Ports & Harbours – Page 62
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Terminal extension underway in the Port of Muuga
Danish contractor Per Aarsleff has been installing one of its longest combination steel pile retaining walls ever for the extension to the container terminal in the Port of Muuga on the Gulf of Finland south coast, 17km east of the Estonian capital Tallinn.
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Maasvlakte 2 objection withdrawn by Faunabescherming
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has announced that the Faunabescherming (the Dutch society for the protection of wildlife) has withdrawn its objection to the construction permit for Maasvlakte 2, and that the Port of Rotterdam Authority is to take a number of measures to benefit seabirds in the Voordelta area.
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In depth study for new port in Gulf of Aqaba
BMT Baxter Eadie Ltd has completed an in depth field study for a new port in the Gulf of Aqaba on the southern tip of Jordan. The company, part of the BMT Group, used its expertise to forecast traffic to the new port, which is due to open south of ...
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Mersey Ports planning new terminal
Mersey Ports is reported to have completed a feasibility study into plans for a terminal to accommodate the world' s biggest post-Panamax ships. Surveys and engineering studies have been carried out as well as financial estimates that put the cost of the scheme at £ 100m. The studies were completed ...
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Link up with linkspan experts at Seawork
Central to the revamping of Bologne as a major European hub port with fast Ro-Ro and passenger service turnaround is the new twin deck linkspan which will start to operate at the beginning of July.
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New harbour for Bremerhaven tugs
A new € 11m harbour with eight permanent berths for tugs and two emergency berths has been completed in Bremerhaven as a spin-off to the port’ s € 233m Kaiserschleuse development.
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British D-Day engineer honoured in France
Wartime necessity occasionally inspires moments of genius and one of the great marine civil engineering innovations of World War 2 was the Mulberry Harbour, the landing bridges critical to success of the D-Day landings at Normandy in June 1944.
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Malmo moves on port expansion
A major new European port project is just entering into construction, shrugging off the global credit crisis and aiming at the upswing.
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Fehmarn engineering plans go ahead
A start has been made on planning one of the world’ s largest fixed links with the appointment of two European engineering consultancy groups to plan both a bridge and a tunnel across the Baltic’ s Fehmarn Belt between Germany and Denmark, even though only one project will be chosen.
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BAM Nuttall at work on Olympic site
Work is now well underway on a project that aims to create hundreds of new jobs on Portland UK after the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Take a stand against ALWC at Seawork
Accelerated Low Water Corrosion (ALWC), the devastating effect of the tiny charge from seawater interacting with pilings, is now well known. However it is also something that many ports would rather keep quiet about, although a recent British survey revealed that up to 90% of them have been affected.
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Warnemünde completes new cruise shipping facility
The third and final stage of Rostock-Warnemü nde’ s new Berth 8 cruise shipping facility has been completed, just in time for the opening of this year’ s cruise shipping season which the port is hoping will set a new record.
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Conditions challenge wind farm cable layers
As senior project manager Peter Mckenzie-Midlane told MJ , CTC Marine Projects is operating in some ‘ challenging’ conditions on the Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm in the Solway Firth of Cumbria UK.
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Longlife solution with new composite decking
There is something new afoot – or rather, underfoot. It comes in the shape of a composite timber decking product that, the manufacturer claims, is actually better than traditional wood.
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Digitised data assists coastal water quality studies
Detailed marine mapping is being used to understand factors affecting the quality of water off the Yorkshire coast.
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Conference consolidates marine energy and coastal protection
Scottish Energy Minister Jim Mather has been confirmed to address the Institution of Civil Engineer’ s (ICE) Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters 2009 conference, in Edinburgh.
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Linkspans are tailored to port requirements
Cargotec says its MacGregor division has recently secured contracts to supply linkspans that are specifically tailored to meet the needs of a number of different ports. The company said it has secured € 10m worth of linkspan orders in Jordan, Morocco and Ireland.
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Work gets under way at Peterhead Harbour
Work has begun on the much heralded expansion of Peterhead Harbour in the UK. Stones are being laid at Peterhead port’ s breakwater in advance of a massive £ 30m scheme which aims to meet the increased demands of the pelagic fleet. The project became a reality earlier this year ...
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Xbloc project wins Irish Concrete Society Award
A project at the Caladh Mor ferry terminal in Inish Meain, one of the Aran islands, which used Xbloc armoured units has won the latest Irish Concrete Society Award.
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Seine Nord Europe Canal out to tender
The tender is out to build the Seine Nord Europe Canal, a high capacity water transportation system which will connect the rivers Seine and Scheldt, allowing large vessels to transport goods between the Paris area and the ports of Dunkirk, Antwerp and Rotterdam.