Ports & Harbours – Page 51
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NewsApproval for Fehmarn Belt fixed link
The Danish parliament has selected the TEC immersed tunnel as the best solution for the fixed link between Denmark and Germany.
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NewsAlgae in the way of port development
The UK’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO) announced last week that it is not allowing the application for the Port of Falmouth development initiative to proceed in its current form.
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Dredging associations organise contract management event
Contracting Without Limits, to be held on 23 and 24 June 2011 in London UK will bring together the main players of construction projects.
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ABPmer and Archipelago launch coastal adaptation communication service
ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) is working with Archipelago to provide visualisation and engagement tools to help people understand the meaning of coastal change and adaptation so that they can fully participate in the future planning of their coasts.
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Van Oord installs rock to protect Brazilian pipeline
Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has completed a rock installation project on the Rio Negro pipeline crossing project in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil. The client is the Brazilian oil and gas operator Petrobras.
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Aberdeen Harbour to be dredged
Aberdeen Harbour is to spend £8.5m dredging its entrance to allow ships to enter more frequently during bad weather.
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Kennet & Avon Canal dredged to help water voles
British Waterways is looking to the past to help preserve the future for one of the canals’ most loved but secretive species, the protected water vole.
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Antwerp harbour celebrates completion of Scheldt dredging
Towards the end of December the last dredgers working on the Western Scheldt channel completed work and unloaded their final deposit of sand.
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NewsBoskalis and Van Oord create ‘sand engine’ to reinforce Dutch coastline
A joint venture of Dutch dredging majors Royal Boskalis Westminster and Van Oord has been awarded a contract by the Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management to reinforce part of the coastline in the province of Zuid-Holland by creating a ‘sand engine.’
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Extra time for the Marine Conservation Zone project
The Marine Conservation Zone project board in the UK has agreed to allow more time for the four regional MCZ projects to deliver their responsibilities.
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NewsContract launches next phase of major developments at Lerwick Harbour
Lerwick Port Authority’s continuing development of the harbour is moving into the next phase following the award of a £4.6m contract to create a new berth and related improvements at Greenhead Base.
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NewsOffshore wind drives Mukran expansion
The company behind Germany’s second commercial offshore wind power facility in the Baltic, EnBW Energie, has signed a deal for a support and components assembly base in the deepwater port of Mukran.
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Aggregates site restored by Brett
Construction, aggregates and building firm Brett has provided details of a restoration project it completed earlier this year on an aggregates extraction site in Kent.
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ABP and RSPB work together on the Humber
Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s largest ports owner and operator, and Europe’s largest nature conservation organisation, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), have signed a landmark agreement for cooperative working around the Humber Estuary.
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DMC assists with floating pod concept
Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) in The Netherlands has been awarded a contract in connection with a redevelopment project in Singapore and the construction of a ‘floating pod.’
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Maintenance dredging completed at Northney Marina
Early December saw the start of a programme of maintenance dredging at Northney Marina on the south coast of the UK.
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NewsNew linkspan for catamaran traffic
A new order for a purpose built mechanical linkspan at the port of Ystad in southern Sweden has been awarded to TTS Port Equipment AB. Having delivered a similar installation at Ystad last year, TTS is building the new linkspan on the same principle of hydraulic cylinder operation.
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Sea defence project shortlisted for Concrete Society Award
Royal Haskoning’s Weston-super-Mare Sea Defences project in the UK has been shortlisted for the 2010 Concrete Society Awards.
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Birse Civils recognised for flood defence works
A collaborative approach between Birse Civils and the UK’s Environment Agency for an innovative, sustainable solution to strengthening the flood defences at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire received national recognition at the British Construction Industry Awards in London in October.
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Grontmij wins Danish harbour extension project
Grontmij in Denmark recently secured a contract from the Port of Hanstholm for a major expansion project.
