Ports & Harbours – Page 74
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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.
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Jawaharlal Nehru Port Project Bids
Four international dredging companies have been shortlisted by Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in India to execute a project to dredge the harbour entrance channel.
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NewsPadstow Flood Defence Repair Work to Start
The harbour walls at Padstow in the UK are being given a £ 1.8 million facelift as the Environment Agency, working with Royal Haskoning, starts essential repairs in the popular North Cornwall tourist spot and ancient port.
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New Dry Dock Gates for Shipyard
C Spencer Ltd in Barrow-on-Humber in the UK has completed work on a project to design and commission a new 30m by 12m lock gate and drive mechanisms at Dry Dock No 3 at BAE System''s Scotstoun, Glasgow shipyard, a project that involved the installation of five cellular cofferdams. The ...
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NewsMarine Works Preface Battersea Revamp
Hampshire UK based Commercial Marine and Piling (CMP) has completed a £ 1m contract at Battersea Power Station in London to refurbish the existing jetty for use as a commercial wharf. It will be used to remove spoil from redevelopment works at the site, which is one of the largest ...
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DEFRA Announces Fee Rises for Marine Licensing
DEFRA in the UK has announced that fees for marine industry environmental licences would increase at the end of July.
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NewsPlain Sailing for Pennine in Spain
The decision of defending America''s Cup Champions, landlocked Switzerland, to stage the 2007 event from the Spanish Port of Valencia has led to an explosion of port development and housing works which are transforming the city itself as well as the nearby coastline from where many thousands will watch the ...
