Ports & Harbours – Page 44

  • Derek Fenn, chief engineer at Atkins (right) with Andrew Brown, engineering director for Milford Haven Port Authority at Milford Dock Lock. Photo: Pembrokeshire Photography
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    New gates to unlock Milford Dock potential

    2012-05-21T17:55:00Z

    New lock gates are to be designed and installed at Milford Marina over the next two years, transforming the way the Marina can be accessed and boosting marine tourism and business in Milford Haven UK.

  • Walcon Marine has installed a new System 21 pontoon at Davis’s Boatyard.
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    It’s a family affair as boatyard expands

    2012-05-21T17:55:00Z

    Davis''s Boatyard, a family run business in Poole Harbour UK, is making a major investment this year in a new marina pontoon, as the previous pontoon, having been built over 30 years ago, was due to be upgraded.

  • The new facility will enable DHNA to service and maintain all of its 270 pontoons and around 1600 buoys in-house.
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    Maintenance facility upgrade for Dart Harbour

    2012-05-21T17:55:00Z

    Sub Marine Services Ltd (SMS) of Falmouth Docks has recently completed a project to upgrade Dart Harbour & Navigation Authority’s (DHNA) Hoodown Maintenance Facility at Kingswear in Devon.

  • A dam will reduce the mass of water in the port when the seawall gap is filled. Photo: PRA
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    Maasvlakte 2 edges closer to operations

    2012-05-21T17:55:00Z

    For Port of Rotterdam Authority (PRA) and contractor consortium PUMA, 2012 promises to be a busy year.

  • First phase operation of JWP’s new deepwater terminal is threatened by construction faults.
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    Germans stall on JWP, movement elsewhere

    2012-05-21T17:55:00Z

    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.

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    Engineering solution for ‘salt bog’ city

    2012-05-21T17:55:00Z

    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.

  • Dredging and marine contractor Boskalis is moving into the offshore windfarm market
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    Boskalis wins offshore wind contract

    2012-05-21T17:55:00Z

    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.

  • Dredging work at Lerwick has led to an increase in vessel traffic
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    Lerwick’s dredging effort pays off

    2012-05-21T17:55:00Z

    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 first quarter of this year, with the tonnage of oil-related cargo and shipping both more than doubling compared ...

  • This pontoon made by Marine Designs Ltd has been installed in Ramsgate to transfer crew to Thanet Offshore Wind Farm.
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    Variety as commercial pontoons proliferate

    2012-05-21T17:55:00Z

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

  • Berths 201 and 202 in the foreground at the Port of Southampton.
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    MMO approves Southampton works

    2012-05-21T17:55:00Z

    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.

  • Liverpool 2 is the key project in the Mersey Ports Master Plan.
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    Peel Ports invites bids for Liverpool 2

    2012-05-21T17:55:00Z

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

  • The initial trials have gone well and British Waterways plan to develop the system further.
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    Stop plank trials for British Waterways

    2012-05-21T17:55:00Z

    British Waterways have been working with Sapa Profiles UK to develop a lightweight aluminium emergency stop plank for use in the event of breaches in its canal waterway systems.

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    Dover to repair Wellington Dock Gates

    2012-05-21T17:54:00Z

    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.

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    Broads win EU research funds

    2012-05-21T17:54:00Z

    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 the waterways.

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    Spanish PBBs for Hong Kong terminal

    2012-05-21T17:54:00Z

    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.

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    Three dimensional modelling for estuary

    2012-05-21T17:54:00Z

    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 tool to assess options to address and mitigate water quality issues as they arise.

  • Haifa Port in Israel  is to be deepened to 17.5m
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    Deepening of Port of Haifa underway

    2012-05-21T17:54:00Z

    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 complete the dredging project in only a few months.

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    Alliance for HR Wallingford and UK Port Advisers

    2012-05-21T17:54:00Z

    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.

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    ARCADIS and EC Harris win Abu Dhabi project

    2012-05-21T17:54:00Z

    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 Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) to provide business planning, master planning, design, engineering, programme management and training services.

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    Ormen Lange field contract for Reef Subsea

    2012-05-21T17:54:00Z

    Reef Subsea has been awarded contract by Norske Shell for dredging in the Ormen Lange field. The company will use its newly-built Scanmachine 4 excavator to carry out the work. The objective is to perform final seabed preparation for a pipelay project, with narrow tolerances (+/- 20cm) and a curved ...