Ports & Harbours – Page 84
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NewsFirst Caissons Floated Out for Durban Quay Wall Project
Contractor Interbeton has sunk the first caissons that will form the basis of a new 1,200m long quay wall at the Port of Durban in South Africa, a project that Interbeton is carrying out in a Joint Venture (JV) with the local construction firms Grinaker-LTA and BCW.
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NewsRoute for New Canal Announced
British Waterways has announced the route selected to link the River Great Ouse at Bedford with the Grand Union Canal at Milton Keynes, the first new canal to be built in the UK for more than a century.
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NewsFlexible Liner Restores Canal Bed in Lancaster Canal
A major £ 700,000 renovation project, which has closed off a northern section of the Lancaster Canal throughout the winter, is on course for completion this month, British Waterways has confirmed.
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Concern Over Maerl Dredging
Conservationists in the UK are claiming that dredging maerl, a material used by farmers as an organic fertilizer, from a Cornish estuary, should be stopped to protect the area. They claim that dredging maerl, a form of calcified seaweed used as a fertiliser, which has been taking place in the ...
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HR Wallingford Commissioned for Italian Marina Study
HR Wallingford has recently been commissioned by Consorzio Porto di Cattolica to carry out studies in connection with the development of a marina in the entrance of the Tavollo River at Cattolica, Italy.
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NewsDecision Due on Marina at Bridlington
A Government-level decision on whether to allow the development of a new marina complex at Bridlington in the North East of the UK - a project which will be one of the largest engineering projects in the North of England if it goes ahead - is due to be taken ...
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Cityof Oslo Launches Claim Against PCB Producers
The City of Oslo in Norway is demanding ¢ 7m from Bayer AG , Solutia and Kaneka in compensation for the cost of cleaning up Oslo Harbour.
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NewsCentrum Piles Up a Production Record
Centrum Pile Ltd, formed by Aarsleff Piling in 2001, remains a wholly owned subsidiary of Aarsleff following the collapse last November of a proposed 50/50 joint ownership deal with Stent Foundations.
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NewsLargest Limpet Dam In Action at the Port of Felixstowe
John Martin Construction Ltd has recently undertaken some essential maintenance work at the Port of Felixstowe.
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NewsGoteborg Goes With the Changes
The Swedish Port of Goteborg''s board has approved the Port''s largest ever investment package, authorising some $45m for upgrading facilities at the Skandia Container Terminal to accommodate the largest boxships envisioned for the future.
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NewsSeacore Left High and Dry in Devon
Cornwall based Seacore Ltd has demonstrated the versatility of one of its Skate II series jack up platforms during the replacement and extension of a seawall outfall pipeline down steep cliffs and out to sea to help enhance the water quality at one of the UK''s premier surfing beaches at ...
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Tests Underway to Enhance Recycled Decking
Portsmouth UK based Plasti Ltd are conducting a series of tests in conjunction with Anglia Waterblast, Jotun and the Royal Military College at Shrivenham (part of Cranfield University) aimed at further enhancing the non-slip properties of their decking planks, which are manufactured from 100% recycled materials.
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Studies for Nile Delta Terminal
EGS (International) recently completed a one year programme of metocean measurements in Egypt for the BG Group. BG are developing a new terminal to the west of the Nile Delta which will export LNG.
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News'Amazone' in Africa for Pipeline Dredging Works
The Belgian DEME Group recently deployed its powerful sea-going cutter suction dredger Amazone to Nigeria for trench dredging at the Offshore Gas Gathering System (OGGS) landfall on the southern shore of Bonny Island. The OGGS project is a final piece in Shell Oil''s programme to phase out all gas flaring ...
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NewsFelixstowe Expansion Underway
Civil engineering contractors Costain began work earlier this month on a £ 28m project to extend Trinity Terminal at the UK Port of Felixstowe. The Port was granted the Harbour Revision Order to proceed with the works last October following a Public Inquiry earlier in 2002.
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Timber Research for Coastal and Fluvial Engineering
Timber has traditionally been used for the construction of a wide variety of coastal and fluvial structures including groynes, jetties, lock gates and river bank protection throughout the UK.
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NewsAccropodes Provide Solution for Scarborough Coast Protection Works
Edmund Nuttall Limited is approaching the mid-point of a £ 25.7m, 22 month coast protection project awarded to it by client Scarborough Borough Council (with DEFRA providing the major part of the funding).
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Compensation Land Earmarked for Bathside Bay Development
As part of its plans to develop a modern container terminal at Bathside Bay, Hutchison Ports (UK) Limited, owner of Harwich International Port, is proposing to create compensatory intertidal mudflat through alterations to the positions of sea walls.
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Civic Work at Muck and Rum
The Highland Council in Scotland in the UK is taking immediate steps to ensure that work is completed as quickly as possible on new berthing facilities at the Small Isles of Muck and Rum.
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NewsDeep Water Jetty for New Orkney Ferry Service
A new deep water jetty for the ro-ro ferries - the Hjaltland and Hrossey - has achieved ''minimum berthing status'' at Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands, and is on course for completion next year, at which time it will also begin to be used by the large number of cruise ...
