Ports & Harbours – Page 44
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Construction of container terminal in Leeuwarden
In January, MSC got under way with construction of a new container terminal in the Leeuwarden at the Port of Rotterdam. The sheet pile wall is already in place and pile driving has begun.
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Jan de Nul/Boskalis confirm JV in Argentina
Jan de Nul has confirmed that its subsidiary, Compañía Sudamericana de Dragados SA, has been awarded a contract for capital and maintenance dredging in the port of Bahia Blanca, Argentina.
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Besix at work on new Belgian lock
Besix in Belgium says it is due to complete work on a fourth lock at Lanaye in the province of Liège Belgium in 2015. The contract under which it is undertaking the work is worth approximately €102m.
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NewsMasterplan for Dublin Port unveiled
At the end of February, Leo Varadkar, TD, Irelands’s Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, launched Dublin Port Company’s Masterplan 2012 to 2040.
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Contract awarded to widen Amazonehaven
Van Oord and Besix have been awarded a design and construct contract to widen Rotterdam’s Amazonehaven seaport.
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NewsEIAs for marine aggregates licences
Hanson Marine Aggregates Limited has contracted ABPmer to prepare environmental statements to support a programme of marine aggregate licence renewals and applications in the Anglian Marine Aggregate Region.
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NewsApplications submitted for Green Port Hull
In December, Associated British Ports (ABP) and Siemens plc announced that they are submitting applications to Hull City Council for the development of the proposed Green Port Hull facility.
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NewsArmour installed using Echoscope sonar
The latest project involving the use of XBloc armoured units developed by Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) DMC in The Netherlands has seen them successfully trialled at Swinoujscie, Poland.
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HR Wallingford delivers climate change study
International research and consultancy organisation HR Wallingford played a key role in the production of an independent report on the effects of climate change that has just been delivered to the UK government.
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NewsRegional model of Pentland Firth commissioned
The Crown Estate has commissioned ABPmer to develop a regional wave and tidal model for the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters strategic area.
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NewsSassnitz-Mukran expands base role again
The east German Baltic ferry port of Sassnitz-Mukran has already established itself as a base for the production of offshore wind farm components.
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NewsHigh capacity fenders for deepsea port
Trelleborg Marine Systems has been awarded a contract to supply a bespoke solution of 86 super cone fender systems, 59 mooring bollards with a 200 ton capacity, and 41 safety ladders for a UK deep sea container port.
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NewsBelfast investment benefits builders
A £50m investment by Belfast Harbour to develop a new terminal for the assembly of offshore wind turbines is providing a major boost for the Northern Ireland construction and aggregate sectors.
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NewsPlans unveiled for €13m Elbe harbour revamp
Plans for one of the biggest port related construction projects ever undertaken in the Elbe community of Wedel-Schulau on the western outskirts of Hamburg have been outlined by local authorities.
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NewsShoreham focuses on sustainability
Shoreham Port Authority in the UK is embarking on a ten year investment to become a major centre for low carbon energy and sustainability.
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NewsDutch consortium for Vietnam’s Delta Plan
The Dutch government’s NL Agency has awarded a contract for the provision of consultancy services for the Mekong Delta Plan in Vietnam to a consortium headed by consultancy and engineering firm DHV.
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NewsBig investment continues as Rostock grows
Port development company Hafen-Entwicklungsgesellschaft Rostock invested more than €55m in the infrastructure of the seaport last year.
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NewsPort of Grimsby gears up for £25m expansion
Associated British Ports says the development of a new terminal, the Grimsby River Terminal (GRT) “will herald the largest ever capital investment in the Port of Grimsby.”
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NewsPressure for Falmouth Docks development
Liberal Democrat MEP for Cornwall Sir Graham Watson has called on common sense to prevail surrounding the delays to the Falmouth Docks regeneration project.
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NewsWork starts on second Antwerp lock
The authorities in Flanders and the Port of Antwerp have provided an update on the construction of the new lock that will serve the port.
