Ports & Harbours – Page 75

  • The proposed line of the new quayside and Polly Steps facility.
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    £5 Million Redevelopment for Port of Teignmouth

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Associated British Ports (ABP) will invest £ 5 million in a major redevelopment of port operations at Teignmouth in Devon on the back of long term contracts with existing and new customers.

  • The Two Seas project could see an 11 million square metre island created and is the latest in a series huge reclamation projects in the areas, such as the Palm projects, shown here
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    New Reclamation Project Proposed in Bahrain

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Gulf Finance House BSC (GFH), one of the leading Islamic investment banks in the Middle East, and Bahrain-based Dala Development Properties Management Co WLL (Dala Development), have announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop Two Seas - an 11 million square metre freehold island project, which ...

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    Port Construction Funding for Merseyside

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Britain''s Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott announced £ 17 million of funding last month for the construction of a 250m extension to Liverpool''s Pier Head which will be used as a new cruise liner facility.

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    Jan de Nul Starts Trenching Work for Langeled Project

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Work on excavating a trench to the landfall for the Langeled gas trunkline is well under way on the seabed off Easington on the east coast of the UK, with Jan de Nul ''s dredger J F J de Nul dredger excavating the trench.

  • European environmental legislation is leading to unacceptable delays in new port projects says ESPO
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    European Ports 'Could Become Bottlenecks of World Trade'

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The 24th Bi-annual Conference of the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH), which took place in Shanghai 21-27 May, marking the 50th anniversary of the organisation, concluded with a stark warning for European ports.

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    Berthing Gains as Sovereign Harbour Grows

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Extending a successful long term partnership, Sovereign Harbour has commissioned Walcon Marine to install pontoon equipment for a further 80 berths in its North Harbour at Eastbourne.

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    Tidal Current Breakthrough in Orkney with 'Sea Snail'

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Robert Gordon University Sea Snail , designed as a support system for tidal current energy devices, was towed out of Stromness Harbour last month and successfully installed in Burra Sound, Orkney.

  • Three of these Pelamis P-750 wave machines will comprise the worlds first commercial wave farm.
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    Green Light for the World's First Commercial Wave Farm

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Edinburgh based Ocean Power Delivery (OPD) signed an order last month with a Portuguese consortium led by Enersis to build the initial phase of the world''s first commercial wave farm to generate renewable energy from ocean waves.

  • The Port of Goteborg has acquired a 20% share holding in Gavle Containerterminal AB.
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    Swedish Ports Building to Win

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Municipality of Gavle in Sweden is investing 6.5m in the Port of Gavle to create a new quay and for dredging in order to allow calls by larger container ships. Together with investments in new container cranes by Gavle Containerterminal AB , the works will result in a capacity ...

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    Funding Secured

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Plans have been approved by Aberdeenshire Council and Scottish Enterprise Grampian for a multi-million Pound marina at Banff on the Scottish coast.

  • ALWC corrosion rates can be 1mm/side/year or more, and design corrosion allowances quickly exceeded
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    CIRIA Project Provides New Solutions for ALWC

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    A new report from the Construction Industry Research Association (CIRIA) is offering ports and harbours new insights into, and new tools to fight, Accelerated Low Water Corrosion (ALWC).

  • Sacrificial anodes form part of a CP system to protect against ALWC
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    Revised Standard for CP Systems Due Next Year

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    An updated and revised version of a European standard for cathodic protection of harbour structures, EN 13174, which will be of direct use for port and harbour engineers planning protection against ALWC or dealing with its effects, should be available early next year.

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    WL Delft Hydraulics Leads Remote Sensing Project

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    WLDelft Hydraulics and partners Argoss, NLR and Van Oord NV have received funding from the National User Support Programme for Remote Sensing in the Netherlands for the Restscod-2 project, a project that follows-on from the recently completed Restscod-1 , which was conducted by the same project team.

  • Intermarine designed, delivered and constructed Broomielaw Landing in the heart of Glasgow in only five months.
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    Big Business in Bespoke Pontoons

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Hampshire UK based pontoon innovator Intermarine is celebrating the completion of over £ 1.5 million of bespoke projects in the last 12 months at sites ranging from Scotland to Cornwall, with each designed to meet the specific environmental and operational requirements of a diverse group of clients.

  • Folkstone Harbour.
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    Expansion Plans at Folkestone Harbour

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Development plans for Folkestone Harbour UK include the introduction of two further berths to accommodate larger vessels of up to 7m draft and a harbour dredging programme as well as the ongoing refurbishment of existing berths and the creation of more cargo handling storage space and vehicle standage areas. Port ...

  • An artists impression of the SeaGen twin rotor 1MW prototype system due for installation next year.
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    New Funding Brings Tidal Stream Energy Project Closer

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Bristol UK based Marine Current Turbines has received £ 3.85m from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to help fund their SeaGen tidal energy project. The grant to Sea Generation Ltd , a wholly owned subsidiary of Marine Current Turbines , will go towards developing and testing the device ...

  • Costains work at West bay included a new West Arm,  and work on the existing, Grade II listed East Pier.
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    Duke Opens Dorset Project

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The Duke of York has officially opened Costain ''s West Bay project in Dorset, which will provide flood protection and vastly improved harbour facilities for the small Dorset town.

  • The MacGregor linkspan for Immingham will comprise a 108m x 30m floating pontoon connected to the shore terminal by two three-lane bridges.
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    MacGregor Linkspan Completes Immingham Ro-Ro Access System

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    MacGregor has strengthened its relationship with Danish ferry operator DFDS by securing a new order for a large linkspan installation at Immingham in the UK, making the inner harbour accessible at all times The MacGregor Group''s ro-ro ships division has signed a contract with DFDS Tor Line to design and ...

  • ABPmer has helped secure planning permission for the creation of 108 hectares of new coastal habitat on Wallasea Island.
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    ABPmer Helps Secure Planning for New Coastal Habitat

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    ABPmer , Associated British Ports '' marine environment research subsidiary, has helped secure planning permission for the creation of 108 hectares of new coastal habitat on Wallasea Island on Crouch Estuary in Essex. ABPmer provided the scientific research that supported DEFRA ''s European Wildlife Division ''sapplication to the Planning Authority ...

  • iicorr has been contracted to install ALWC CP systems at a number of Scottish ports.
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    iicorr Secures ALWC Work

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Corrosion control specialists iicorr in Aberdeen says it has secured contracts worth around £ 400,000 to carry out corrosion control work for a number of Scottish ports including those at Orkney, Wick, Barra and Lochinver.