Ports & Harbours – Page 20

  • Open to shipping again: Emden’s Nesserlander Lock
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    Ten year lock revamp completed in Emden

    2018-01-22T15:19:00Z

    More than a decade after it was closed for renovation and expansion, the Nesserlander Schleuse - one of the two locks linking the busy German port of Emden with the sea - is finally open to shipping again.

  • Aerial photograph of Port of Teignmouth in November 2017
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    Port of Teignmouth celebrates highest tonnage levels in a decade

    2018-01-19T16:15:00Z

    ABP’s Port of Teignmouth, Devon, UK has reported 2017 as a record-breaking year, which saw the port handle its highest tonnage of cargo since 2008.

  • L-R Oran Robson, Finance Director (Port of Blyth); Michael Hindhaugh, Relationship Director (Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking); Geoff Hodgson, Chairman (Port of Blyth); Martin Lawlor, Chief Executive (Port of Blyth).
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    £12million in the bank for Port of Blyth expansion

    2018-01-19T15:59:00Z

    The port of Blyth, UK has announced a new £12million banking facility with Lloyds Bank that will enable the next phase in its rapid expansion.

  • At La Spezia Ingemar overcame the problem of handling extra-large items by producing them directly in the vicinity of the installation site
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    Demand increases for clever modular pontoon system

    2018-01-17T16:18:00Z

    Italy’s Ingemar Group has developed a new modular system to build extra-large barriers and maxi-size floating pontoons which could play a key role in the coastal development of many emerging countries.

  • The increasing volume of barge freight has led to a greater demand for holding berths
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    Barge quay improvements at Antwerp

    2018-01-15T16:08:00Z

    Barge operators not only require well-equipped service quays, they also need holding berths where they can moor for a rest or while they are waiting for the next job. The increasing volume of barge freight in the port of Antwerp over the past few years has led to a greater ...

  • Liebherr mobile harbour cranes type LHM 420
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    Harbour crane investment at Emden

    2018-01-12T10:42:00Z

    The German port handling company EPAS recently received two new Liebherr mobile harbour cranes type LHM 420. Both cranes together can handle up to 248 tonnes in tandem lift operation. The two devices will further improve the logistic process at the Nordkai terminal in Emden, Germany.

  • Green Power Projects have completed a further five sites for Premier at Chichester, Swanwick, Falmouth, Southsea and Gosport
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    Premier Marinas chooses solar for energy needs

    2018-01-08T16:31:00Z

    Premier Marinas in the UK has turned to the potential benefits of solar power to support its immediate and future energy needs.

  • Currently Polarbase has a number of quays that allow for the loading and discharge of offshore supply vessels and cargo ships
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    New Ro-Ro facility at Polarbase

    2017-12-13T11:38:00Z

    Norway’s NorSea Group has revealed plans to construct a new roll-on/roll-off facility at its Polarbase supply facility located at Hammerfest in the far north of Norway. This project is being developed in conjunction with the port authority at Hammerfest and it is designed to improve the flow of cargoes through ...

  • Greater automation and more sophisticated IT in ports can also help reduce risk and bring greater predictability to operations
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    Managing risk in port developments

    2017-12-06T10:21:00Z

    According to Peter Lyall of maritime consultants and Global Maritime subsidiary Eagle Lyon Pope, the ports sector is undergoing major changes as it faces a highly competitive economic environment and ongoing global challenges.

  • A team working at the Port of Dover has uncovered a fossilised mammoth tooth
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    Mammoth find uncovered at Dover Docks project

    2017-11-13T14:44:00Z

    A team working on a construction project at the UK’s Port of Dover has uncovered a fossilised mammoth tooth while excavating the Wellington Dock Navigation Channel.

  • Poole Harbour
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    Poole quay development near completion

    2017-11-03T16:52:00Z

    Construction work is close to completion on Poole Harbour’s GB£10m development South Quay.

  • The DockTech team, working late on a ‘predictive dredging’ ap
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    Overnight innovation solving port-related issues

    2017-11-03T10:47:00Z

    How can keeping 80 or so people up all night help solve practical, port-related issues like dredging prediction? The answer: hold a hackathon.

  • Iffezheim Lock points up French-German waterway co-operation (Photo-WSV)
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    Strategic European lock marks 40 years

    2017-10-26T16:58:00Z

    One of the biggest and most efficient river locks in Europe - the Schleuse Iffezheim on the Rhine in Germany - is 40 years old this year and officials say that without it Switzerland and parts of France would be unreachable by waterway.

  • On target for completion next May is Cuxhaven’s new deepwater Berth 4
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    Offshore hub Cuxhaven adds new berths

    2017-10-25T17:16:00Z

    The rapidly expanding German Bight port of Cuxhaven has put two more offshore-oriented ship handling berths into operation, started expansion work on another and remains on track to complete a big combined berth and multi-purpose handling facility next year.

  • Redevelopment project for Ouistreham outer port
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    Developments for renewables and larger vessels at Ouistreham

    2017-10-25T12:00:00Z

    Significant developments are taking place at the northern French port of Ouistreham that are aimed at allowing access for larger vessels as well as creating 30 to 40 additional waiting spaces in the water for pleasure boats and facilitating safety and emergency operations.

  • Minden lock adds a new dimension to European waterway transport  (Photo: WSV)
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    €92 million lock opens for Euro traffic

    2017-10-25T11:44:00Z

    A giant new river lock which can handle modern river and canal motor ships up to 110m in length and will significantly improve European waterway transport, has been inaugurated on the River Weser near Minden in northern Germany.

  • The Kaiserschleuse showing a lock gate where problems have led to the latest rremedial work
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    Troubled German lock to close again

    2017-10-25T11:30:00Z

    Two years after unexpected repairs closed it down for more than a twelve month period, the €233 million Kaiserschleuse Lock in Bremerhaven, built just six years ago, is to close again for repairs costing €24.5 million.

  • New Norderney terminal is a key to Norddeich success
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    Sea and land civils increase Norddeich clout

    2017-09-27T11:54:00Z

    The small German ferry port of Norddeich on the North Sea is adding more berths and new land logistics handling areas to meet increasing traffic and bigger ships.

  • Position of the Genoa Port – Adjacent to airport and naturally linked with city’s coastal zone
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    Dredging and reclamation at Genoa

    2017-09-26T09:39:00Z

    Embracing responsibility in urban planning, infrastructure upgrade and marine environmental protection – An Italian case study with Genoa Port Authority.

  • Gael Force SeaHaven breakwater nearing completion
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    UK producer of concrete breakwaters

    2017-09-12T11:55:00Z

    Gael Force Engineering’s first floating concrete breakwater has recently been launched and is considered to be an enormous achievement for the UK-based pontoon manufacturer.