Ports & Harbours – Page 75
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NewsUK Port Project Proposal Gains Ministerial Approval
UK Transport Minister Derek Twigg has indicated that he is minded to approve proposals for a container port at Bathside Bay, Harwich, Essex. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has also issued a letter indicating that Ministers are minded to approve the planning applications relating to the same proposal.
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NewsThree Consortia in Race to Build Maasvlakte 2
Three consortia of dredging and construction companies have qualified for the construction of Maasvlakte 2 project at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
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NewsDutch Workboat Duo Join Forces
Workboat operator Rederij Waterweg BV has joined forces with another Dutch workboat company, Van Stee Survey & Supply, after the latter was taken over by what is now the parent company of both, Acta Marine Holding.
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NewsBidding for Irish Deepwater Port
Drogheda Port Company announced on 9 December that it is commencing an open competitive process for a joint venture partner for the development of its Bremore Deepwater Port in the Greater Dublin Area.
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Ports Meet Environment at GreenPort 2006
To meet forecast growth in world trade over the next decade, container ports and the shipping industry will need to double capacity. Achieving such growth with minimal adverse effect on the environment is a major challenge. Time delays and increased costs have become a major brake on world trade.
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NewsNew Terminal Will Ease Congestion
Europe''s biggest seaport, Rotterdam, has revealed plans for a second new container terminal with facilities for feeders and inland waterway vessels.
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NewsNew Terminal Boosts Rhine Intermodal Role
Vehicle handling and logistics firm E H Harms, part of Bremen''s BLG Logistics, has opened a car handling terminal in Europe''s biggest inland port, Duisburg, to boost the role of the Rhine in intermodal transport.
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NewsJenkins Expand Dredging Fleet
Following the acquisition of four vessels from Dean & Dyball Construction earlier this year, Poole UK based Jenkins Marine have further expanded their fleet to include the two 300m 3split hopper barges Needles and Nab.
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NewsWaterways Link Gets Outline Planning Permission
Outline planning permission has been approved for the first phase of a multi-million pound project that could ultimately see a new navigable waterway established, wich will link several cathedral cities in the UK and create hundreds of moorings for recreational craft.
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IWA Provides Funds for Hydraulics Research Project
The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) in the UK has offered a grant of £ 10,000 to British Waterways, towards the cost of a hydraulics research project on the effects of boats moving in confined channels.
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Lock Restoration Will Open Up Ireland's Waterways
The historic sea lock at Spencer Dock in Dublin is to be restored under a new project managed by Royal Haskoning.
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Masterplan for Barrow's Port Development Picks Up Speed
First announced in 2003, the overall Masterplan for developing the port area at Barrow in Cumbria includes 400 waterfront homes, offices, retail units, a 300-berth marina, powerboat racing course, water sports centre and innovation park. Now, work has started on the design of two of the other projects included in ...
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NewsMott MacDonald Wins Contract to Expand Montego Bay Cruise Terminal
The Port Authority of Jamaica has awarded Mott MacDonald, engineering and management consultant, a contract to help expand cruise terminal facilities at Montego Bay, Jamaica.
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NewsAnother New Platform for Combifloat
Rotterdam based Flexifloat Systems BV is building another C-7 Class Modular Self-elevating Platform after their previous newbuild was purchased out of the Combifloat fleet earlier this year by Huta Marine Works of Saudi Arabia.
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News'Manchester Bobber' Promises Wave Power
The University of Manchester and the University of Manchester Intellectual Property Ltd (UMIP), in partnership with Mowlem plc and Royal Haskoning , are developing an innovative and patented new wave energy device known as the Manchester Bobber . The device was showcased last month at the New & Renewable Energy ...
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NewsIMCA Takes a View on Offshore Renewables
The London based International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has prepared a position paper on offshore renewable energy to assist and inform its 270 members in 35 countries on the marine renewable energy market. Having examined the background and scale of developments using existing and planned wind farms in the UK, ...
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News'Matador 3' Lifts First Offshore Substation
The UK''s first offshore substation has been successfully installed at the Barrow Offshore Wind Farm in the Irish Sea. The substation transforms the power generated by the windfarm before it can be exported to the national grid and marks a crucial stage in the development of the 30 turbine facility, ...
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NewsWork Starts on Turner Contemporary
James Mallord William Turner was on board a Margate steamer to sketch the passage of HMSTemeraire as it was towed upriver by a smoke belching ''modern'' steam tug on 6 September 1838. The ''ship that saved Victory'' at the Battle of Trafalgar was on a last voyage to Beatson''s ship ...
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NewsTide Turns in Scotland
Renewable wave and tidal energy could provide up to 10% of Scotland''s electricity production and create around 7,000 new jobs under measures announced last month.
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NewsDMC Receives First European Order for Xbloc
Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) in Gouda in the Netherlands has granted the civil construction company Charles Brand Ltd a licence for the use of the Xbloc armour unit for the upgrading of the Port of Oriel at Clogherhead, Ireland.
