Ports & Harbours – Page 52

  • The 41m linkspan is seen halfway through its installation process on the Gosport side of Portsmouth Harbour.
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    Linkspan replacement in weekend window

    2011-09-13T10:30:00Z

    A 58 ton linkspan was barge craned into place at Gosport Ferry, the busiest short-route ferry service in England, during a recent 85 minute lifting operation.

  • The current programme is for all site investigation and design work to be completed over the next 12 months with the site work being carried out throughout 2013.
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    Lock around the clock at Milford Haven

    2011-09-09T09:00:00Z

    A new £5m project is secure Milford Haven’s future as a top sailing destination in addition to its established role as the UK’s third largest port.

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

    2011-09-08T10:55:00Z

    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 port of Eemshaven.

  • Borehole drilling works underway on the River Thames outside the Houses of Parliament.
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    Planning underway for London ‘supersewer’

    2011-09-07T09:00:00Z

    BMT Isis has entered into the latest phase of its work with Thames Water, helping to develop the overall tunnel drive strategy for the proposed Thames Tunnel.

  • Work underway on the Twin Sails Bridge at Poole UK.
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    Twin Sails Bridge nearing completion

    2011-08-25T10:51:00Z

    Work on the much needed second harbour crossing at Poole UK is gathering pace with the new Twin Sails Bridge set to open to the public early next year.

  • The Q-Max carrier Al Samriya is seen at Gate Terminal, discharging 263,000 m3 of commissioning cargo.
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    Gate Terminal prepares for business

    2011-08-18T10:44:00Z

    Following several months of commissioning work, The Netherlands first LNG import terminal at Maasvlakte, Rotterdam, is due to commence operations next month.

  • Damen Dredging Equipment developed a customised solution for the project in Rotterdam.
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    Bespoke solution for Dutch dredging project

    2011-08-11T09:00:00Z

    A building site in the heart of Rotterdam was a challenging location for a recent dredging project undertaken by contractor Martens en van Oord.

  • The latest project at Port of Lerwick will see a new berth built at Greenhead Base.
    News

    New berth approaches completion at Lerwick

    2011-08-05T09:00:00Z

    The latest significant expansion of Lerwick Harbour’s already extensive deepwater infrastructure is progressing towards completion by around the turn of the year.

  • The new licensing system will accelerate the approval process for projects such as dredging.
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    New IT system will support marine licensing process

    2011-07-13T09:00:00Z

    IT company Fivium and the UK’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO) have successfully delivered a fully centralised system to handle the processing of new marine licences.

  • TTS Port Equipment’s linkspan design for Belfast.
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    New gangway and mooring system for Belfast

    2011-06-26T13:00:00Z

    Ferry operator Stena Line UK has placed an order with TTS Port Equipment for the construction and installation of a passenger gangway and semi-automatic mooring system for its Belfast terminal.

  • The experience gained on BritNed will benefit the participants on other major interconnectors and offshore renewable energy projects they are working on.
    News

    BritNed Interconnector goes into operation

    2011-06-26T10:00:00Z

    Intertek METOC has completed its involvement in the BritNed Interconnector project, which went into operation on 1 April 2011.

  • News

    ABPmer to value the marine estate and UK seas - by David Foxwell

    2011-06-25T16:00:00Z

    ABPmer and Economics for the Environment Consultancy (eftec) have been appointed by The Crown Estate to undertake a groundbreaking study to prepare an ecosystem services valuation for the Marine Estate and wider activities that occur within UK Seas.

  • An artist’s impression of the Ro-Ro project to be constructed at Grimsby.
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    Grimsby gets approval for dedicated Ro-Ro

    2011-06-25T12:30:00Z

    Car trade through the Port of Grimsby looks set to prosper as Associated British Ports’ (ABP) planning application to develop a dedicated two berth Ro-Ro riverside terminal has been approved.

  • The KRONUS with Mobile Walkway Module was uniquely designed for the Port of Baltimore.
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    TEAM debuts boarding bridge in Baltimore

    2011-06-25T10:00:00Z

    Barcelona based TEAM, which designs and manufactures Passenger Boarding Bridges (PBBs) for cruise and ferry terminals, has debuted its innovative KRONUS Passenger Boarding Bridge at the Port of Baltimore USA.

  • Water and environmental issues were resolved at Melbourne by making use of the contractor’s expertise.
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    Breaking the barriers to cooperation

    2011-06-24T17:00:00Z

    Clear communication and trust between clients and potential contractors can make or break major infrastructure projects.

  • An interior view of one of the RNLI’s two new floating boathouses.
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    Two new boathouses floated for RNLI

    2011-06-24T14:00:00Z

    Southampton UK based pontoon systems specialist Intermarine has just completed two new floating boathouses for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) at its lifeboat stations at Brighton and Burnham-on-Crouch.

  • The Western Quay at North Shields has been completely refurbished.
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    Acclaim for EU funded engineering work

    2011-06-23T16:59:00Z

    The transformation of the Western Quay at North Shields in the northeast of the UK has won a prestigious civil engineering award.

  • Haven Seajack 2
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    Work starts on London's super sewer

    2011-06-23T16:57:00Z

    The Thames Tunnel project in London, now in the preliminary stages of site investigation, will be one of the biggest civil engineering projects in the UK.

  • The lock design of the expanded Panama Canal is aimed at conserving resources.
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    Anniversary canal locks in water savings

    2011-06-23T16:55:00Z

    For its 100 year anniversary in 2014, the Panama Canal Authority is modernizing and expanding the canal between the Atlantic and Pacific.

  • The Waterhammer addresses the technical difficulties facing traditional hydraulics at extreme depths
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    Waterhammer helps IHC pile into renewables

    2011-06-23T13:15:00Z

    A new kind of pile driver has been developed for use at depths up to 3,000m and will be quite literally underpinning a number of offshore wind energy projects.