Ports & Harbours – Page 46

  • :  Flemish Minister Hilde Crevits in the crane on Monday, assited by Marc Van Peel, president of the Antwerp Port Authority and Philippe Maystadt, president of the European Investment Bank.Photo copyright Antwerp Port Authority.
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    ‘World’s largest lock’ underway in Antwerp

    2011-11-24T11:26:00Z

    Construction officially began on Monday in the Port of Antwerp for construction of the €340m Deurganck lock, the second lock on the left bank.

  • Kiel will create a third berth for cruise ships of 300m and over by expanding Berth One in the predominantly cargo handling Ostuferhafen.
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    Kiel Port expands with new cruise berth

    2011-11-24T11:19:00Z

    The German Baltic port of Kiel, which has invested over €60m in new passenger and freight facilities over the past five years, is now planning more investment to boost cargo and cope with bigger cruise ships.

  • DP World chairman Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem announces the opening date.
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    London Gateway opening date announced

    2011-11-04T09:00:00Z

    London Gateway, the new port and logistics centre project currently under construction in the lower reaches of the River Thames, will open in the fourth quarter of 2013 with an initial capacity of 1.6m TEU.

  • Ongoing expansion at Lerwick will provide new facilities for the offshore oil and gas sector.
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    Lerwick pressing ahead with new facilities

    2011-11-03T09:00:00Z

    The continuing development of facilities and services at Lerwick Harbour in Scotland is reinforcing and evolving the port’s role in supporting the offshore oil and gas industry across its range of operations.

  • Berths 8 and 9 at the Port of Felixstowe will play a major role in the UK economy.
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    Felixstowe provides boost to UK economy

    2011-11-03T09:00:00Z

    The Port of Felixstowe, the UK’s largest container port, formally opened a new deep water shipping terminal on 28 September 2011.

  • Walcon recently completed work at Port of Poole.
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    Walcon completes marina projects

    2011-11-03T09:00:00Z

    Walcon Marine recently completed two major projects in the UK, at Poole and Woolverstone respectively.

  • The view looking east of the Maasvlakte 2 port development. All photos courtesy of Port of Rotterdam Authority.
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    Good progress at Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte 2

    2011-10-15T09:00:00Z

    The Port of Rotterdam Authority’s (PRA), Maasvlakte 2 port development is on schedule to welcome the first ship in 2013.

  • The construction of a second lock is necessary in order to improve traffic flow to the Waaslandhaven.
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    World’s largest sea lock for Antwerp

    2011-10-14T17:00:00Z

    The construction of the second lock in the Port of Antwerp’s Waaslandhaven is scheduled to start this month.

  • The SF Type 600 concrete breakwater was tested by the Water and Environmental Engineering Research Group at the University of La Coruna in Galicia, Spain.
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    Research affirms breakwater effectiveness

    2011-10-13T08:15:00Z

    To better understand how breakwaters function and to perfect their products, SF Marina''s team collaborates with professional research institutes throughout the world.

  • The new berth will handle Scandlines’ two new 1,600 lane/m, 1,500 passenger superferries Berlin and Copenhagen.
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    New Rostock facility ups ferry clout

    2011-10-12T17:23:00Z

    The Port of Rostock says construction is on track “within a very tight and ambitious time frame” at its new €22m ferry Berth 54 due to open next spring to meet rising demand for ferry services with Denmark.

  • The works will ensure the future effective working of the Bristol Docks over the next 100 years as well us ensuring that flood defence levels are maintained.
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    Bristol Docks open after £12m revamp

    2011-10-11T08:30:00Z

    The refurbished docks in Bristol were officially opened this summer, following Opus’ work on the scheme to ensure the future effective working of Bristol Docks and to reinforce the city’s flood defences.

  • For several years, both clients and contractors of large, complex mega infrastructure projects in the Netherlands have been experimenting with innovative contracts, causing a shift in roles and tasks in the Dutch construction industry. Clients a...
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    Facts about early contractor involvement

    2011-10-04T14:30:00Z

    The Hague based International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has released the latest in its popular series of Facts About executive summaries.

  • News

    Artificial island proposed for Turkmenistan

    2011-09-29T16:00:00Z

    Dutch company Van Oord has proposed construction of an artificial island in the Caspian Sea near the resort of Avaz in Turkmenistan, as its area manager Johannes Hafkenscheid said in an interview with a local newspaper.

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    Minor tsunami monitored off UK coast

    2011-09-29T15:59:00Z

    A network of coastal tidal and wave monitoring stations maintained by EMU Limited recorded the progress of the waves caused by a minor tsunami along the south coast of the UK at the end of June.

  • The design for the first ever floating jetty on Lake Windermere took into account the potential extreme lake level rises and provided for wheelchair access.
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    First floating jetty for Lake Windermere

    2011-09-29T15:59:00Z

    The first ever floating jetty project on England’s Lake Windermere has been completed by Falmouth based Marine Designs Ltd, part of the A&P Group.

  • The terminal as it will look after expansion. Note the planned heavy duty platform.
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    Capacity expansion at strategic terminal

    2011-09-29T15:59:00Z

    Hamburg based port and logistics group Buss has processed the first cargo ship at its newly acquired multi-purpose Orange Blue Terminal in the Dutch North Sea deepwater port of Eemshaven.

  • The €1bn common-user terminal is billed as the first deepwater box facility in Germany. Note tug harbour construction at bottom.
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    Countdown rolls for Germany’s JWP terminal

    2011-09-29T15:59:00Z

    The final construction countdown has begun at the JadeWeser Port (JWP) container terminal in Wilhelmshaven, now due on stream in a year, but rail link development could be delayed.

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    Boskalis acquires € 200m port contract

    2011-09-29T15:59:00Z

    Royal Boskalis Westminster has won a contract for the construction of a new port terminal TX2 at Superporto do Açu in Brazil.

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    Boskalis wins contract for seabed mining deal

    2011-09-29T15:58:00Z

    Royal Boskalis Westminster in The Netherlands has been selected by Chatham Rock Phosphate Limited (CRP) to undertake the detailed design of its offshore rock phosphate nodule project at Chatham Rise.

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    ABPMer helps visualise coastal changes

    2011-09-29T15:58:00Z

    Visualisation work undertaken by ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) in association with Archipelago is being used to engage with local communities and visitors to the Dorset coast about coastal change.