Ports & Harbours – Page 59
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Dredging under way at Port of Ramsgate in UK – by David Foxwell
Dredging got underway at the Port of Ramsgate in the UK at the end of February, a project which will enable larger and deeper draft vessels to enter Ramsgate’s commercial port.
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Scrabster Harbour Trust invites bids for major re-development – by David Foxwell
Bids are being invited for the redevelopment and upgrade of the Old Fish Market Pier at Scrabster Harbour in Caithness in Scotland.
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Scheldt dredging to be completed more quickly than first planned – by David Foxwell
Dredging has finally got underway on the Dutch parts of the River Scheldt. Dredging on the Flanders (Belgian) side of the river was completed in 2007, but dredging on the Dutch side of the river has been long delayed.
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Jan De Nul Group wins project in Malaysia – by David Foxwell
Belgium’s Jan De Nul Group has been awarded a contract for the reclamation of the ‘Lido Boulevard’ in Malaysia.
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NewsFormer naval base in The Orkneys to be developed – by David Foxwell
A former naval base on The Orkney Islands in the UK is to be the subject of a £3m redevelopment effort to help the islands obtain work from the fast growing offshore renewable energy industry.
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NewsAF Decom and Port of Lerwick to develop decommissioning base – by David Foxwell
AF Decom Offshore UK Limited, a subsidiary of AF Gruppen in Norway, and Lerwick Port Authority in the UK have announced that they have entered into an Exclusivity Agreement with the intention of developing a deep water quay facility at Dales Voe, Lerwick, Shetland.
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NewsWork In Progress: Rosyth refurbishment fit for a Queen
Hugely impressive but temporary engineering achievements will be only footnotes to the successful completion of ongoing works at Rosyth Dockyard in Scotland.
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Partrac in Sediview software agency agreement
Glasgow UK based marine environmental consultancy Partrac Ltd has made a worldwide agency agreement (excluding Australia) for Sediview software.
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MPA study published by Defra
A study led by ABPmer on options for taking account of social-economic factors in the planning of marine protected areas (MPA) networks, has been published by Defra in the UK.
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Abu Dhabi ‘on track’ with Mussafah dredging
The authorities in Abu Dhabi are reportedly on track to complete by US$409m project to construct a channel that will improve access to the Mussafah industrial zone by the middle of 2010.
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DHI sees key role for modelling software
DHI in Denmark says it believes its MIKE hydrodynamic modelling software has a key role to play in dredging operations where there may be contaminated sediment.
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News‘Simon Stevin’ to start work offshore Australia
Jan de Nul''s new mining and fallpipe vessel ‘Simon Stevin’ has departed for Australia for its first two rock dumping projects; a free span correction on the Pluto pipeline in 80m of water, and the construction of a pipeline crossing for the Reindeer pipeline over the Pluto pipeline.
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NewsJan De Nul Group awarded dredging project in Iraq
The Belgian Jan De Nul Group has signed a contract for the deepening of Umm Qasr Port in the southernmost tip of Iraq, near the border with Kuwait. The port is Iraq’s gateway to the Arabian Gulf and a lifeline for import of mixed cargo and bulk goods. Over the ...
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Birse Civils collect award for Stanah sea defences
The £1.2m Stanah Sea Defences project for the Environment Agency (EA) in the UK has been awarded a Project Excellence Award for ‘Health and Safety/Managing Environmental Risk’.
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NewsLondon Gateway dredging about to get under way
Although aspects of the project are still subject to review, dredging work for the London Gateway port project is to get under way in March, according to the dredging contractor who will be responsible for the project, DEME.
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NewsDutch coastline redrawn as Maasvlakte 2 takes shape - by Peter Barker
Dutch cartographers face the task of redrawing their maps of Holland due to the country growing in size by a few square kilometres. The Maasvlakte 2 port expansion project in Rotterdam has progressed steadily and what was until recently an offshore island reclaimed from the North Sea now connected to ...
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News£80m outer harbour at Great Yarmouth opens
Great Yarmouth''s new outer harbour at EastPort UK opened last month with global port group PSA International, grain business Gleadell Agricultural Ltd, and crushed rock supplier Stema Shipping (UK) Ltd all in place with a long term commitment to the multi-purpose outer harbour.
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NewsMulti-million pound rescue for Western Quay
Work is underway on a project to rescue an ageing quay structure that is essential to the future of a regional fishing industry.
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NewsDutch seal a deal in South Korea
The latest specialist watertight sealing solution delivered by Dutch specialist Beele Engineering involves the immersion tunnel near the South Korean city of Busan that is being immersed by Mergor, a subsidiary of Strukton. The deepest element of this tunnel was placed recently at a depth of 50m.
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NewsStone column groundworks precede Algeciras Port expansion
Pennine, part of Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering (BBGE), and their Spanish joint venture partner Geocisa have been awarded a €1.6m contract to install 1,953 vibro stone columns (VSCs).
