Ports & Harbours – Page 45
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Pontoon under construction at Londonderry
Londonderry Port Harbour Master has announced that the barge Aoife recently started work on a new marine events pontoon’ in the vicinity of Queens Quay.
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NewsThames being made ready for Jubilee Pageant
Port of London Authority (PLA) crews are laying over three miles of mooring chains for vessels taking part in the Thames river pageant, which takes place on 3 June to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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NewsBig berthing at Isle of Grain jetties
As vessel sizes steadily increase, so too do the pressures exerted on port infrastructure.
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NewsLinkspan Lifts Red Funnel's Fortunes
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 and Red Falcon , stretching each boat and adding another full length car deck to provide capacity for ...
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Funding for Deepwater Windfarm
The world''s first deepwater offshore wind farm is to be developed with government support from Scotland and the UK. Late last month, Scotland''s First Minister Jack McConnell announced a research grant of up to £ 194,000 for offshore oil operator and its research partner Scottish and Southern Energy .
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Morley Announce £17m Coastal Defences
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.
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NewsMore 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.
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 regulations required by Lloyd’ s Register.
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BHD Wins Contract in Tanzania
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).
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NewsTri-national Project to Produce Upgraded Rock Manual
Three European countries - the UK, France and the Netherlands, are collaborating to produce an updated manual on the use of rock in hydraulic engineering.
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NewsKiel completes Norwegenkai expansion works
Work on extending operational areas at the Port of Kiel’s Norwegenkai Terminal has now been completed.
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NewsAberdeen Harbour’s phase two works underway
The first phase of a multi-million pound redevelopment project of Aberdeen Harbour’s Torry Quay has been completed.
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NewsPort of Poole planning underway
Ramboll has secured the key advisory role to the Poole Harbour Commissioners to help them finalise their long term development masterplan for the Port of Poole UK.
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NewsSite investigations set scene for FRC project
Independent marine plant and wind farm support vessel operator Fastnet Shipping Limited has completed a second successful jack-up barge and marine plant deployment on the GB£1.65bn Forth Replacement Crossing (FRC) project.
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NewsIllegal dredging costs director dearly
The director of a company contracted to carry out work on the development of a marina in Falmouth docks was sentenced at Truro Crown Court recently.
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NewsNew wetland to be created in Somerset
Planning permission has been granted to create one of the UK’s largest areas of new wildlife habitat on the Steart Peninsula in Somerset.
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Designers for Milford Haven Dock Lock
Engineering firm Atkins has been chosen to design the new £5m Milford Haven Dock Lock in Pembrokeshire.
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NewsMEDCO dredging contract for ‘New Port Project’
MEDCO (Middle East Dredging Company QSC) has been awarded a contract to dredge the approach channel for the ‘New Port Project’ in Qatar for the account of the New Port Project Steering Committee, under the Government of the State of Qatar.
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Habitat replenishment on Lymington River
Work started recently on a £74,000 habitat replenishment research project on the Lymington River in the UK.
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NewsNew pontoon for Gravesend Town Pier
A new pontoon and brow in which Opus International Consultants provided the engineering design, has been successfully installed off Town Pier at Gravesend in Kent UK.
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NewsDredging to help Hamburg maintain box share
Hamburg, Germany’s largest port, handled 132.2m tonnes of cargo in 2011, an increase of 9.1% compared with 2010, and is expected to gain additional benefits from a forthcoming dredging campaign in the river Elbe.
