Ports & Harbours – Page 15

  • Nusrat Ghani
    News

    UK port hailed for its green credentials

    2020-01-22T11:00:00Z

    A UK port’s increasing value to the offshore energy and renewables industry has been recognised during a visit from the Department for Transport‘s Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani.

  • Barge transport on the Vistula River (Photo: R. Modrzewski)
    News

    Poland’s inland waterways to become ‘international shipping routes’

    2020-01-22T10:54:00Z

    Prospects for modernizing Polish inland waterways are shaped by the EU and environmental factors writes Gordon Feller.

  • WMS will distribute High and Dry Boatlifts Credit: WMS
    News

    High and Dry Boatlifts from WMS

    2020-01-20T13:32:00Z

    Wardle Marine Services (WMS) has become a distributor for High and Dry Boatlifts.

  • An illustration of the planned LNG bunkering station (truck refuelling facility not shown)
    News

    Antwerp LNG development

    2020-01-17T13:28:00Z

    Cryostar and KC LNG (The LNG division of MAKEEN Energy) have been awarded the contract for building an LNG ship bunkering and truck fuelling facility in the port of Antwerp.

  • Hopper dredger Causeway at work as Emden invests in outer harbour deepening
    News

    Emden readies for LNG RoRo ships

    2020-01-06T11:09:00Z

    German vehicle handling port Emden has deepened its outer harbour and is expanding elsewhere to meet the challenge of bigger ships in 2020, Tom Todd reports.

  • Reconstruction over 500m at Bremerhaven’s Westkaje.
    News

    Bremerhaven Westkaje project for completion soon

    2019-11-20T12:45:00Z

    A €30 million project to rebuild Bremerhaven’s 110-year-old Westkaje for big ships will be completed soon following initial delays, Tom Todd reports.

  • VTS building
    News

    UK port begins GB£4.3m ro-ro project

    2019-11-20T10:58:00Z

    A major UK port has begun a new phase of planned investment to maximise quayside space and ensure the world’s largest ships can continue to call there.

  • Port of Gothenburg Energy Port
    News

    Data system boosts port efficiency

    2019-11-19T11:30:00Z

    A new data system designed to coordinate and monitor work has enabled safer, quicker and more efficient handling of goods at a Swedish port.

  • Port of Gdansk
    News

    €2.8bn Baltic port development unveiled

    2019-11-04T12:52:00Z

    A Baltic port aims to build a €2.8bn port in a bid to double its cargo volumes from 50m in 2019 to 100m tonnes a year.

  • Rønne is now well placed to handle components for many of the new wind farm developments in the Baltic Sea
    News

    Bornholm base for Kreigers Flak

    2019-10-31T14:28:00Z

    Designed primarily as a base for the Kreigers Flak offshore wind farm, a major harbour development on the island of Bornholm has seen the port of Rønne almost double in size.

  • drone
    News

    Economic viability of drone traffic tested

    2019-10-31T14:12:00Z

    Drones have been tested at a Belgium port to demonstrate the economic viability of drone traffic in this environment.

  • Rostock's Seekanal (Baltic approach) with Ueberseehafen beyond (Photo Rostock Port)
    News

    Rostock deepening will boost port handling

    2019-10-22T11:42:00Z

    The German Baltic port of Rostock is hoping for a substantial boost in cargo handling from planned approach channel deepening expected to be approved soon, writes Tom Todd.

  • The site is land zoned for industrial use and has direct access to a deep-water channel
    News

    Plans for Clyde commercial marine hub

    2019-10-15T11:55:00Z

    A major milestone has been reached in an ambitious plan to bring marine manufacturing and support industries back to the Upper Clyde, Scotland.

  • Much of the planned spending will go towards schemes to deepen the Port’s shipping channel
    News

    Expansion at Belfast

    2019-10-02T09:59:00Z

    Belfast Harbour in Northern Ireland, has announced major plans to expand its facilities and revealed its ambition to become one of the best regional ports in the world writes Dag Pike.

  • Kaiserschleuse readies for off yet again after latest repairs
    News

    Third time lucky for troubled German lock?

    2019-09-23T14:16:00Z

    A third round of major repairs inside five years was being completed by October at Bremerhaven’s trouble-plagued Kaiserschleuse ship lock, reports Tom Todd.

  • Port of Sunderland is ready to capitalise on the development of the Dogger Bank windfarm Photo: Port of Sunderland
    News

    Sunderland ready for Dogger Bank windfarm

    2019-09-23T13:56:00Z

    Port of Sunderland has declared itself ''ready, willing and able to deliver'' after a long-awaited government announcement of investment in Dogger Bank.

  • warehouse facility
    News

    Mega warehouse facility boosts logistics firm

    2019-09-20T10:10:00Z

    A logistics solutions company aims to support its transcontinental operations with the opening of a a 17,000sqm warehouse facility.

  • The newly developed terminal is expected to be fully operational by January 2020
    News

    Twelve Quays project nears completion

    2019-09-17T15:26:00Z

    A major port modernisation project in the Northwest of the UK is expected to be completed at the start of 2020.

  • Port of Southampton
    News

    UK’s first Port Economic Partnership launches

    2019-09-13T14:33:00Z

    The UK government’s Department for Transport (DfT) has partnered with a port to launch the UK’s first Port Economic Partnership (PEP) with the aim of creating stronger links between ports and Government to maximise long-term trade and economic growth.

  • Signage at Portsmouth International Port
    News

    Portsmouth cruise development

    2019-08-30T12:16:00Z

    The UK’s Portsmouth International Port is making a long talked about move towards creaming off some of near neighbour Southampton’s considerable cruise traffic thanks to a berth extension project.