Ports & Harbours – Page 25
-
NewsPremier Marinas chooses solar for energy needs
Premier Marinas in the UK has turned to the potential benefits of solar power to support its immediate and future energy needs.
-
NewsNew Ro-Ro facility at Polarbase
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 ...
-
NewsManaging risk in port developments
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.
-
NewsMammoth find uncovered at Dover Docks project
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.
-
NewsPoole quay development near completion
Construction work is close to completion on Poole Harbour’s GB£10m development South Quay.
-
NewsOvernight innovation solving port-related issues
How can keeping 80 or so people up all night help solve practical, port-related issues like dredging prediction? The answer: hold a hackathon.
-
NewsStrategic European lock marks 40 years
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.
-
NewsOffshore hub Cuxhaven adds new berths
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.
-
NewsDevelopments for renewables and larger vessels at Ouistreham
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.
-
News€92 million lock opens for Euro traffic
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.
-
NewsTroubled German lock to close again
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.
-
NewsSea and land civils increase Norddeich clout
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.
-
NewsDredging and reclamation at Genoa
Embracing responsibility in urban planning, infrastructure upgrade and marine environmental protection – An Italian case study with Genoa Port Authority.
-
NewsUK producer of concrete breakwaters
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.
-
NewsMajor investment in Dundee
The Port of Dundee in Scotland is working on developing facilities in the port to create a centre for the de-commissioning of offshore oil assets from the North Sea.
-
NewsDanish ports expand
There is considerable expansion activity at Danish ports partly to cope with accommodating larger ships and partly to cope with increasing trade. Another spur for expansion has also come from the increased activity on wind farm construction in both the North and the Baltic Seas where Denmark has become a ...
-
NewsRecycling plant will tackle high energy costs
A UK naval port will benefit from reduced carbon footprint and energy costs following work to install a specialist recycling plant.
-
NewsEsbjerg: Ahead of the times
“Generally, I’d say wind port operations should be so smooth their contribution goes almost unnoticed. Helping cargo to run through, just like water,” said Jesper Bank of the port of Esbjerg.
-
NewsABIS supports Spanish port development
UK-based ABIS Holdings Energy Services will support the development and operation of an offshore supply base operating in the Port of Arinaga, on Spain’s Gran Canaria island.
-
NewsNew £16.5 million pier for Lerwick
The biggest expansion yet to service port users at Lerwick Harbour, Shetland Islands, UK was officially opened in mid July.
