Ports & Harbours – Page 52
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NewsCapacity expansion at strategic terminal
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.
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NewsPlanning underway for London ‘supersewer’
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.
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NewsTwin Sails Bridge nearing completion
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.
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NewsGate Terminal prepares for business
Following several months of commissioning work, The Netherlands first LNG import terminal at Maasvlakte, Rotterdam, is due to commence operations next month.
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NewsBespoke solution for Dutch dredging project
A building site in the heart of Rotterdam was a challenging location for a recent dredging project undertaken by contractor Martens en van Oord.
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NewsNew berth approaches completion at Lerwick
The latest significant expansion of Lerwick Harbour’s already extensive deepwater infrastructure is progressing towards completion by around the turn of the year.
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NewsNew IT system will support marine licensing process
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.
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NewsNew gangway and mooring system for Belfast
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.
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NewsBritNed Interconnector goes into operation
Intertek METOC has completed its involvement in the BritNed Interconnector project, which went into operation on 1 April 2011.
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ABPmer to value the marine estate and UK seas - by David Foxwell
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.
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NewsGrimsby gets approval for dedicated Ro-Ro
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.
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NewsTEAM debuts boarding bridge in Baltimore
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.
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NewsBreaking the barriers to cooperation
Clear communication and trust between clients and potential contractors can make or break major infrastructure projects.
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NewsTwo new boathouses floated for RNLI
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.
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NewsAcclaim for EU funded engineering work
The transformation of the Western Quay at North Shields in the northeast of the UK has won a prestigious civil engineering award.
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NewsWork starts on London's super sewer
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.
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NewsAnniversary canal locks in water savings
For its 100 year anniversary in 2014, the Panama Canal Authority is modernizing and expanding the canal between the Atlantic and Pacific.
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NewsWaterhammer helps IHC pile into renewables
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.
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NewsWismar ups clout with new facilities
The German Baltic port of Wismar has inaugurated a rebuilt berth for big ships and at the same time put rail track links to two other berths into operation to complete rail access to all of its 16 quayside facilities.
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NewsCuxport pushes location advantages
Another €200m is expected to be ploughed in to further expand the Cuxhaven deepwater facility’s already significant role as a multi-purpose logistics and offshore centre.
