Ports & Harbours – Page 52
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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.
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News‘World’s largest lock’ underway in Antwerp
Construction officially began on Monday in the Port of Antwerp for construction of the €340m Deurganck lock, the second lock on the left bank.
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NewsKiel Port expands with new cruise berth
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.
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NewsLondon Gateway opening date announced
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.
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NewsLerwick pressing ahead with new facilities
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.
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NewsFelixstowe provides boost to UK economy
The Port of Felixstowe, the UK’s largest container port, formally opened a new deep water shipping terminal on 28 September 2011.
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NewsWalcon completes marina projects
Walcon Marine recently completed two major projects in the UK, at Poole and Woolverstone respectively.
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NewsGood progress at Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte 2
The Port of Rotterdam Authority’s (PRA), Maasvlakte 2 port development is on schedule to welcome the first ship in 2013.
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NewsWorld’s largest sea lock for Antwerp
The construction of the second lock in the Port of Antwerp’s Waaslandhaven is scheduled to start this month.
