Ports & Harbours – Page 76

  • Irelands Port of Oriel is to receive the first Xbloc application in Europe.
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    DMC Receives First European Order for Xbloc

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

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    SIX Construct awarded contract in Cameroon

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    SIX Construct , the subsidiary of Belgium-based BESIX , has been awarded a contract by Cameroon Shipyard and Industrial Engineering Ltd for the design and construction of a 400m long multipurpose quaywall.

  • Maasvlakte 2 will require a large scale land reclamation effort.
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    Dutch Cabinet Agrees Rotterdam Development Project

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands has confirmed that the Dutch Cabinet recently reached a decision on a package of projects for the forthcoming Rotterdam Mainport Development Project (PMR).

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    Mooring Basin Opens

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The revitalisation of Scotland''s inland waterways has reached a major milestone with the formal opening of a new £ 1.2m mooring basin on the Forth & Clyde Canal. The mooring basin, which has been funded by Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire and British Waterways, with support from North Lanarkshire Council, will help ...

  • The now safe working deck of Irish Sea Pioneer and (inset) before the installation of Fiberglass Grating.
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    Grating's Great Strides in Workboat Safety

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The Irish Sea Pioneer is a self propelled jack-up marine construction unit owned and operated by Halliburton inLiverpool Bay UK, providing offshore support services to BHP Billiton . The vessel''s raised cargo rail system is essential to operations but was creating a trip hazard to crew working on deck.

  • A computer generated image of Liverpools proposed new post-Panamax container terminal.
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    Liverpool Lodges Application for Post-Panamax Box Terminal

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company has lodged an application for a Harbour Revision Order to allow construction of a new post-Panamax container terminal at the Port of Liverpool, the UK''s third largest container port and the country''s major gateway for container trade with North America.

  • Seacores R100 drill aboard Kingfisher.
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    Seabed Investigation into Climate Change

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Cornwall UK based Seacore has been awarded a £ 2.5m contract by the Natural Environmental Research Council on behalf of the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling . The company will perform a marine site investigation of the seabed at three offshore locations around the coast of the French Polynesian ...

  • FES is seen drilling mud in Milton Creek.
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    Mudflats Investigation Brings Relief

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Kent County Council in the UK are proposing to build a road bridge across the mudflats of Milton Creek, a tidal waterway to the north of Sittingbourne that connects the town to the Swale and Thames Estuary. The bridge will carry the Sittingbourne Northern Relief Road at a point where ...

  • GPS Atlas and GPS Ajax work in tandem to deliver a bridge component.
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    GPS Goes to Heart of Europe

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Established UK tugs, dredgers, hopper barges and crane barges operator GPS Marine Contractors Ltd , based at Chatham Dock in Kent, is developing the business further and entering the marine contracting and services market in mainland Europe.

  • A computer generated vision of the Rochester Riverside development.
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    Joint Venture to Develop Rochester Riverside

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Medway Council and the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) have awarded a civil engineering joint venture between Edmund Nuttall and Van Oord the main ? 44m contract to carry out infrastructure works at the Rochester Riverside regeneration site.

  • The self cleaning decks of the Ravestein design reduce silt build up and expensive maintenance.
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    Enhanced Access to Brunel's Kingdom

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The installation of new inner lock gates for the Bristol Port Company in the UK, following the earlier installation of similar outer lock gates, has given the port enhanced flexibility with equipment which is operational through its considerable full tidal range. The innovative gates were designed, constructed, installed, tested and ...

  • The EastPort Great Yarmouth project has been granted the Harbour Revision Order that should allow it to go ahead.
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    HRO for EastPort Great Yarmouth

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    EastPort Great Yarmouth , the £ 43.5m project to construct a new outer harbour to provide the shortest North Sea crossing from the UK to the Netherlands, has been granted a Harbour Revision Order from the Department for Transport (DfT). The development will incorporate one ro-ro berth (with scope for ...

  • Flexcretes Cementitious Coating 851was used to protect the new sea wall in Doha.
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    Flexcrete Completes High Profile Marine Project in Qatar

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Flexcrete , the British company that specialises in repairing and protecting concrete structures, has completed an important project in Doha in the Middle East. The project saw the company coat a sea wall spanning 500m in Doha, the capital of Qatar on the east coast of the peninsula in the ...

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    New Marina Proposed at Rhyl

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    A new marina is being proposed at Kinmel Bay at Rhyl in North Wales UK on the site of a well known local landmark, a historic fun-fair.

  • Four custom-made automated gates and associated mechanisms were installed during the restoration.
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    Lydney's Historic Docks Reopened After Renovation

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    July saw the re-opening of the historic docks at Lydney, near Gloucester in the UK after a two year project to restore and enhance the historic landmark on behalf of the Environment Agency (EA).

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    Froude Modelling Hall Inaugurated at H R Wallingford

    2005-08-01T00:00:00Z

    The Rt Hon the Lord Patten of Barnes, CH, Chancellor of the University of Oxford has officially opened the new Froude Modelling Hall at HR Wallingford in the UK.

  • Short term protection for The Hinge at East Head has been completed.
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    Short Term Work is Completed at East Head

    2005-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Short term work to rebuild The Hinge at East Head in the UK has been completed.

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    Agreement on River Meuse Border Project

    2005-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Van Oord Nederland has signed a joint venture contract to execute the River Meuse Border Project .

  • Intermarine designed, delivered and constructed Broomielaw Landing in the heart of Glasgow in only five months.
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    Big Business in Bespoke Pontoons

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Hampshire UK based pontoon innovator Intermarine is celebrating the completion of over £ 1.5 million of bespoke projects in the last 12 months at sites ranging from Scotland to Cornwall, with each designed to meet the specific environmental and operational requirements of a diverse group of clients.

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    Queen's Award Dropped on Rock Fall

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Scottish specialists in underwater drilling and blasting, Rock Fall Company Ltd , has won this year''s Queen''s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category.