Ports & Harbours – Page 19
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NewsStandby berthing for pilots and tugs
UK gangway and pontoon supplier and installer Walcon Marine has returned to Shoreham Port in south-east England 25 years after it first installed a waiting pontoon to replace it with an all-new facility.
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NewsNew ferries prompt Karlshamn expansion
New larger ferries under construction in China that will operate on the route between Sweden and Lithuania have prompted the authorities at the Swedish port of Karlshamn to expand the facilities for handling ro-ro vessels writes Dag Pike.
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Cork less buoyant
The Port of Cork has reported that the combined total traffic through both the Port of Cork and Bantry Bay Port Company took a dip of 5% from 10.6 million tonnes, to just over 10 million tonnes in 2019.
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New structure allows for bigger ships
A 21.2m wide bulk carrier has successfully travelled through the large lock at Caen-Ouistreham ferry port, with just 60cm to spare on either side, as a result of a new structure for guiding vessels into the locks.
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NewsLochmaddy pier improvement
Upgrade work on the Lochmaddy Pier used for the Calmac ferry service on North Uist, Scotland, is scheduled to start after £10m contract for dredging and construction work was awarded to L&M Keating Ltd. writes Dag Pike.
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Strong Finnish
The Finnish Port of Helsinki has reported strong traffic figures for 2019. A total of 12.2 million ship passengers travelled via Helsinki, which maintained its status as the busiest international passenger port in Europe.
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NewsLNG first for Rostock
The next generation offshore installation vessel ‘Orion’ has been fuelled for the first time with LNG in only the second ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation to take place in Germany.
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NewsCold ironing up and running in major European port
A German port is up and running with the first European onshore power supply via transformers to feed multiple voltages for cruise ships
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NewsUK port hailed for its green credentials
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.
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NewsPoland’s inland waterways to become ‘international shipping routes’
Prospects for modernizing Polish inland waterways are shaped by the EU and environmental factors writes Gordon Feller.
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NewsHigh and Dry Boatlifts from WMS
Wardle Marine Services (WMS) has become a distributor for High and Dry Boatlifts.
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NewsAntwerp LNG development
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.
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NewsEmden readies for LNG RoRo ships
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.
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NewsBremerhaven Westkaje project for completion soon
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.
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NewsUK port begins GB£4.3m ro-ro project
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.
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NewsData system boosts port efficiency
A new data system designed to coordinate and monitor work has enabled safer, quicker and more efficient handling of goods at a Swedish port.
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News€2.8bn Baltic port development unveiled
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.
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NewsBornholm base for Kreigers Flak
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.
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NewsEconomic viability of drone traffic tested
Drones have been tested at a Belgium port to demonstrate the economic viability of drone traffic in this environment.
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NewsRostock deepening will boost port handling
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.
