Ports & Harbours – Page 79
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NewsGermans Expand Specialist Port Facilities
Specialist facility expansion in Germany''s two biggest seaports up to late 2005 is costing a total ¢ 60m, according to plans now revealed in Hamburg and the Weser ports complex of Bremen/ Bremerhaven.
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NewsThe Tide Turns Against Marine Corrosion
Corrosion is probably the single most serious cause of deterioration of reinforced concrete structures and is particularly prevalent in buildings and structures subjected to salts from the sea.
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NewsStemat Savours Successful Sinkings
The building consortium HSL Drechtse Steden wasresponsible for the design and construction of a new high speed rail line between Zwijndredcht and Moerdijk in Holland. This section of the route contains two submerged tunnels, one under the river Oude Maas and the other under the river Dordste Kil.
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NewsEssex Flood Defences Strategy Due
Consulting engineers Halcrow is in the final stages of a project on the Roach and Crouch estuaries in Essex.
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NewsModular Pontoons at seawork
The British company that earlier this year purchased the Eirfloat modular pontoon system manufactured and previously based in Ireland have got off to a flying start with a string of important orders. The company and the brand are now renamed Airfloat and will be exhibiting at seawork2004 .
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NewsScotland Zones In On Marine Renewables
The UK Government and the Scottish Executive are planning to deliver a one stop shop approach for offshore renewable energy consents in waters around Scotland.
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ICS Sand Scrubbers at seawork
seawork exhibitor International Commercial Shipping (ICS) has recently established itself in the worldwide dredging and sand scrubbing business.
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NewsHeavenly Fenders for Port of Angels
Pier 400 is an all new facility built at the Port of Los Angeles in California USA. New berths and container areas are set to open, expanding on a first phase which was completed in August 2002. In total, Pier 400 adds six new berths which cater for vessels up ...
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NewsFugro Has a Boring Time in Poole
The proposed second crossing for Poole Harbour will span a 19m stretch of the Backwater Channel between Poole and Hamworthy. Designed to become a memorable landmark, the new bridge will feature two triangular bascules which, as vessels pass through, will rotate into the vertical position forming a visually dramatic twin ...
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NewsGeotextiles Secure Canal Bed at Minden
The Mittellandkanal is one of the most important navigable waterways in Germany, providing an east-west route for inland waterborne transportation. Ships'' draughts continue to increase and are currently anything up to 2.50 metres. This has created a problem for the Mittellandkanal at Minden West.
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BMT Inputs Boxport Design
British Maritime Technology ''sSingapore based subsidiary BMT Asia Pacific Pte Ltd hasrecently advised on the design of a major new deep water container terminal at Sepangar Bay in eastern Malaysia. The study considered where the terminal needed to be located to minimise dredging and enable ships to manoeuvre safely in ...
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NewsEdmund Nuttall Secures Port of Ipswich Expansion
Associated British Ports '' (ABP) Port of Ipswich has taken a step closer to expanding its ro-ro facilities after accepting a £ 3.5m tender from Edmund Nuttall Ltd to construct a second ro-ro berth at the port''s West Bank Terminal .
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NewsBathside Bay Inquiry Opens
On the same day last month that the British Government rejected Associated British Ports '' plans for a new container terminal at Dibden Bay in Southampton, the Public Inquiry got underway into the proposed development of a new greenfield site deepwater container port at Bathside Bay in Harwich.
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NewsWindfarm Investigation Completed
A geotechnical survey in the Thames Estuary has been conducted by Fugro Engineering Services (FES) to collect data to be used in the final foundation design for the monopiles at the base of each of 30 turbines which will comprise the Kentish Flats windfarm.
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NewsBusy Days at Dublin Port
The largest container ship ever to be handled in an Irish port called at Marine Terminals in Dublin Port last month after the facility had received a 23m make-over. The 2,450 teu MSC Peggy , at 208m LOA and drawing 9m, was comfortably accommodated at Marine Terminals Limited ''s(MTL) 570m ...
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NewsSeacore Digs In At Girvan
Cornwall UK based Seacore has successfully completed the construction of a new wastewater sea outfall pipeline at Girvan, on the exposed west coast of Scotland, about 100km south of Glasgow.
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France Makes a €2.6 Billion Push for Barges
A new freight-only canal linking the Seine on the outskirts of Paris to the Dunkirk-Escaut canal in northern France is to be built at a cost of 2.6 billion.
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NewsMackaoui Magic Returns to seawork
Following on from their successful debut conference at seawork last year, Mackaoui Communications are organising a full day programme on the first day of seawork2004 , Tuesday 22 June, entitled Regeneration of Waterfront and Maritime Projects - A Greener Environment .
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News€450m Box Terminal for Port of Antwerp
P&O Ports has signed a 40 year concession with Antwerp Port Authority to equip and operate the Deurganckdok east side container terminal in the Port of Antwerp as part of the Antwerp Gateway consortium.
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NewsNew Quay Planned at St Mary's Harbour
The Council of the Isles of Scilly has secured just under £ 200,000 of investment (including Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Objective One) for technical investigations in St Mary''s Harbour , essential work that is being carried out by the Route Partnership toimprove Scilly''s sea transport links with the ...
