Ports & Harbours – Page 72
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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).
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UK First for Sand Dune Protection
An innovative approach to strengthening sand dunes has been implemented at Blyth on England''s north east coast, which involves a number of 2.5 tonne sandbags having been buried into the dunes. The work along a 60m stretch of beach is strengthening dunes in an attempt to ensure the continued protection ...
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Record Works Plan for UK Waterways
The Environment Agency (EA) in the UK has announced that £ 13.2m will be spent on essential repairs and improvements to hundreds of sites and structures along EA managed rivers this winter.
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Ceredigion Flood Defence Plans Unveiled
Plans for a £ 1.6m project to protect homes and businesses from flooding in Ceredigion in Wales have gone on display. The scheme, funded by the Welsh Assembly Government, will attempt to reduce the risk to 88 homes and 22 commercial properties in Tregaron.
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NewsBremore Project Challenges Irish Government
Ireland''s national ports are facing a capacity crisis. The growth in exports, the trend to outsourcing part of the production process and the boom in imports of construction materials has wiped out the capacity of most ports. Hence, the approval by the Government of the joint venture between Drogheda Port ...
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NewsFirst Xbloc Project in Europe Completed
The first project in Europe to make use of the Xbloc interlocking armoured sea defence unit has recently been completed.
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NewsJoint Venture Wins Transnet Contract
South African construction company Group Five has won 1.8bn Rand contract from Transnet to widen Durban’ s existing harnour by 100m and to increase the depth by 6m.
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Safer Shipping by Predicting Sand Wave Behaviour
Dutch researcher Joris van den Berg has developed a mathematical model to predict the movement of sand waves. Sand waves are formed by an interaction between the tidal current and sand.
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DP World to Upgrade Terminal in Fujairah
Port operator DP World reportedly plans to invest in the Port of Fujairah to make it suitable for larger container ships.
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NewsFirst Piles Driven for Burchardkai Expansion
Work is now well underway on a new container ship berth which is part of a ¢ 660m project by HHLA to double the capacity of Hamburg''s biggest box facility, the Burchardkai Container Terminal (BCT).
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NewsLimpet Dam Enables Lock Gate Repair
Nuttall group company John Martin has been using their limpet dam technology to enable repair work on the pintles of Gladstone Lock gates, the important lock system that gives access to the Port of Liverpool.
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NewsHarwich International Port Relocates Berthing Pontoon
In order to accommodate the recently extended Stena Line ro-pax ''Stena Britannica'' (MJ April) and near sister vessel ''Stena Hollandica'', which serve the Hook of Holland route twice daily, Harwich International Port has moved the berthing pontoon at their dedicated berth by 25m to the east of its previous location.
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NewsSeawork Exhibitor Enables Marina Expansion
The growth surge in leisure boating saw Dun Laoghaire Marina open on the south side of Dublin Bay in March of 2001 with berthing for 500 vessels. Piling works are underway for an extension which will see berths in place for 800 vessels.
