Ports & Harbours – Page 31
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NewsCruise Centre booms amid calls for another
Hamburg’s new €64 million Steinwerder Cruise Centre (CC3) handled nearly 60,000 passengers and 11 ships in its first month of operation, lending more weight to calls for a fourth such facility in Germany’s biggest seaport.
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NewsBuilding bridges
ADELTE, the Spanish port and terminal boarding bridge supplier, formerly known as TEAM, has reported that it has completed the installation of two innovative boarding bridges at Cruise Center Steinwerder, Hamburg’s third cruise terminal.
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NewsDover Marina changes
The planned development of the Western Docks in Dover Harbour will bring about major changes to the adjacent Dover Marina. Not only will the entrance to the marina be changed but two of the existing marina dock areas will be filled in and replaced by a large new tidal marina ...
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NewsMajor expansion at Calais
Plans for a major expansion at the cross-Channel port of Calais have been developed. Called Calais Port 2015, this project will see the port double in size and will provide more berths for the larger ferries now operating on the cross-Channel routes.
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NewsTerminal improvement
Royal HaskoningDHV has helped to complete a new ferry terminal at Ullapool Harbour in the Scottish Highlands. This is the first in a series of ferry terminals which RHDHV is developing across the west coast of Scotland, linked to a rise in tourism.
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Pedestals pique interest
UK Marina and pontoon pedestal and equipment supplier Rolec has reported another successful Seawork International Show at the Port of Southampton.
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NewsPutting harbour performance to the test
Members of Aberdeen Harbour Board have seen their potential flagship expansion project at Nigg Bay given life beyond the drawing board for the first time. The Board have recently observed the start of a series of physical model tests that are being undertaken by hydraulic experts at HR Wallingford.
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NewsDredging Chelsea Harbour marina is no easy matter
It is thirteen years since the marina at Chelsea Harbour on London’s River Thames was last dredged. That was a fairly complex operation technically but this time around the rules have changed.
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NewsRed7 jackup at work in the Scilly Isles
Red7 Marine''s newest jackup goes to work in the Scilly Isles.
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NewsKlaipeda Port invests in infrastructure
The major port in Lithuania, Klaipeda, has reported that all work has now been completed on the development of their berth No.144 and that this berth is now fully open for cargoes. Berth 144 is one of the major terminals in this developing port and it is adapted for handling ...
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NewsMarine spatial planning
Ports, harbours and waterways have to manage an ever growing volume and mix of recreational activity and heavy commercial activity - at times across the same compact waterspace. This creates a series of challenging marine planning requirements that need to be addressed.
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NewsDun Laoghaire cruise terminal development
Proposals to establish a new cruise ship terminal at the Irish port of Dun Laoghaire have reached the planning application stage. The proposed new cruise terminal would allow the worlds largest cruise ships to be moored up in the port but the proposals are being resisted by yachtsmen say that ...
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NewsFalmouth for orders
The Cornish port of Falmouth has many maritime industries and ship visits are interesting if unpredictable, writes Graeme Ewens
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NewsHarbours role at Braemar
UK consultancy Braemar (Incorporating The Salvage Association) has announced that Mr Tim Lewis has been appointed to the newly created position of ‘Director, Ports & Harbours’. Mr Lewis holds a masters degree in Civil and Maritime Engineering, and a masters degree in Business Administration, and joins Braemar SA from another ...
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NewsExpansion at Portsmouth naval base
The British Defence Secretary has announced the investment of over £100 million in the development of the facilities at the naval base at Portsmouth. The major proportion of this money will be invested in expanding the facilities in order to handle the new generation of large aircraft carriers now under ...
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Ghent lock
Flemish minister Ben Weyts (Mobility and Public Works) and Dutch minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Infrastructure and Environmental Affairs) recently signed the ‘Treaty between the Netherlands and Flanders for the construction of the New Lock Terneuzen’. The new Terneuzen lock will improve the access to the ports of Ghent and ...
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NewsA solution for Venice?
Venice has had big issues; the fragility of its foundations has pitted the city’s protectionists and the cruise industry in a head-to-head battle that has gone on for years.
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NewsPolice boathouse
Netherlands-based Shipyard Hoebée B.V. (part of the Kooiman Group) has signed a contract for the design, construction and installation of a floating boathouse for the harbour police in Rotterdam.
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NewsNuuk terminal
Plans for a new container terminal at Nuuk harbour in Greenland are well advanced with the contract for the work awarded recently. An agreement has been signed between Sikuki Nuuk Harbour A/S and the Danish general infrastructure contractor Aarsleff for the first phase of the development of the proposed new ...
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NewsMaasvlakte 2 gets into full swing
The container terminals are ready, tankers are transferring oil between each other and the world’s biggest ship has arrived - Port of Rotterdam Authority’s flagship development Maasvlakte 2 is ready for service
