Ports & Harbours – Page 70
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Broads Forum welcomes coast defence commitment
The Broads Forum has welcomed a commitment by the Environment Agency in the UK to continue to maintain the defences of The Norfolk Broads for at least the next 50 years.
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NewsDHV in The Netherlands has been commissioned to carry out the Caofeidian coastal development project in China.
The Dutch engineering consultancy DHV has been commissioned, together with the Chinese planning institute Qinghua and the Arup consultancy from the UK, to carry out a prestigious coastal and urban development project in China.
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NewsNew Rhine terminal is first of its kind
Europe’ s first container terminal to be built inland entirely for operation by global shipping majors has been completed and inaugurated in Europe’ s biggest inland port, Duisburg, after construction costing around € 20m.
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NewsDelayed JadeWeser Port construction underway at last
Construction work is beginning this month on one of the most prestigious port civil engineering projects ever undertaken in Germany, the planned € 1bn JadeWeser deepwater container facility in Wilhelmshaven.
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NewsGreat Yarmouth Outer Harbour Progressing Well
The developers for the new Outer Harbour at Great Yarmouth in the UK say construction is progressing well on the new north breakwater, with approximately 550m completed.
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NewsLargest Xbloc Project to Date in the Americas
Delta Marine Consultants has granted Brazilian Contractor Norberto Odebrecht SA a licence for the application of Xbloc armour units for the construction of the shore protection scheme at the Cinta Costera boulevard in Panama City, Panama.
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Green Light for Expansion at Felixstowe
Plans for a major expansion of the Port of Felixstowe in the UK which would increase capacity by 25% received backing recently from Suffolk Coastal District Council.
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NewsPD Ports Gets Go Ahead for NGCT
PD Ports (PDP) in the UK has announced that it has received formal planning approval for its Northern Gateway Container Terminal (NGCT) at Teesport in the North East of England.
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NewsTTS to Supply Linkspans for New Stena Vessels
TTS has been chosen by Stena Line BV to deliver adjustable upper and lower deck linkspans at Hoek van Holland to serve two new vessels now building at AkerYards in Germany as replacements for the two vessels currently serving the Hoek van Holland to Harwich route, Stena Hollandica and ...
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UK gets Europe's first artificial surf reef
Construction of an artificial ‘ surf reef’ off the south coast of the UK got under way early last month.
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Laing O'Rourke wins London Gateway project
Laing O' Rourke has beaten two rival bidders to win the first package of work for the £ 1.5bn London Gateway for client DP World. The job will involve building a deepsea port in the Thames Estuary for DP World.
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NewsTTS Builds Key Port Structures
TTS Port Equipment is building a new passenger gangway as part of the ambitious new development at Port of Risavika in Stavanger, Norway. The port has acquired 400,000m2 of land for development, including a new ferry terminal for vessels with passenger and rolling cargo, a container terminal and an LNG ...
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NewsHutchison to Develop Plan for Irish Port
Bremore Ireland Port Ltd, the joint venture between Drogheda Port Company and Castle Market Holdings Ltd, has announced that it plans to develop a Port Master Plan with Hutchison Westports Ltd for the new € 300m deepwater port at Bremore in north County Dublin.
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Atkins Selected for New Chinese Port
Atkins has been selected to design a major new container port in China. The project is at Mei Shan Island, about 25 km northeast of Ningbo and will be potentially one of the most important bonded container ports in China. A manufacturing zone will also feature, as well as business, ...
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NewsMaltese Project Gets Go-Ahead
Malta' s House of Representatives has unanimously approved a motion to allow an extension of Malta Freeport through land reclamation. The motion also makes possible an extension of the lease of the facility to French group CMA CGM by 35 years to 65 years.
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Expansion Plan for Cape Town Unveiled
Cape Town, South Africa' s second largest port, has launched a US$613m expansion project to increase terminal handling capacity and improve port infrastructure. The move comes after Cape Town posted a 13% increase in volume last year.
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NewsSeaGen Installation Set for Strangford Lough
New plans to install the word’ s first commercial scale tidal energy system in Northern Ireland’ s Strangford Lough were published earlier this month by tidal energy company, Marine Current Turbines Ltd.
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NewsModern Bridge Maintains Heritage Style
Faced with a failing jack-arch bridge over the Birmingham Canal in Smethwick, Sandwell Borough Council and their engineering consultants Jacobs UK Ltd. have opted for a radical solution.
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NewsArmourstone Users Meet in Norfolk
Registration is now open for the 15th annual Armourstone Users Group meeting, which takes place on 12 and 13 March in Norfolk UK.
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NewsBoskalis to Deepen Entrance Channel at Port of Melbourne
Royal Boskalis Westminster has confirmed that it has acquired a major contract for deepening the entrance channel to the Port of Melbourne in Australia. The project will be executed in an alliance with the Port of Melbourne Corporation, and the work will take some two years. The value of the ...
