Ports & Harbours – Page 79
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China Harbour-Costain to Design Breakwater for LNG terminal
In early January, China Harbour-Costain announced that it had been awarded a US$170 million contract by Sempra LNG ''s Energia Costa Azul to design and construct the breakwater for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Baja California in Mexico. The 600m break water will serve to protect the receipt ...
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Brunei EDB Appoints Halcrow for Port Study
Brunei has launched a global campaign to find a partner for its planned US$1.7 billion deepwater port, which is a major plank in the tiny Asian nation''s economic diversification plan.
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NewsFlexcrete Unveils Solution to Sheet Piling Problem
Flexcrete , which specialises in repair to marine and other structures, has launched a new product, Cemprotec Clutch Filler , to complement its successful Cemprotec E942 system.
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NewsHydraulic Modelling Alive and Well at HR Wallingford
HR Wallingford in the UK has unveiled details of a major investment it has made in a new modelling hall that covers an area more than 11,000m 2.Responding to record demand for hydraulic modelling, HR Wallingford is replacing its well-known modelling hall that has served engineers in the UK and ...
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NewsDover Ramp Contract Completed
Edmund Nuttall Ltd successfully installed prefabricated vehicle and passenger walkway ramps last month under their design and construct contract with Dover Harbour Board UK for the new Pier F and Berths 8 & 9.
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NewsStrong Wind Forecast for Europe
The new frontier for wind energy is offshore, the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) told delegates to the industry''s major exhibition and conference in London last month.
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NewsFenders Meet PIANC Protocol
Fentek ''s entire range of high performance moulded fenders has achieved Type Approval status from Germanischer Lloyd following rigorous testing to the new International Navigation Association (PIANC) protocol.
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NewsInnovation Expedites Quayside Works
Anglian Marine Services Limited (AMSL) were awarded the main diving contract by Costain earlier this year to install cathodic protection to all steel pile wall sections at the Trinity III Terminal ''s new and existing berths in the UK Port of Felixstowe .
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NewsFelixstowe South Public Inquiry Underway
The Public Inquiry is underway into the proposed reconfiguration of the southern part of the UK Port of Felixstowe . The proposal involves the conversion of an area previously used by P& O North Sea Ferries at Landguard Terminal and the now largely redundant Dock Basin into a new deep ...
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NewsRavestein's Linkspan Lifts Dunkirk's Ro-Ro Ambitions
The photograph which appeared on page 115 of the November 2004 MJ toaccompany David Foxwell''s article about new ro-ro linkspan standards has an interesting story of its own.
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NewsGreen Machines Complete Underwater Pipeline
The Bewl-Darwell Water Transfer Scheme is a £ 25m project being carried out by Southern Water and South East Water in the UK to help safeguard water supplies.
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Flood Scheme to Cost €35m
Work on a 35m flood relief scheme for Clonmel in Ireland will start early next year, the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Mr Tom Parlon said recently during a visit to the town.
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£100m Marina Plans for Yarmouth
Plans for a marina at Yarmouth in the UK which could cost as much as £ 100m could be submitted to the borough council in February of 2005.
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NewsCostain Completes Work at Felixstowe
The Port of Felixstowe in the UK has celebrated the official opening of a 270m extension to its Trinity Terminal , known as Trinity III 2 , which was built by Costain Marine .
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NewsNew Standard for Ro-ro Linkspans
As briefly highlighted in the October issue of MJ , a new code for the design of ro-ro ramps, linkspans and walkways - British Standard 6349 Part 8 - is due to be published early next year, enabling ro-ro infrastructure to be planned, designed and built to an acceptable common ...
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NewsAutomated Mooring System for Dover
The Port of Dover in the UK is to be the first European port to install an automated mooring system using vacuum technology developed by Mooring Systems Limited (MSL), following the signing earlier this year of a European licensing agreement between MSL and Cavotec Group Holdings NV in the Netherlands.
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NewsIraqi Ports Obstructed by Wrecks, says UNDP
Hundreds of sunken ships ranging from large freighters and tankers to small tugs and dhows are blocking access to Iraq''s principal seaports and threatening the marine environment of the northern Persian Gulf, according to a detailed report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) which was released in early October.
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Seacore Wins More Windfarm Work
Seacore in the UK has been awarded a contract by the Danish power utility company, Energi E2 , to erect an 80m high meteorological mast for the London Array Offshore Wind Farm project in the Thames Estuary.
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NewsRoSafe Ups the Standard
Posford Haskoning and Bosch Rexroth have revealed details of a new safety device for ferry linkspans that they have developed. The new device, named RoSafe , is a secondary system that works independently of the operating mechanism that moves a linkspan or walkway into position. It acts as an independent ...
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Standards for Ro-ro Linkspans Agreed
A new design code is being drafted for the design of rollon- roll-off ramps, linkspans and walkways, and a meeting organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in the UK recently has reviewed a draft addition to the suite of standards in British Standard 6349 , the Maritime Code ...
