Ports & Harbours – Page 47

  • The ferry landing stage at Berth 54 will be completed in the spring. Photo: Rostock Port/Nordlicht
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    Big investment continues as Rostock grows

    2012-02-02T16:32:00Z

    Port development company Hafen-Entwicklungsgesellschaft Rostock invested more than €55m in the infrastructure of the seaport last year.

  • An artist’s impression of the new Grimsby River Terminal.
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    Port of Grimsby gears up for £25m expansion

    2012-01-24T08:00:00Z

    Associated British Ports says the development of a new terminal, the Grimsby River Terminal (GRT) “will herald the largest ever capital investment in the Port of Grimsby.”

  • Dredging is needed if Falmouth’s masterplan is to come to fruition.
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    Pressure for Falmouth Docks development

    2012-01-24T08:00:00Z

    Liberal Democrat MEP for Cornwall Sir Graham Watson has called on common sense to prevail surrounding the delays to the Falmouth Docks regeneration project.

  • An artist’s impression showing the location of the new lock.
    News

    Work starts on second Antwerp lock

    2012-01-24T08:00:00Z

    The authorities in Flanders and the Port of Antwerp have provided an update on the construction of the new lock that will serve the port.

  • TTS was responsible for the entire ship to shore interface for the new port.
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    TTS completes Loch Ryan Port infrastructure

    2012-01-23T08:00:00Z

    TTS has completed work on the infrastructure for Stena Line’s purpose built port, located 10km north of its previous location in Stranraer, Scotland.

  • Specially designed Xblocs were found to encourage the presence of marine life.
    News

    Eco Xblocs provide good marine habitat

    2012-01-23T08:00:00Z

    The results of the final year of monitoring of the ‘Rich Dike’ project at IJmuiden in the Netherlands have been published and seem to show that the specially designed Xblocs used at the port encourage marine life.

  • BMAPA’s BAP will help it to address environmental issues associated with extraction of marine aggregates.
    News

    Marine aggregates biodiversity strategy

    2012-01-22T10:00:00Z

    The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) has launched a Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP).

  • Lord Foster’s vision of an airport on reclaimed land in the Thames estuary.
    News

    Thames Hub ‘airport in the estuary’

    2012-01-19T11:00:00Z

    Lord Foster, chairman and founder of Foster + Partners in the UK, has launched proposals for the ‘Thames Hub,’ which the companies describe as “an integrated vision for Britain.”

  • News

    RYA says dredge before April 2012

    2012-01-14T09:15:00Z

    The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) in the UK is advising clubs and training centres to undertake any required maintenance/navigational dredging activity before 1 April 2012.

  • The new programme could be used to allow ports to broaden the scope of their quay construction.
    News

    Giving ports a wider berth

    2012-01-10T14:30:00Z

    Construction in port areas may gain from the development of an analysis programme which calculates how to build safe berths that are located in especially harsh conditions.

  • News

    Jan de Nul confirms contract for new lock

    2012-01-10T09:30:00Z

    Antwerp Port Authority has commissioned a joint venture including Jan De Nul, CEI-De Meyer and Betonac, and Herbosch-Kiere and Antwerpse Bouwwerken, to build a second lock in the Waaslandhaven.

  • Intermarine had the seven, 18.4m floating concrete units fabricated in the Port of Southampton itself, saving an estimated £100K in freight costs alone.
    News

    Breaking the mould in Southampton

    2012-01-10T09:30:00Z

    In June 2011, Associated British Ports (ABP) awarded Mackley Construction the contract to replace the existing breakwater at the Port of Southampton.

  • News

    Approval for second terminal at Dover

    2012-01-07T12:45:00Z

    In what is being described as a significant vote of confidence in the strategic direction of the UK’s busiest trust port, the UK government has formally given the go ahead for Dover’s second ferry terminal (Terminal 2).

  • News

    Market consultation for Maasvlakte windfarm

    2012-01-06T10:30:00Z

    The Port of Rotterdam Authority and the Dutch government are looking into the possibility of building a windfarm with a potential of more than 100MW on the seawall of the new Maasvlakte 2.

  • News

    New waterfront for Dutch city of Harderwijk

    2012-01-06T08:45:00Z

    The Waterfront consortium, consisting of Royal Boskalis Westminster NV and the TBI companies Synchroon and Koopmans Bouwgroep, is set to realize an ambitious waterfront project in the Dutch municipality of Harderwijk.

  • A vision of the completed High Knocke to Dynchurch Frontage A Sea Defences in Kent UK.
    News

    Coastal protection project wins BCI Award

    2011-12-29T12:30:00Z

    Representatives from the Birse Coastal project team collected the prize for Civil Engineering Project 2011 at the British Construction Industry (BCI) Awards ceremony held in London recently.

  • The works will be carried out from floating marine plant with the navigation channel remaining open throughout the works.
    News

    Tay Road Bridge works protect local economy

    2011-12-28T09:45:00Z

    VolkerStevin Marine has been awarded the Tay Road Bridge pier collision protection works in Dundee, Scotland, a £15m contract to ensure the bridge is not closed by a serious ship impact at the navigation spans.

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    Van Oord subsea rock installation project

    2011-12-27T10:30:00Z

    Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord says its flexible fallpipe vessel (FFPV) Tertnes has been mobilised to the east coast of Mexico (Bay of Campeche).

  • The new pontoon has been constructed by Jenkins Marine.
    News

    Build your own works yard at Poole

    2011-12-27T10:30:00Z

    On the whole, it has to be said that the brand new Jenkins Marine location is a blessing in a well engineered disguise.

  • News

    Birse Coastal wins BCI award

    2011-12-23T13:15:00Z

    Birse Coastal has announced that it recently won the Civil Engineering Project Award 2011 (for projects from £3m to £50m) at the British Construction industry (BCI) awards.