Ports & Harbours – Page 65
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NewsNew linkspan for Swedish port
TTS Port Equipment is about to start building a new linkspan for the port of Ystad in the south of Sweden, due for handover in March 2009. Ystad is a significant port in Sweden because of its ferry links to Poland and to the Danish island of Bornholm, which can' ...
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NewsDesign solution sought for detached breakwaters
Global warming will bring with it increased storminess, making stretches of the coastline more vulnerable to flooding and erosion. One way of protecting against this is to build detached breakwaters parallel to the shoreline. These reduce wave energy but they also cause altered flow conditions that may result in the ...
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NewsTimely opening for Bremerhaven's ¢500m terminal
The last container terminal extension on deep water in Bremerhaven, the CT 1V, was inaugurated the 12th of this month, a year earlier than planned and just in time to take the overspill from continuing dynamic container growth.
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DHI evaluates scour protection for wind turbines
DHI, Vestas, and Dong Energy have recently finished an evaluation of the scour protection scheme implemented at the Horns Rev I Wind Farm, which is located off the North Sea coast of Denmark. It is anticipated that the study will provide valuable information that can be used in the design ...
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Crown Estate increases turnover from aggregates dredging
The Crown Estate in the UK has announced a net revenue surplus of £ 211.4 million for the year ending 31st March 2008, a 5.6 per cent increase on last year. All of this money is paid to the Treasury for benefit of all UK taxpayers.
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Survey work for Qatar-Bahrain causeway gets under way
Survey work by a consortium of firms involved in construction of the $3 billion Qatar-Bahrain Causeway got under way recently.
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NewsXblocs installed on breakwater at IJmuiden
A total of 10 ''Eco-Xbloc'' armoured units have been placed on the southern breakwater at Ijmuiden in The Netherlands in order to evaluate their ability to play a role creating habitats for marine life. A number of different armoured units made from different materials and with different surface textures will ...
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NewsRotterdam starts construction at Maasvlakte 2
Construction was finally starting this month on the ¢ 1bn first phase of Rotterdam''s giant new North Sea Maasvlakte 2 complex, which will eventually house deepsea container, distribution and chemical industry facilities and ease the strain on the main port.
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NewsDoor opens for London Gateway construction
A £ 400m contract was signed last month which will launch the first stage of construction for DP World' s £ 1.5bn London Gateway container port and business park development at the former Shell Haven oil refinery site on the River Thames. The joint venture of Laing O' Rourke Infrastructure ...
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NewsFelixstowe port expansion begins
Work has started on expanding the capacity of the UK''s largest container port. The first stages of the Felixstowe South Reconfiguration (FSR) involved demolition of the old dock basin and buildings, demolition of the oil jetty and moving one of the ro-ro pontoons to the southern end of the Languard ...
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NewsBiomass power plans for Port of Bristol
The UK energy company E.ON announced plans last month to build one of UK''s largest biomass power stations at the Port of Bristol.
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NewsDutch partners for coastal protection works
The two major Dutch dredging contractors Van Oord and Royal Boskalis Westminster nv have been awarded a contract by the Dutch Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management to reinforce a weak link in the Delflandse coast. The contract is worth ¢ 120m, of which Van Oord and Boskalis ...
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NewsDutch plan sustainable sea defenses
The creation of tidal marshes on the mudflat side of the Dutch Closure Dike (Afsluitdijk) will provide the Netherlands with a sea defense, a new nature area as well as recreation opportunities.
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NewsDetermining sound foundations for offshore wind
Doncaster UK based Soil Mechanics has been awarded a £ 1.4 million ground investigation contract from power company EDF Energy for the proposed construction of an offshore wind farm located in the North Sea between Redcar and the mouth of the River Tees.
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NewsMountains move for Port Khorfakken expansion
Port Khorfakkan is Sharjah''s sole port on the Indian Ocean and is dedicated entirely to container handling. Expansion works are well underway to extend the present quay of 1460m by a further 440m by main contractor Athena SA.
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New harbour facilities in County Galway
The Department of Transport in Ireland has announced that construction of new harbour facilities at Caladh Mór, Inis Meáin, Aran Islands, County Galway are currently ongoing.
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Assessing the Risks Posed by Marine Aggregate Extraction
A risk assessment framework for marine aggregate extraction has been developed by HR Wallingford in association with Royal Haskoning and the University of Newcastle.
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NewsGermans Commission ¢14.5m Quay/Berth Project
German authorities investing a total of ¢ 37.5m up to 2009 in the expansion of the growing seaport of Brake on the Lower Weser have now commissioned the construction of a new ¢ 14.5m quay as part of the project.
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NewsBoxport Building at Global Trade Crossroads
Moroccan authorities definitely met the deadlines on TangerMed port project, as APM Terminals Tangier, a subsidiary of AP-Moller Maersk, inaugurated the first container terminal of the huge complex on 27th July, the concession of which it won for 30 years.
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NewsNew Projects Boost Hamburg Port Capacity
Two new expansion projects, one completed and one still to come, will further increase container handling in Germany''s biggest seaport Hamburg.
