Ports & Harbours – Page 38

  • News

    Port pipelines get deep treatment

    2013-05-17T07:30:00Z

    It might be easy to overlook the part the pipelines running along the new Scrabster Harbour quay in the north of Scotland play, especially as they are buried underfoot.

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    Retaining wall for waterfront park

    2013-05-17T07:30:00Z

    Work is getting underway on a ribbon wall fronting a £2.3 million waterfront park on the South Shields riverside in the UK.

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    Pontoon systems partnership to widen range

    2013-05-16T07:30:00Z

    The UK and Ireland markets should see concrete pontoons, especially large breakwaters, becoming more competitive with the joining of two forces, Intermarine and Marinetek UK.

  • Connecting up the vessel onshore
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    Hot issues for cold ironing

    2013-05-16T07:30:00Z

    The Finnish Port of Helsinki’s recently installed ship to shore cold ironing station isn’t new tech that’s being exploited, its old tech that’s already got a good, mature base, and evidence that eco-projects are not all about being ‘first’. ?

  • Scrabster is currently undergoing significant redevelopment, including a modern deepwater quay
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    Major investment at Scrabster Harbour

    2013-05-16T07:30:00Z

    NorSea Group and the Scrabster Harbour Trust in Caithness, Scotland, have signed an agreement which will result in major investment and new job prospects for the local economy.

  • An aerial view of the project. Photo: Volker Stevin
    News

    Southampton’s future proofing moves forward

    2013-05-15T07:30:00Z

    Steve Garrigan of VolkerStevin, part of the Dutch Volker Wessels group, explained to MJ that the UK’s Port of Southampton is responding to the challenges of bigger ships, but this has meant dealing with everything from oversize piling to migrating salmon.

  • The tunnel would allow shipping to bypass the notorious Stadlandet Peninsular, which lies fully exposed to the Atlantic seas
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    Norway plans world’s first ship tunnel

    2013-05-15T07:30:00Z

    Plans to build a tunnel as a short cut for shipping on Norway’s West Coast could lead to the first tunnel built specifically for ships.

  • The Aqua Cutter equipment running on automatic programming deals with Haifa’s East Pier
    News

    Efficiency for Haifa’s East Pier project

    2013-05-15T07:30:00Z

    A water cutter developed by Sweden’s Aquajet Systems AB is helping to make short work of removing decayed concrete from a pier at the Port of Haifa.

  • The Salhouse Broad project demonstrated how dredged material can be used to help create new habitat
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    Salhouse Broad project nominated for award

    2013-05-08T11:09:00Z

    Work to restore an eroded reed bed and spit of land at Salhouse Broad in the UK, using dredgings from the nearby river has been selected as a finalist for a prestigious national award.

  • SMARTtide incorporates a 2D hydrodynamic model of the UK’s continental shelf and the north-west European coastline
    News

    Tidal energy modelling tool launched

    2013-04-26T08:53:00Z

    The Loughborough UK based Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) and HR Wallingford are launching a tidal energy modelling tool for use by tidal energy developers to identify the most efficient sites for tidal energy converters, tidal arrays or tidal barrage schemes around the UK and French coastlines.

  • Boskalis will deploy a medium to large size trailer for the Elbe project
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    Boskalis acquires dredging contract in Germany

    2013-04-25T07:30:00Z

    Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a contract by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt Cuxhaven to maintain part of the shipping fairway of the River Elbe in Germany spanning a distance of 110km.

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    Key role for ADBP at Port of Waterford

    2013-04-25T07:30:00Z

    Continuing its long association with the Port of Waterford, Anthony D Bates Partnership (ADBP) is assisting the Port of Waterford in southeast Ireland with an application for a new multi-year disposal at sea license.

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    Encouragement to gear up for marine planning

    2013-04-25T07:30:00Z

    ABPmer in the UK, in association with law firm LA Marine, is hosting a half day seminar to assist harbour authorities in the region engage with the marine planning process to ensure that the policies in the South Coast Marine Plan Area are fit for purpose.

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    Galway Harbour to lodge expansion plans

    2013-04-25T07:30:00Z

    Galway Harbour Company is expected to lodge its planning application for the first phase of the port expansion plans in May, with construction to begin in 2015.

  • Electricity will be generated by creating a head of water and channelling the flow through turbines
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    Plans unveiled for Swansea Bay tidal lagoon

    2013-04-24T07:30:00Z

    Plans have been released for the world’s first, purpose-built, tidal lagoon power plant that will be capable of generating electricity equivalent to the entire domestic consumption of Swansea in South Wales.

  • The revised code deals with the vulnerability of concrete structures in a seawater environment
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    Revised code for maritime works published

    2013-04-24T07:30:00Z

    BSI, a company that specialises in business standards, has published a revised version of the Maritime Works Code of Practice.

  • The expanded facilities will facilitate the transfer of cargo handling activities from Tivoli and City Quays
    News

    Development plans unveiled for Ringaskiddy

    2013-04-13T11:16:00Z

    The Port of Cork Company in Ireland has outlined plans for potential development at Ringaskiddy.

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    Ireland finds funds for regional harbours

    2013-03-26T07:30:00Z

    Funding of €7.4 million for urgent remedial works at six regional harbours has been announced by Ireland’s Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, Leo Varadkar.

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    Aarsleff secures Värtahamnen contract

    2013-03-26T07:30:00Z

    Per Aarsleff has entered into an agreement with City of Stockholm and the Port of Stockholm for the construction of new harbour structures in the Värtahamnen area.

  • Walcon Marine fitted a heavy duty version of its System 2000 pontoon model at Nanny Cay
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    Walcon completes installation of berths

    2013-03-26T07:30:00Z

    UK based Walcon Marine says it recently returned to Nanny Cay in the British Virgin Islands to renew a relationship that stretches back over 30 years.