Ports & Harbours – Page 28
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NewsMontrose upgrade
A major £6m quay upgrade for the UK’s Montrose Port Authority (MPA) has now been completed in a move that will enhance the harbour’s capacity for handling larger cargo and oil and gas ships, enabling it to broaden its scope of vessel services.
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NewsStrong cruise season for Lerwick
The arrival of the cruise ship Norwegian Star at Lerwick Harbour has marked the end of the Shetland port''s best season yet, with two records achieved. Passenger numbers reached a new high at 43,056, topping the previous record of 37,572 in 2012, with the vessel tonnage figure of 1,682,985 gross ...
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NewsPositive port paper
The latest Barometer Report from Swedish headquartered Trelleborg, which discusses the issues impacting ports and terminals around the globe, has revealed the most optimistic outlook on investment since the annual industry survey began in 2010.
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NewsHands to the pumps
Neway Pumps (UK) is growing a reputation for its pumping solutions, and particularly in dealing with over- pumping situations within the marine sector. The company had a chance to prove this recently when it was faced with the challenge of pumping 5.5 cubic metres per second capacity out of the ...
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NewsPloughing the seabed for energy
Ecosse Subsea Systems (UK) has won its third seabed clearance contract on a major wind farm construction project. The subsea engineering specialist has started offshore operations on the Westermost Rough development, located eight kilometres off the Yorkshire coast, east of Hull, UK.
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NewsWalkways upgraded
Totnes, UK based Docking Solutions has just won a contract from Sutton Harbour Holdings for the upgrading of walkways in Sutton Lock, at the Barbican, Plymouth. The contract was negotiated during Mercator Media’s Seawork International 2014 event, which proved another successful show for Docking Solutions.
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NewsIHC’s awkward load
A 45m high pipe-lay tower belonging to IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB) has left the UK’s Port of Tyne destined for Rotterdam.
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Riffgrund foundations
GeoSea has just finalised the installation of 77 foundations on the DONG Energy Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm. The installation works, including transport from the fabrication yard to the marshalling harbour, have finished ahead of schedule.
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NewsNew pontoon for Harwich lifeboat station
One of the UK RNLI Eastern region''s busiest stations has had a new pontoon installed for its all weather lifeboat.
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NewsInvestment at Algeciras
A 73 million USD investment to upgrade four existing cranes, along with other infrastructure improvements to APM Terminals Algeciras, has helped to make Spain’s largest container port the busiest on the Mediterranean Sea, APM has claimed.
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NewsCaisson tow completed
Holyhead Towing (UK) have recently completed a contract to tow a 4,000 tonne reinforced concrete caisson from the Inchgreen drydock in Greenock where it was built by RJ McLeod (contractors) for Ullapool Harbour Trust.
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NewsNew floating dock for Melita Marine Group
In order to improve their capacity, Melita Marine Group of Malta has purchased a new floating dock with 5,000 tonnes lifting capacity, an overall length of 102 metres, an inside width 20 metres and draft over keel blocks of 6 metres.
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NewsPorto investment
Spanish marine infrastructure specialist ADELTE, formerly known as TEAM has won a contract to install a sophisticated boarding bridge at the new cruise terminal in Leixões near Porto, Portugal.
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NewsHamburg’s CC3 keeps pace with big cruise demand
Construction is now underway in Hamburg on a third cruise ship terminal – this one designed to handle the biggest vessels afloat and turn round 6-8,000 passengers at a time.
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NewsCosts soar on delayed Emden lock project
Technical and legal complications have further delayed completion of the long-planned renovation of the port of Emden’s Nesserlander Lock until 2017 and also “significantly” increased the estimated cost of the project.
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NewsRiver rail bridge refurb rolls on
The refurbishment of Battersea Rail Bridge over the Thames has overrun due to several unforeseen factors, writes Graeme Ewens
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NewsSeptember start for Kiel Canal lock project
Construction of the badly needed fifth lock in Brunsbuettel on the Kiel Canal is expected to start in earnest in September after Berlin Government approval was given for costs totalling €485 million.
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Game-changing wind foundation
The world’s first Seatower Cranefree Gravity foundation will be deployed at the Fécamp offshore windfarm in the English Channel, 13km off the coast of Normandy.
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NewsDutch companies plan flood protection for Jakarta
During a recent trade mission to Indonesia, Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment, Melanie Schultz van Haegen presented a masterplan offering a long-term solution to flooding in North Jakarta.
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ARCADIS win two port contracts in Brazil
Dutch consultancy firm ARCADIS has signed two large contracts to project manage a new port terminal in Säo Luis in north eastern Brazil for a global mining company based in the country.
