Ports & Harbours – Page 72
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NewsOlympic Games Marine Works Underway
Poole UK based Jenkins Marine is currently working towards helping Britain achieving it’ s Olympic dream. Work is underway in Portland, Dorset, in preparation for the sailing events associated with the Games.
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NewsVan Oord Completes The World
Dutch Dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has completed the prestigious land reclamation project The World in the emirate of Dubai. The World is a group of 300 artificial islands 4 km off the coast of Dubai that have been shaped in the form of the continents.
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NewsPort of Stralsund Completes ¢14m Expansion
The German Baltic seaport of Stralsund has completed a two year, € 14 expansion which has created three new berths and a new handling area in the Suedhafen district.
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Details of Damietta Container Facility Confirmed
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (ADB) have confirmed that they have approved a $150m loan to finance the Damietta container terminal situated on Egypt' s Mediterranean coast.
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Construction of Jeddah's new container terminal under way
The Saudi Trade and Export Development Company (Tusdeer) has announced that construction of its $443m Red Sea Gateway Terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port (JIP) was due to commence this month.
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EBRD provides loan to Ukrainian port
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to provide a € 26m guaranteed loan to Illichivsk Sea Commercial Port, one of the largest ports in Ukraine. The 15 year loan will help the port carry out a programme of modernisation that includes berth reconstruction, procurement of cargo handling ...
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NewsWell Planned Pontoon Replacement
Sub-Surface Engineering (SSE), a subsidiary of Opus International Consultants, has completed a new section of the wave break pontoon at Southampton’ s town quay.
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NewsKaiserschleuse Key to Bremerhaven Vehicle Future
Work proper has begun on what is being described as one of Europe’ s biggest current port engineering projects, the € 233m rebuilding and expansion of Bremerhaven’ s Kaiserschleuse sea lock to provide access for giant modern vehicle carriers.
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NewsNew Lock Gates for Sutton Harbour
Sub Marine Services Ltd (SMS) is providing the pontoon barge, crawler crane, support vessels and diving teams for a project underway to replace the inner and outer lock harbour gates at Sutton Harbour in Plymouth UK. Their plant is being used by Taylor & Sons Ltd, subcontractor to May Gurney ...
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NewsRostock Construction Boosts Cruise Capacity
Work on a new cruise ship berth is underway in the port of Rostock as the German Baltic facility rushes to keep up with rising cruise business which this year has been better than in any other German port save Kiel.
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NewsBusy Jack-Up Finds Haven in Harwich
The jack up barge ' Vagant' was towed into Harwich Haven last month to shelter from the North Sea storms and tidal surge which lashed the east coast of England and Continental Europe. The barge was under tow by Euro-Tugs’ 5,000bhp ' Union Diamond' from the North Sea to Dunkirk, ...
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News: Scale of Ambition Defines Marine Civils Projects
Much has changed in the marine civil engineering industry since Maritime Journal was first published, but perhaps the most obvious trend or development is the scale of many projects.
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Green Light for New Ferry Facilities
Work to develop facilities at Cairnryan for ferries across the Irish Sea is continuing, with Royal Haskoning taking a leading role in the project. Once complete, the development will reduce the crossing time for Stena Line''s ferries and create improved facilities for P& O''s operation.
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NewsProgress for Northern Gateway Container Terminal
A major obstacle to the development of PD Ports'' proposed Northern Gateway Container Terminal (NGCT) at Teesport UK was removed last month when agreement was reached with Hutchison Ports (UK) regarding rail freight network capacity.
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NewsRefurbished Quay Boosts Tyneside Tourism
The iconic Cunard liner ' Queen Elizabeth 2' berthed at the Port of Tyne on the only scheduled UK stopover of its 40th Anniversary voyage last month, thanks to a £ 4 million plus refurbishment of the Tyne Commission Quay by national regeneration agency English Partnerships.
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News: New Dock for River Cart
The UK''s River Cart has been used for commercial traffic for the first time in at least 20 years by Steel Engineering, a tenant at the Westway Industrial and Distribution Park in Renfrew.
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NewsMarine Refuelling Challenge Met on Jersey
When a Jersey based marine engineering company required unusual provision for their refuelling needs, Barnsley UK based Cameron Forecourt was able to provide a successful bespoke solution.
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NewsSeabed Drilling for Chinese Port Upgrade
Qingdao Municipal Government in China is investing some $183m this year to upgrade Qingdao Port, which will have a massive container handling capacity of 12m TEU when 23 new deep water berths are built as a result of integrating Weihai Port.
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NewsPier Works Expand River Transport
Wandsworth Riverside Quarter, next to Wandsworth Park on London''s River Thames, is making an additional £ 100,000 investment in moorings at the new pier which allowed the Putney to Blackfriars river taxi service to start calling there this summer.
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NewsGrowing Interest in Sediment Stability
Glasgow-based marine consultants Partrac Ltd are seeing a continued and rising interest in sediment stability instruments, the Cohesive Strength Meter (CSM).
