Ports & Harbours – Page 77
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Seacore Secures Control of Seacone
Cornwall UK based marine civil engineering contractors Seacore Ltd has acquired from Lankelma CPT Ltd its 50% shareholding in Lankelma Seacore Offshore, the offshore cone penetrometer testing contractor formed by Lankelma and Seacore in 2002. Seacore now holds 100% of the shares in the specialist offshore geotechnical investigation company, which ...
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NewsBudget Pontoon Boosts Trade on Loch Fyne
A specially designed pontoon recently completed for a small Argyll community will prove a major attraction for leisure users and help boost the local economy. The 50m long pontoon was installed on the shore of Loch Fyne by outdoor equipment specialists Fusion Marine Ltd for the Otter Ferry Community Association.
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NewsMersey Marine Power Study Launched
The potential for generating electricity by tidal and wave power on the Mersey Estuary is to be considered in a major study initiated by Peel Holdings Group and the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA).
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Shortsea Terminal Underway at Flushing
Dutch firm Kloosterboer has started construction of a shortsea container terminal at Flushing.
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NewsContainer Capacity Drive at Port of Hamburg
The City of Hamburg and the newly founded Hamburg Port Authority published their latest Port Development Plan last year, which forecast a rise of containerised cargo volume to 13m TEU by 2010 from what has proven to be a record setting 8.1m TEU in 2005.
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NewsUK Research Guides Hurricane Bridge Repairs
The UK civil engineering hydraulics consultancy HR Wallingford has been contracted by the Federal Highways Administration (FHWA) in Washington DC to apply prediction methods for wave forces developed at Wallingford to US bridges damaged last year by hurricanes Katrina and Ivan.
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NewsClyde Revives with Commercial Boatyard
The first phase of the River Clyde Boatyard at Rothesay Dock East in Clydebank opened for business recently.
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NewsStructural Repair for Fleetwood Ro-Ro Jetty
Structural Repairtechnique (SR), a division of specialist piling contractor Systems Geotechnique, has carried out a repair operation on the Stena Line ro-ro jetty at Fleetwood in Lancashire UK. The jetty, which handles freight and passenger vehicles destined to Larne in Northern Island, is formed by concrete crossheads supported on piles ...
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Interbeton Wins Contract for LNG Jetty in Australia
Interbeton bv, part of Royal BAM Group, has been awarded a joint venture contract by Woodside Energy Ltd, operator of the North West Shelf Venture, to construct a second LNG loading berth at its onshore gas processing facilities near Karratha on the Australian west coast. The contract amounts to approximately ...
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NewsUK Port Project Proposal Gains Ministerial Approval
UK Transport Minister Derek Twigg has indicated that he is minded to approve proposals for a container port at Bathside Bay, Harwich, Essex. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has also issued a letter indicating that Ministers are minded to approve the planning applications relating to the same proposal.
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NewsThree Consortia in Race to Build Maasvlakte 2
Three consortia of dredging and construction companies have qualified for the construction of Maasvlakte 2 project at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
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NewsDutch Workboat Duo Join Forces
Workboat operator Rederij Waterweg BV has joined forces with another Dutch workboat company, Van Stee Survey & Supply, after the latter was taken over by what is now the parent company of both, Acta Marine Holding.
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NewsBidding for Irish Deepwater Port
Drogheda Port Company announced on 9 December that it is commencing an open competitive process for a joint venture partner for the development of its Bremore Deepwater Port in the Greater Dublin Area.
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Ports Meet Environment at GreenPort 2006
To meet forecast growth in world trade over the next decade, container ports and the shipping industry will need to double capacity. Achieving such growth with minimal adverse effect on the environment is a major challenge. Time delays and increased costs have become a major brake on world trade.
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NewsNew Terminal Will Ease Congestion
Europe''s biggest seaport, Rotterdam, has revealed plans for a second new container terminal with facilities for feeders and inland waterway vessels.
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NewsNew Terminal Boosts Rhine Intermodal Role
Vehicle handling and logistics firm E H Harms, part of Bremen''s BLG Logistics, has opened a car handling terminal in Europe''s biggest inland port, Duisburg, to boost the role of the Rhine in intermodal transport.
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NewsJenkins Expand Dredging Fleet
Following the acquisition of four vessels from Dean & Dyball Construction earlier this year, Poole UK based Jenkins Marine have further expanded their fleet to include the two 300m 3split hopper barges Needles and Nab.
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NewsWaterways Link Gets Outline Planning Permission
Outline planning permission has been approved for the first phase of a multi-million pound project that could ultimately see a new navigable waterway established, wich will link several cathedral cities in the UK and create hundreds of moorings for recreational craft.
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IWA Provides Funds for Hydraulics Research Project
The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) in the UK has offered a grant of £ 10,000 to British Waterways, towards the cost of a hydraulics research project on the effects of boats moving in confined channels.
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Lock Restoration Will Open Up Ireland's Waterways
The historic sea lock at Spencer Dock in Dublin is to be restored under a new project managed by Royal Haskoning.
