Ports & Harbours – Page 45
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NewsTTS completes Loch Ryan Port infrastructure
TTS has completed work on the infrastructure for Stena Line’s purpose built port, located 10km north of its previous location in Stranraer, Scotland.
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NewsEco Xblocs provide good marine habitat
The results of the final year of monitoring of the ‘Rich Dike’ project at IJmuiden in the Netherlands have been published and seem to show that the specially designed Xblocs used at the port encourage marine life.
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NewsMarine aggregates biodiversity strategy
The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) has launched a Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP).
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NewsThames Hub ‘airport in the estuary’
Lord Foster, chairman and founder of Foster + Partners in the UK, has launched proposals for the ‘Thames Hub,’ which the companies describe as “an integrated vision for Britain.”
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RYA says dredge before April 2012
The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) in the UK is advising clubs and training centres to undertake any required maintenance/navigational dredging activity before 1 April 2012.
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NewsGiving ports a wider berth
Construction in port areas may gain from the development of an analysis programme which calculates how to build safe berths that are located in especially harsh conditions.
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Jan de Nul confirms contract for new lock
Antwerp Port Authority has commissioned a joint venture including Jan De Nul, CEI-De Meyer and Betonac, and Herbosch-Kiere and Antwerpse Bouwwerken, to build a second lock in the Waaslandhaven.
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NewsBreaking the mould in Southampton
In June 2011, Associated British Ports (ABP) awarded Mackley Construction the contract to replace the existing breakwater at the Port of Southampton.
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Approval for second terminal at Dover
In what is being described as a significant vote of confidence in the strategic direction of the UK’s busiest trust port, the UK government has formally given the go ahead for Dover’s second ferry terminal (Terminal 2).
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Market consultation for Maasvlakte windfarm
The Port of Rotterdam Authority and the Dutch government are looking into the possibility of building a windfarm with a potential of more than 100MW on the seawall of the new Maasvlakte 2.
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New waterfront for Dutch city of Harderwijk
The Waterfront consortium, consisting of Royal Boskalis Westminster NV and the TBI companies Synchroon and Koopmans Bouwgroep, is set to realize an ambitious waterfront project in the Dutch municipality of Harderwijk.
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NewsCoastal protection project wins BCI Award
Representatives from the Birse Coastal project team collected the prize for Civil Engineering Project 2011 at the British Construction Industry (BCI) Awards ceremony held in London recently.
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NewsTay Road Bridge works protect local economy
VolkerStevin Marine has been awarded the Tay Road Bridge pier collision protection works in Dundee, Scotland, a £15m contract to ensure the bridge is not closed by a serious ship impact at the navigation spans.
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Van Oord subsea rock installation project
Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord says its flexible fallpipe vessel (FFPV) Tertnes has been mobilised to the east coast of Mexico (Bay of Campeche).
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NewsBuild your own works yard at Poole
On the whole, it has to be said that the brand new Jenkins Marine location is a blessing in a well engineered disguise.
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Birse Coastal wins BCI award
Birse Coastal has announced that it recently won the Civil Engineering Project Award 2011 (for projects from £3m to £50m) at the British Construction industry (BCI) awards.
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Work commences on Hightown Coastal Defences
Birse Coastal has commenced construction work on the £1.15m Hightown Dune Restoration Project for Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in the UK. This follows a 12 month Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) period.
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NewsLord Foster reveals more about Thames Hub
British architect Lord Foster used a recent lecture at the University of Oxford to reveal more details of the recently proposed ‘Thames Hub’ (see MJ NOV 2011).
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New container terminal for Le Havre
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Terminaux de Normandie have announced details of an ambitious plan to build a new container terminal at Port of Le Have in France.
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NewsRecord sub-sea tunnel construction delay
Construction of Norway’s planned 25 km Rogfast Tunnel, which will be the longest submerged tunnel in the world and also the deepest, is now not expected to get under way until the end of 2014.
