Ports & Harbours – Page 32
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NewsPort equipment orders
Global engineering group Cavotec has won orders for its equipment for ports in Australia, Indonesia, Oman, Portugal and Turkey, and for two major shipping lines, with a combined value of more than EUR 11.5 million.
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NewsBelfast Harbour awards tender for port management system
Canada’s Klein Systems Group has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Belfast Harbour, Northern Ireland, to install the KleinPort Port Management Information System. Belfast Harbour Commissioners selected Klein as the system supplier after an extensive public tendering process for a new port management system.
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NTB and Eurogate Hamburg productivity awarded
At the JOC Group Port Performance Conference Europe NTB and Eurogate Hamburg container terminal operators successfully garnered a top-three rating among the ‘Top Terminals Europe – First Half 2014’.
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NewsNew lock gates for Milford
A giant set of new lock gates has arrived by barge in Milford Haven, UK. The gates are part of the Port’s £6m Milford Dock Lock Project which will reduce locking times and, hopes Milford Dock, help make the marina one of the UK’s top marine leisure destinations.
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NewsNever mind the bollards
According to UK company Tyne and Wear Marine (TWM), common misconceptions abound when it comes to testing bollards. For example, many seem to think that bollards should be tested at 90° to the quayside and on a rare occasion this may be true – but, however it’s not always practical.
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NewsLNG first for Bremenports
The ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven are doing much to address the issue of air quality. Not only are they engaged in facilitating LNG infrastructure, they are proving that the ports’ own operations can be cleaned up.
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NewsBridges for Hamburg
Spanish port boarding solutions provider Adelte has announced that it will design, manufacture and install two state-of-the-art HYDRA-model Seaport Passenger Boarding Bridges (SPBBs) for the new Hamburg cruise terminal.
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NewsGrimsby pontoon
Commercial pontoon specialist Marine Designs Ltd, part of the A&P Group, has completed its 11th offshore wind related project with the installation of crew transfer pontoons in Grimsby Fish Docks for the EON Humber Gateway Windfarm Project.
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NewsFocus on The Port of Cork
Cork Harbour, on the south coast of Ireland, reputed to be the second largest harbour in the world, sees a great variety of shipping, with some 4,500 vessel movements per annum. The Port of Cork is one of only two Irish ports that handle Lift-on Lift-off, Ro-Ro, Liquid Bulk, Dry ...
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NewsExpansion contract awarded
Lerwick Port Authority has awarded a construction contract for the latest expansion of the harbour’s facilities in a project costing a total of £16.5 million and which will benefit the fishing and oil sectors.
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NewsChamber delivery
Irish civil engineering contractor L&M Keating Ltd have successfully towed and installed the contractor designed 1000t reinforced concrete lock chamber for a new storm gate on Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, Ireland. The chamber was moved from its casting basin in Verolme Dry Dock in Cork Harbour to the island, ...
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NewsHamburg’s new barge
Hamburg has invested in an environmentally friendly alternative for supplying power to cruise ships lying at port. The LNG Hybrid Barge, Becker Marine Systems’ floating liquefied gas power plant christened at Hafencity, is a world premiere.
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Antwerp opportunity
An investment location of 96 hectares has become available in the port of Antwerp, the second largest port in Europe. The port claims that the site, in the heart of the European Union, is particularly suitable for industrial development.
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GeoSea acquires Hochtief assets
Belgian DEME Group’s marine engineering specialist GeoSea has acquired the offshore assets of Hochtief, one of Germany’s leading international construction groups.
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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.
