Ports & Harbours – Page 61
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NewsPeterhead builds future on a bed of granite
A quay is being built at Peterhead Harbour in Scotland which has been especially designed to take the sting out of the waves hitting it.
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NewsCorrosion protection for Rosyth caisson
As part of Babcock Marine’s upgrade of facilities at Scotland’s Rosyth Dockyard to prepare for assembly of the Royal Navy’s two new QE class aircraft carriers, the entrance to the yard’s No 1 Dock had to be substantially enlarged.
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NewsWork In Progress: Construction of Thames Gateway starts in earnest - by Jack Gaston
Major work started in earnest on 16 March at the site of DP World - London Gateway, the UK’s new £1.5bn deep sea port and logistics park, located in the Thames estuary 25 miles east of Central London.
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NewsAberdeen Harbour announces contractor for Torry Quay development – by David Foxwell
Aberdeen Harbour Board has awarded a £14m contract to construction company McLaughlin & Harvey for the first phase of the Torry Quay redevelopment. The Northern Ireland firm will undertake works on the initial stage of a three phase project worth £30m, which is due to get underway this month.
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Baku port dredging to commence later this year – by David Foxwell
Consultancy Royal Haskoning has provided an update on the proposed development of a new port at Baku in Azerbaijan, and says dredging work there should commence later this year.
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NewsSonar brings real-time visualisation to breakwater construction – by David Foxwell
Real-time visualisation of work on a major port expansion project in northwest Spain is benefiting from the use of a CodaOctopus sonar.
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Automatic mooring system for Copenhagen Malmö – by David Foxwell
Following an order the company received last year to design and install two double-tier linkspans for Copenhagen Malmö Port, TTS Port Equipment AB has been given the go ahead to supply a semi-automatic mooring system for the port.
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NewsXbloc project in Australia – by David Foxwell
Delta Marine Consultants in The Netherlands says a new breakwater for an LNG terminal in Northwest Australia is to be built using its Xbloc interlocking armoured units.
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TTS wins comprehensive contract for new Stena port
Stena Line (UK) has recently announced plans to move its operations and ferry service from their present location in Stranraer, Scotland to a new port facility 10km north of the town, and TTS Port Equipment AB has secured a contract to design and build the entire ship-to-shore interface for the ...
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Dredging under way at Port of Ramsgate in UK – by David Foxwell
Dredging got underway at the Port of Ramsgate in the UK at the end of February, a project which will enable larger and deeper draft vessels to enter Ramsgate’s commercial port.
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Scrabster Harbour Trust invites bids for major re-development – by David Foxwell
Bids are being invited for the redevelopment and upgrade of the Old Fish Market Pier at Scrabster Harbour in Caithness in Scotland.
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Scheldt dredging to be completed more quickly than first planned – by David Foxwell
Dredging has finally got underway on the Dutch parts of the River Scheldt. Dredging on the Flanders (Belgian) side of the river was completed in 2007, but dredging on the Dutch side of the river has been long delayed.
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Jan De Nul Group wins project in Malaysia – by David Foxwell
Belgium’s Jan De Nul Group has been awarded a contract for the reclamation of the ‘Lido Boulevard’ in Malaysia.
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NewsFormer naval base in The Orkneys to be developed – by David Foxwell
A former naval base on The Orkney Islands in the UK is to be the subject of a £3m redevelopment effort to help the islands obtain work from the fast growing offshore renewable energy industry.
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NewsAF Decom and Port of Lerwick to develop decommissioning base – by David Foxwell
AF Decom Offshore UK Limited, a subsidiary of AF Gruppen in Norway, and Lerwick Port Authority in the UK have announced that they have entered into an Exclusivity Agreement with the intention of developing a deep water quay facility at Dales Voe, Lerwick, Shetland.
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NewsWork In Progress: Rosyth refurbishment fit for a Queen
Hugely impressive but temporary engineering achievements will be only footnotes to the successful completion of ongoing works at Rosyth Dockyard in Scotland.
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Partrac in Sediview software agency agreement
Glasgow UK based marine environmental consultancy Partrac Ltd has made a worldwide agency agreement (excluding Australia) for Sediview software.
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MPA study published by Defra
A study led by ABPmer on options for taking account of social-economic factors in the planning of marine protected areas (MPA) networks, has been published by Defra in the UK.
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Abu Dhabi ‘on track’ with Mussafah dredging
The authorities in Abu Dhabi are reportedly on track to complete by US$409m project to construct a channel that will improve access to the Mussafah industrial zone by the middle of 2010.
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DHI sees key role for modelling software
DHI in Denmark says it believes its MIKE hydrodynamic modelling software has a key role to play in dredging operations where there may be contaminated sediment.
