Ports & Harbours – Page 60
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NewsNew harbour for Bremerhaven tugs
A new € 11m harbour with eight permanent berths for tugs and two emergency berths has been completed in Bremerhaven as a spin-off to the port’ s € 233m Kaiserschleuse development.
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NewsBritish D-Day engineer honoured in France
Wartime necessity occasionally inspires moments of genius and one of the great marine civil engineering innovations of World War 2 was the Mulberry Harbour, the landing bridges critical to success of the D-Day landings at Normandy in June 1944.
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NewsMalmo moves on port expansion
A major new European port project is just entering into construction, shrugging off the global credit crisis and aiming at the upswing.
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NewsFehmarn engineering plans go ahead
A start has been made on planning one of the world’ s largest fixed links with the appointment of two European engineering consultancy groups to plan both a bridge and a tunnel across the Baltic’ s Fehmarn Belt between Germany and Denmark, even though only one project will be chosen.
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NewsBAM Nuttall at work on Olympic site
Work is now well underway on a project that aims to create hundreds of new jobs on Portland UK after the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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NewsTake a stand against ALWC at Seawork
Accelerated Low Water Corrosion (ALWC), the devastating effect of the tiny charge from seawater interacting with pilings, is now well known. However it is also something that many ports would rather keep quiet about, although a recent British survey revealed that up to 90% of them have been affected.
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NewsWarnemünde completes new cruise shipping facility
The third and final stage of Rostock-Warnemü nde’ s new Berth 8 cruise shipping facility has been completed, just in time for the opening of this year’ s cruise shipping season which the port is hoping will set a new record.
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NewsConditions challenge wind farm cable layers
As senior project manager Peter Mckenzie-Midlane told MJ , CTC Marine Projects is operating in some ‘ challenging’ conditions on the Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm in the Solway Firth of Cumbria UK.
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NewsLonglife solution with new composite decking
There is something new afoot – or rather, underfoot. It comes in the shape of a composite timber decking product that, the manufacturer claims, is actually better than traditional wood.
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NewsDigitised data assists coastal water quality studies
Detailed marine mapping is being used to understand factors affecting the quality of water off the Yorkshire coast.
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Conference consolidates marine energy and coastal protection
Scottish Energy Minister Jim Mather has been confirmed to address the Institution of Civil Engineer’ s (ICE) Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters 2009 conference, in Edinburgh.
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NewsLinkspans are tailored to port requirements
Cargotec says its MacGregor division has recently secured contracts to supply linkspans that are specifically tailored to meet the needs of a number of different ports. The company said it has secured € 10m worth of linkspan orders in Jordan, Morocco and Ireland.
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Work gets under way at Peterhead Harbour
Work has begun on the much heralded expansion of Peterhead Harbour in the UK. Stones are being laid at Peterhead port’ s breakwater in advance of a massive £ 30m scheme which aims to meet the increased demands of the pelagic fleet. The project became a reality earlier this year ...
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NewsXbloc project wins Irish Concrete Society Award
A project at the Caladh Mor ferry terminal in Inish Meain, one of the Aran islands, which used Xbloc armoured units has won the latest Irish Concrete Society Award.
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NewsSeine Nord Europe Canal out to tender
The tender is out to build the Seine Nord Europe Canal, a high capacity water transportation system which will connect the rivers Seine and Scheldt, allowing large vessels to transport goods between the Paris area and the ports of Dunkirk, Antwerp and Rotterdam.
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NewsAarsleff goes on the defence
Ceredigion County Council in the UK is carrying out extensive repairs to some of the sea defences at Aberaeron on the west Wales coast of Cardigan Bay.
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NewsFlying laser plans flood defences
Highly accurate 3D digital maps, captured from aircraft mounted lasers, are being used to assess the risk of flooding at critical utility sites across the UK.
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NewsMore to come from MoorMaster
Maritime systems supplier Cavotec MSL has received the largest order to date for the vacuum based automated mooring solution, MoorMaster, from the typhoon-ridden Port Hedland in Western Australia.
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NewsBoskalis wins cruise terminal contract in the Bahamas
Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a contract for the extension of the cruise terminal in Nassau. The contract was awarded by the Ministry of Works and Transport of the Government of the Bahamas and is worth approximately US$44m. The company said the project will be completed in the first ...
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NewsPort of Poti rehabilitation project completed
Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) has confirmed that the first phase of the rehabilitation of the main breakwater at the Port of Poti, Georgia, has recently been completed.
