biggest maritime engineering projects, but the final go ahead for another appeared within grasp while work on a third began.

21st May 2012

Germans stall on JWP, movement elsewhere

21st May 2012

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PORTS & HARBOURS

The Sabah Al-Ahmad Sea City Project is yet another awe-inspiring pioneering project in the Middle East that has environmentalists around the globe holding their breath.

21st May 2012

Engineering solution for ‘salt bog’ city

21st May 2012

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PORTS & HARBOURS

Royal Boskalis Westminster, the well-known dredging and marine contractor based in the Netherlands, has acquired a contract which will see it working in the offshore windfarm market.

21st May 2012

Boskalis wins offshore wind contract

21st May 2012

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PORTS & HARBOURS

Lerwick Harbour’s ‘hub’ role servicing the offshore oil and gas industry in the waters around Shetland is highlighted by the latest statistics issued by the port, which show increased traffic in the…

21st May 2012

Lerwick’s dredging effort pays off

21st May 2012

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PORTS & HARBOURS

Pontoon specialist Marine Designs Ltd, part of the A&P Group, has completed a trio of commercial projects at opposite ends of the UK.

21st May 2012

Variety as commercial pontoons proliferate

21st May 2012

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PORTS & HARBOURS

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in the UK has approved licences for ABP Southampton for works and associated dredging at berths 201 and 202 at the Port of Southampton.

21st May 2012

MMO approves Southampton works

21st May 2012

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PORTS & HARBOURS

Peel Ports recently commenced the procurement phase for the construction of its new deepwater container terminal at the Port of Liverpool.

21st May 2012

Peel Ports invites bids for Liverpool 2

21st May 2012

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PORTS & HARBOURS

A significant growth in traffic has led Red Funnel , the original Isle of Wight ferry operator, to extend and refurbish two of its three 2,900 ton Raptor class vessels, Red Osprey…

21st May 2012

Linkspan Lifts Red Funnels Fortunes

21st May 2012

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PORTS & HARBOURS

The worlds first deepwater offshore wind farm is to be developed with government support from Scotland and the UK. Late last month, Scotlands First Minister Jack McConnell announced a research grant of…

21st May 2012

Funding for Deepwater Windfarm

21st May 2012

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PORTS & HARBOURS

A £ 17 million coastal defence scheme in the UK is to get more than £ 12 million in Government grant aid, Floods Minister Elliot Morley has announced.

21st May 2012

Morley Announce £17m Coastal Defences

21st May 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

TTS has designed, supplied and installed a tailor made linkspan for the Port of Rothesay in Scotland. The linkspan, part of the Rothesay Pier Ferry Berth Improvement Project, meets the stringent classification…

21st May 2012

More than 390,000 tons of rock has now been delivered to site, and the Side Stone Dumping Vessel (SSDV) Frans is on site to install the foundations for the south breakwater.

21st May 2012

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PORTS & HARBOURS

Tanzania Harbours Authority has awarded a contract for improvements to the entrance channel to the Port of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to Ballast Ham Dredging (BHD).

21st May 2012

BHD Wins Contract in Tanzania

21st May 2012

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PORTS & HARBOURS

Three European countries - the UK, France and the Netherlands, are collaborating to produce an updated manual on the use of rock in hydraulic engineering.

21st May 2012

Tri-national Project to Produce Upgraded Rock Manual

21st May 2012

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PORTS & HARBOURS

At the beginning of this month, preparations began for the removal and repair of the Wellington Dock gates in the Port of Dover’s marina.

21st May 2012

Dover to repair Wellington Dock Gates

21st May 2012

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PORTS & HARBOURS

The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) has announced that The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads in the UK are to be given an £800,000 grant to help find new ways of removing sediment in…

21st May 2012

Broads win EU research funds

21st May 2012

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PORTS & HARBOURS

Barcelona based TEAM Ports & Maritime has been awarded with a contract to design five Passenger Boarding Bridges for the new Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong.

21st May 2012

Spanish PBBs for Hong Kong terminal

21st May 2012

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PORTS & HARBOURS

ABPmer has been commissioned by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) to develop a 3D water quality model of the Forth Estuary. The model, once validated, will provide SEPA with a suitable…

21st May 2012

Three dimensional modelling for estuary

21st May 2012

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PORTS & HARBOURS

Work started recently at Haifa Port in Israel to deepen the harbour to a depth of 17.5m, following authorisation for the project by Israel’s Ministry for Environmental Protection. The port hopes to…

21st May 2012

Deepening of Port of Haifa underway

21st May 2012

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PORTS & HARBOURS

HR Wallingford and UK Port Advisers have announced an alliance aimed at improving service to clients and enhancing their offerings to market in both the UK and overseas.

21st May 2012

Alliance for HR Wallingford and UK Port Advisers

21st May 2012

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PORTS & HARBOURS

ARCADIS, the international design, consulting, engineering and management services company based in The Netherlands, has announced that, together with its subsidiary EC Harris, it has won a three-year framework contract with Abu…

21st May 2012

ARCADIS and EC Harris win Abu Dhabi project

21st May 2012