Ports & Harbours – Page 74
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NewsNew Lock to Serve Olympics Site
British Waterways has commissioned the building of a new lock and water control structure on the Prescott Channel in the Bow Back Rivers of east London.
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News£35m Terminal Construction Underway at BelfastAn artist's impression of the new Belfast terminal, which is due to be operational for summer 2008.
The Port of Belfast has begun work on a new £ 35m Stena Line ferry terminal which will cut journey times as it literally brings the Port closer for those travelling from Scotland.
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NewsPier Renovation Sped by Robotic Cutter
A hydrodemolition robot from Sweden''s Aquajet Systems AB is helping Triton Marine Construction to achieve impressive production rates in the removal of spalled concrete from two piers at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii USA.
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Partnership Approved for Coastal Defence Works
A joint venture between Westminster Dredging and Dean & Dyball Construction has secured a place on the UK Environment Agency''s National Contractors Framework 2 (NCF2) with regard to the development and construction of coastal defence schemes on a national basis.
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Czechs Fund New Elbe Shipping Channel
Sweden based construction group Skanska has won a contract to construct a shipping channel in the Czech Republic.
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NewsSeawork Debut for Modular Pontoon System
Making its Seawork debut next month on Stand 86 is Magic-Float UK, a new subsidiary of Magic-Float Enterprise Co Ltd, a global manufacturer of modular dock and pontoon systems.
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NewsTTS to Supply Linkspan for Rothesay
TTS has won a contract to design, supply and install a linkspan and pedestrian bridge as part of the Rothesay Pier Ferry Berth Improvement Project in the UK.
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Green Light for Scottish Marina
Scottish ministers have given the green light to plans for a £ 175m marina project at Bo''ness that will rejuvenate the town''s 400 year old harbour, creating a marina, a hotel and new homes.
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NewsGreen Masterplan for the Expansion of Tianjin
The Netherlands based DHV Group has won a contract to provide a masterplan for the development of the harbour at Tianjin in China.
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Newport Unlimited Secures Marina Study
Urban regeneration company Newport Unlimited has secured £ 75,000 funding from the Welsh Assembly to consider the possibility of a developing a marina in Crindau.
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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 ...
