Ports & Harbours – Page 69
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NewsFirst African Xbloc Project Completed
The construction of the first Xbloc shore protection project in Africa has been completed at Bar Beach, Lagos, Nigeria following a year long construction project that has seen 1km of shore protection structures built using armoured 1.5m3 Xblocs.
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NewsGiant Pontoon Cruises into Liverpool
The new cruise liner facilities will bring visitors alongside by Liverpool's famous Three Graces.The cruise market is presently growing at 10% per annum, and the UK has great potential to attract visitors providing the facilities are available to berth the ships. Liverpool is keen to exploit this opportunity and bring ...
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NewsSmall Civils Award for Cowes Breakwater
A new breakwater for The Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes has won the British Construction Industry Small Civil Engineering Project Award at a ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
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NewsDutch Deliver New Orleans Flood Protection
Netherlands based consultancy and engineering company Arcadis, in a joint venture with Bioengineering Group, has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide general design support services, multidisciplinary consultancy services and construction management services, primarily within the limits of the New Orleans District, by the New Orleans ...
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NewsSkills Shortage Set to Affect Marine Industries
Industrial growth is warmly welcomed worldwide. It ensures the future of countries, market sectors, companies and employees. Unfortunately however, it brings its own set of problems. Problems that the marine construction and offshore engineering sector is now being forced to face. A serious skills shortage is hitting the market. ''The ...
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NewsLarger Container Ships Require More Efficient Fenders
Changes in shipping patterns and ship dimensions are providing a number of challenges for suppliers of mooring systems. Until quite recently, the size of container ships was limited by the size of the locks of the Panama Canal, which offered the shortest route from Asia to the east coast of ...
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NewsPreferred Partner Selected for Ireland's New Port
Drogheda Port Company has selected a consortium as preferred bidder following an open competitive process to secure a joint venture partner to co-develop Ireland''s new deepwater port at Bremore Co Fingal.
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NewsMojo Keeps Marine Works Moving
Mojo Maritime has recently commenced a new assignment undertaking project logistics for client Tresco Estates , in support of their infrastructure development project on the Isles Of Scilly. The challenge of shipping large quantities of construction materials from the mainland to the Islands was undertaken by Mojo Maritime continues using ...
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NewsPlan to Protect Danube Delta from Flooding
The River Administration of the Lower Danube in Romania has awarded a DHV led consortium the contract for the design of the Sulina Channel Bank Protection project. The Sulina Channel runs through the Danube delta nature reserve and ensures the discharge of water and ice from the Danube River into ...
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Tangier's New Transhipment Port Nears Completion
UK consultancy Royal Haskoning which has played a key role in the development of Morocco''s Tanger-Med port, currently under construction and due to begin operations in 2007, has provided an update on the company''s role in the project. The £ 1.3 billion project is located on the Strait of Gibraltar, ...
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NewsMarine Construction Boom Sparks Dredger Building Response
The global boom in port construction and land reclamation works has sparkedconfident fleet renewal programmes by the major international dredging contractors, with the emphasis currently on versatile medium size trailer suction hopper dredgers.
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NewsA Tidal Advantge at Sovereign Harbour
Sovereign Harbour is an exclusive residential development set around a series of complex marinas and tidal basins in Eastbourne, East Sussex UK. The entrance feature to the site consists of a large breakwater and a tidal outer harbour, which allows shelter and emergency mooring facilities for boats, before a pair ...
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News$100m New Marine Works for Jan De Nul
Belgian marine construction and dredging contractor Jan De Nul has been awarded two contracts by Aker/Exxon relating to the Adriatic LNG contract. At Algeciras in Spain a berm and tow-out channel must be dredged to allow a large Gravity Base Structure (GBS) constructed in dry dock there to be towed ...
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NewsBridge Refurbishment Awarded
At a value in the region of £ 2.5 million, the order to refurbish the Lowestoft Bridge in Suffolk is Bosch Rexroth''s single largest order in the UK. Placed in July 2006 the order is to undertake some major electrical and mechanical refurbishment work on the twin bascule bridge, which ...
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NewsRestoration Completed of Queen's Stairs
The Crown Estate and Greenwich Foundation in the UK have completed the restoration of the historic Queen''s Stairs on the banks of the River Thames at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. These are the steps over which Admiral Lord Nelson''s coffin was carried before and after his lying in ...
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Development Due for Ireland's Doolin Pier
Tony Killeen, Minister of State at the Irish Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment expressed concern last month that the north Clare economy and the livelihoods of dozens of local fishermen are hugely dependent on the sustainability and future upgrading of Doolin Pier.
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NewsTeam in Place for WestWave Project
Renewable energy generator E.ON UK and Ocean Prospect have agreed to work together to develop proposals for a potential 5MW wave power project in the sea off Cornwall. The pioneering scheme would be connected toWave Hub, an offshore electrical ''socket'' developed by the South West of England Regional Development Agency.
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Largest Flood Storage Scheme in Europe Opened
The largest flood storage project in Europe, the Alkborough Flats Tidal Defence Scheme in Lincolnshire in the UK, which will reduce the risk of flooding for 300,000 people and become a haven for wildfowl and wading birds, has been formally opened by the Environment Agency. The scheme, which will involve ...
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EA Supports Rivers Investment
The Environment Agency in the UK has confirmed that it will increase boat registration fees on the rivers it manages by 12% per year for three years from 2007 to help pay for essential repairs and improvements and the rising cost of construction work.
