Ports & Harbours – Page 83
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NewsMarine Construction Day Returns to seawork
The seventh annual seawork exhibition and conference takes place in the ABP Port of Southampton from 22-24 June 2004. Recognised as the key forum for the commercial maritime industry, seawork2004 promises to be the most rewarding ever for participants, visitors and conference delegates alike.
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NewsMostyn Makes Most of Offshore Winds
The installation and staged commissioning of the UK''s newest wind farm off the coast of Wales has established the Port of Mostyn as a specialist base of operations for a significant new industry which looks set for continuing growth. The finishing touches will be applied to the 60MW North Hoyle ...
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Clydeport Takes Planning North
With the four major container terminal planning applications under consideration in the UK all situated in the South East, Scottish West Coast ports operator Clydeport has revealed its intention to submit a planning application this year for a brownfield container terminal development at Hunterston.
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NewsInchscape's Fleet Grows With 'The World'
Involvement in the creation of the world''s largest man made islands has led marine services provider Inchscape Shipping Services (ISS) to enhance its fleet of construction support vessels in the Middle East.
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NewsMarina Gets to Grips with New Decking
Sileby Marina in Leicestershire UK has chosen the new fibreglass non slip decking product, DeckGrip from FibreGrid Limited , as a replacement to their old timber decking boards.
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Seacore/ Eidesvik Joint Venture
Cornwall UK based Seacore Ltd and Norway''s Eidesvik Subsea AS have signed an exclusive agreement to jointly provide offshore drilling services to the site investigation and mineral coring industries.
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NewsEast Port Great Yarmouth Awaits Key Decisions
Tenders for the construction of a new harbour and ro-ro terminal at Great Yarmouth on the east coast of the UK could be issued by the end of the second quarter of 2004, if key issues that are being addressed currently by central government and regional authorities can be successfully ...
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NewsSeawalker With Diamonds On the Sole of Its Shoes
Cornwall UK based marine contractors Seacore has sold a Seawalker self contained eight leg walking jack-up platform to the Namibian mining company Namdeb foruse in mining diamonds in the shallow raging surf along the Namibian coastline.
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Danes Do UK Windfarm Deal
NEG Micon has concluded a major offshore agreement with the Danish utility Elsam concerning the Kentish Flats Offshore Windfarm off the English coast of Kent.
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NewsFelixstowe Applies for New Box Terminal
Hutchison Ports (UK) Ltd (HPUK) , on behalf of its subsidiary Port of Felixstowe, formally applied last month to Suffolk Coastal District Council for planning permission to reconfigure the southern part of the port.
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European Renewables Conference Set For Berlin
The European Conference for Renewable Energy - Intelligent Policy Options has been schedule for 19 to 21 January 2004 in Berlin.
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NewsKlaas Act at CEDA Dredging Days
The cutter suction dredger is the beast of the industry, called upon when the going gets extremely tough and it is necessary to cut through hard compacted soils or solid rock in works such as the deepening of harbours and fairways.
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NewsFacelift for St George's
The 675m long St George''s Bridge at Doncaster crosses the South Yorkshire Navigation Canal, River Don and the East Coast Main Line.
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Gareloch Celebrates Busy Birthday
Scotland''s Gareloch Support Services (Plant) Ltd is celebrating 15 years in the commercial marine support industry with its marine civils department typically busy on a UK west coast project repairing all load bearing piles on a jetty. The job involves the removal of old steel casings and the injection of ...
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NewsNew 24m Piling Barge Under Build for Walcon Marine
Fareham UK based Walcon Marine , specialists in the design, manufacture and installation of marinas, has purchased a new 24m piling barge which is currently under construction at the Aveco Shipyard on Teesside. The design was developed by Walcon Marine with the detailed design and project management by John Pattison ...
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Van Oord ACZ Chosen for Kent Coastal Protection Contract
Van Oord ACZ Ltd has been chosen by the UK''s Shepway District Council to carry out one of the biggest coastal protection schemes ever planned for the district''s shoreline. The £ 17m Hythe to Folkestone Harbour Coast Protection Scheme is designed to protect against flooding and erosion for the next ...
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NewsWave Study Tests Art Centre Design
The design team for a proposed international venue for the visual arts is working with marine engineering experts at HR Wallingford to test the forces of waves which will crash into the gallery and stone pier structures at its coastal location in Margate, Kent UK.
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NewsLandfall Works Complete Africa/Europe Pipeline Link
Constructing two delicate landfalls in Sicily and Libya, the Belgian DEME Group is creating the tailpiece for linking North African gas resources to the European mainland. The work is being executed by Sidra , DEME''s Italian subsidiary, and Tideway , the specialised DEME subsidiary which services the global oil and ...
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NewsInnovative Technology Employed at Port of Cartagena
An innovative solution has been adopted to speed up the construction of new jetties at the Spanish port of Cartagena, in the province of Murcia in the south of Spain.
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NewsShipyards Could Become Sites for Marinas
Two former shipyards in the UK, one in the northeast and one on the south coast, could become sites for new marinas.
