Ports & Harbours – Page 51

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    Dublin Port Company renews attempt to obtain permission to reclaim land

    2011-06-02T11:45:00Z

    Dublin Port Company has renewed its attempt to reclaim land from Dublin Bay to cope with a projected doubling of trade by 2040.

  • CSCL Star seen in Hamburg, the biggest boxship ever on the Elbe. Photo: Hettchen
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    Warnings as Elbe deepening plans firm up

    2011-06-02T10:19:00Z

    Freight forwarders in Germany’s biggest port, Hamburg, have joined a long line of maritime interests warning that if long planned deepening of the Elbe does not come soon, big container ships will move to rival ports.

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    FoundOcean wins contract for Walney wind farm

    2011-06-01T15:00:00Z

    FoundOcean has been awarded an offshore grouting contract for the Walney offshore windfarm (OWF) phase 2 substation installation. The installation is being undertaken by Volker Staal en Funderingen BV.

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    ABPmer provides consultancy to Alderney Commission

    2011-05-31T16:00:00Z

    ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) has been commissioned by the Alderney Commission for Renewable Energy (ACRE) to provide independent advice on the Environmental Statement relating to a current marine renewable energy development proposal in Alderney waters.

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    Europeans win Gladstone Ports Corporation contract

    2011-05-30T15:30:00Z

    Subsidiaries of Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord and Dredging International in Belgium have been awarded a second contract for the Western Basin Main Works Dredging at the Port of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.

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    ABP to expand docks at Hull

    2011-05-29T17:00:00Z

    Associated British Ports is reported to be planning a major expansion of facilities around Hull’s Alexandra Dock in anticipation of becoming a major hub for the offshore windfarm industry.

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    Sand Motor information centre opens

    2011-05-28T13:00:00Z

    Van Oord in the Netherlands reports that on 6 May an information centre for the ‘Sand Motor’ project was due to open in The Hague.

  • The Hitachi excavator at work on Wasa Dredging’s backhoe dredger.
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    Excavator forms basis of backhoe dredger in Finland

    2011-05-28T10:15:00Z

    Rotator Oy, Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV’s official dealer in Finland, has supplied Wasa Dredging Ltd with an EX2500-6 excavator as the base machine for a backhoe dredger for the project to deepen Mäntyluoto Pori harbour to 13.5m.

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    Heigham Sound dredging plan on hold

    2011-05-27T09:15:00Z

    The Broads Authority in the UK has been forced to delay plans to dredge Heigham Sound on the Upper Thurne after permission to dispose of the sediment on land next to Candle Dyke was withdrawn by the landowner.

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    Boskalis signs contract for Sydney harbour dredging

    2011-05-26T13:00:00Z

    Sydney Ports Corporation in Canada has signed a contract with a Dutch company, Boskalis, to do dredging work in Sydney harbour.

  • The Queen’s Pier at Portland needed careful handling.
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    Aging Queen moves with the times

    2011-05-17T12:00:00Z

    How would you manage to resolve the needs of an aging quayside structure, an historic dockyard, nearby sites of special scientific interest and the ever increasing ship sizes?

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    DMC signs deal with Boskalis

    2011-05-16T16:00:00Z

    Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) has signed a licence agreement with Royal Boskalis Westminster for the application of Xbloc breakwater armoured units on the breakwater extension at the port of Pointe Noire in Congo-Brazzaville.

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    Birse Coastal achieves gold at Considerate Constructors awards

    2011-05-16T12:00:00Z

    A gold award was presented to the High Knocke to Dymchurch Coast Protection Project Team (a partnership between the Environment Agency, Birse Coastal and Jacobs) at the Considerate Contractors ceremony on 12 April 2011.

  • With a general trend towards increasing vessel size, dredging is required to safeguard the existing port functions as well as developing businesses requiring use of the port by larger vessels.
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    Falmouth project wins local support

    2011-05-13T14:30:00Z

    More than 1,000 people have signed a petition backing a £20m plan to dredge the entrance to Falmouth harbour to encourage cruise ships to use the port. The plan was blocked by the EU because of fears that dredging could destroy maerl beds.

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    Gibraltar’s beaches to be replenished

    2011-05-12T16:26:00Z

    Beach replenishment works are scheduled to take place at Catalan Bay and Sandy Bay in Gibraltar in the middle of this month in preparation for the forthcoming summer season.

  • Bollard installation at the JWP.
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    Fast progress at German box terminal

    2011-05-12T11:57:00Z

    Construction is “moving along fast” and on target at Germany’s €1bn deepwater JadeWeser Container Port (JWP) in Wilhelmshaven, now due to start first phase operation in August next year.

  • The car carrier Fidelio inaugurates the new Kaiserschleuse. Ahead are the car terminals. To the left are Lloyd Werft and Rickmers Lloyd. To the right is MWB.
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    €233m lock opens in Bremerhaven

    2011-05-05T10:43:00Z

    Germany’s new €233m Kaiserschleuse ship lock in Bremerhaven has been inaugerated, giving easier access to car terminals and shipyards on the port’s inner harbours.

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    New quay for the Tyne

    2011-04-29T10:00:00Z

    A £3m West Quay has been built at A&P Tyne’s ship repair and fabrication yard, part of a massive investment programme undertaken by the Group in the past three years.

  • VolkerBrooks Linkflote pontoons were used during the installation of the Marinetek breakwater pontoons in the east outer marina. Photo: Peter Barker
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    Further harbour work at Ramsgate

    2011-04-28T12:37:00Z

    Facilities at the south east UK port of Ramsgate are once again being upgraded with the installation of new breakwaters, pontoons and additional dredging work.

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    Budget set for the Broads

    2011-04-28T09:00:00Z

    The Broads Authority in the UK has set its budget for the coming year, taking account of the reductions in its National Park Grant.