Ports & Harbours – Page 86
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Marina Green Light for Port of Lowestoft
Associated British Ports (ABP) will build a140 berth marina at its East Anglian Port of Lowestoft following planning approval from Waveney District Council.
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NewsComplex Surveys for New Gibraltar Outfall
Gibraltar is at the meeting point of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, a geography which produces a highly complex pattern of currents and tides. When the Government of Gibraltar planned a new main outfall a comprehensive integrated survey was necessary to determine the preferred route of the pipe, ...
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NewsA Pier Appears To Be Art
The Millbank Pier, the fifth and final new London pier being built with funding from the Millennium Commission, opens this month.
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NewsRebuild Under Way at Queen's Wharf Falmouth
A £ 4 million project to rebuild Queen''s Wharf in Falmouth UK began this month following the removal of a massive crane from the seabed. The wharf was destroyed on the night of 8 January during a fire which is thought to have started when a halogen lamp was blown ...
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NewsEMSAGG Conference Throws New Light on Aggregates Business
The European Marine Sand and Gravel Group (EMSAGG) held a major conference, European marine sand and gravel - shaping the future, in February at Delft University in the Netherlands.
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NewsFirst Caissons Floated Out for Durban Quay Wall Project
Contractor Interbeton has sunk the first caissons that will form the basis of a new 1,200m long quay wall at the Port of Durban in South Africa, a project that Interbeton is carrying out in a Joint Venture (JV) with the local construction firms Grinaker-LTA and BCW.
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NewsRoute for New Canal Announced
British Waterways has announced the route selected to link the River Great Ouse at Bedford with the Grand Union Canal at Milton Keynes, the first new canal to be built in the UK for more than a century.
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NewsFlexible Liner Restores Canal Bed in Lancaster Canal
A major £ 700,000 renovation project, which has closed off a northern section of the Lancaster Canal throughout the winter, is on course for completion this month, British Waterways has confirmed.
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Concern Over Maerl Dredging
Conservationists in the UK are claiming that dredging maerl, a material used by farmers as an organic fertilizer, from a Cornish estuary, should be stopped to protect the area. They claim that dredging maerl, a form of calcified seaweed used as a fertiliser, which has been taking place in the ...
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HR Wallingford Commissioned for Italian Marina Study
HR Wallingford has recently been commissioned by Consorzio Porto di Cattolica to carry out studies in connection with the development of a marina in the entrance of the Tavollo River at Cattolica, Italy.
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NewsDecision Due on Marina at Bridlington
A Government-level decision on whether to allow the development of a new marina complex at Bridlington in the North East of the UK - a project which will be one of the largest engineering projects in the North of England if it goes ahead - is due to be taken ...
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Cityof Oslo Launches Claim Against PCB Producers
The City of Oslo in Norway is demanding ¢ 7m from Bayer AG , Solutia and Kaneka in compensation for the cost of cleaning up Oslo Harbour.
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NewsCentrum Piles Up a Production Record
Centrum Pile Ltd, formed by Aarsleff Piling in 2001, remains a wholly owned subsidiary of Aarsleff following the collapse last November of a proposed 50/50 joint ownership deal with Stent Foundations.
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NewsLargest Limpet Dam In Action at the Port of Felixstowe
John Martin Construction Ltd has recently undertaken some essential maintenance work at the Port of Felixstowe.
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NewsGoteborg Goes With the Changes
The Swedish Port of Goteborg''s board has approved the Port''s largest ever investment package, authorising some $45m for upgrading facilities at the Skandia Container Terminal to accommodate the largest boxships envisioned for the future.
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NewsSeacore Left High and Dry in Devon
Cornwall based Seacore Ltd has demonstrated the versatility of one of its Skate II series jack up platforms during the replacement and extension of a seawall outfall pipeline down steep cliffs and out to sea to help enhance the water quality at one of the UK''s premier surfing beaches at ...
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Tests Underway to Enhance Recycled Decking
Portsmouth UK based Plasti Ltd are conducting a series of tests in conjunction with Anglia Waterblast, Jotun and the Royal Military College at Shrivenham (part of Cranfield University) aimed at further enhancing the non-slip properties of their decking planks, which are manufactured from 100% recycled materials.
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Studies for Nile Delta Terminal
EGS (International) recently completed a one year programme of metocean measurements in Egypt for the BG Group. BG are developing a new terminal to the west of the Nile Delta which will export LNG.
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News'Amazone' in Africa for Pipeline Dredging Works
The Belgian DEME Group recently deployed its powerful sea-going cutter suction dredger Amazone to Nigeria for trench dredging at the Offshore Gas Gathering System (OGGS) landfall on the southern shore of Bonny Island. The OGGS project is a final piece in Shell Oil''s programme to phase out all gas flaring ...
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NewsFelixstowe Expansion Underway
Civil engineering contractors Costain began work earlier this month on a £ 28m project to extend Trinity Terminal at the UK Port of Felixstowe. The Port was granted the Harbour Revision Order to proceed with the works last October following a Public Inquiry earlier in 2002.
