Ports & Harbours – Page 86
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Danes Do UK Windfarm Deal
NEG Micon has concluded a major offshore agreement with the Danish utility Elsam concerning the Kentish Flats Offshore Windfarm off the English coast of Kent.
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NewsFelixstowe Applies for New Box Terminal
Hutchison Ports (UK) Ltd (HPUK) , on behalf of its subsidiary Port of Felixstowe, formally applied last month to Suffolk Coastal District Council for planning permission to reconfigure the southern part of the port.
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European Renewables Conference Set For Berlin
The European Conference for Renewable Energy - Intelligent Policy Options has been schedule for 19 to 21 January 2004 in Berlin.
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NewsKlaas Act at CEDA Dredging Days
The cutter suction dredger is the beast of the industry, called upon when the going gets extremely tough and it is necessary to cut through hard compacted soils or solid rock in works such as the deepening of harbours and fairways.
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NewsFacelift for St George's
The 675m long St George''s Bridge at Doncaster crosses the South Yorkshire Navigation Canal, River Don and the East Coast Main Line.
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Gareloch Celebrates Busy Birthday
Scotland''s Gareloch Support Services (Plant) Ltd is celebrating 15 years in the commercial marine support industry with its marine civils department typically busy on a UK west coast project repairing all load bearing piles on a jetty. The job involves the removal of old steel casings and the injection of ...
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NewsNew 24m Piling Barge Under Build for Walcon Marine
Fareham UK based Walcon Marine , specialists in the design, manufacture and installation of marinas, has purchased a new 24m piling barge which is currently under construction at the Aveco Shipyard on Teesside. The design was developed by Walcon Marine with the detailed design and project management by John Pattison ...
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Van Oord ACZ Chosen for Kent Coastal Protection Contract
Van Oord ACZ Ltd has been chosen by the UK''s Shepway District Council to carry out one of the biggest coastal protection schemes ever planned for the district''s shoreline. The £ 17m Hythe to Folkestone Harbour Coast Protection Scheme is designed to protect against flooding and erosion for the next ...
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NewsWave Study Tests Art Centre Design
The design team for a proposed international venue for the visual arts is working with marine engineering experts at HR Wallingford to test the forces of waves which will crash into the gallery and stone pier structures at its coastal location in Margate, Kent UK.
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NewsLandfall Works Complete Africa/Europe Pipeline Link
Constructing two delicate landfalls in Sicily and Libya, the Belgian DEME Group is creating the tailpiece for linking North African gas resources to the European mainland. The work is being executed by Sidra , DEME''s Italian subsidiary, and Tideway , the specialised DEME subsidiary which services the global oil and ...
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NewsInnovative Technology Employed at Port of Cartagena
An innovative solution has been adopted to speed up the construction of new jetties at the Spanish port of Cartagena, in the province of Murcia in the south of Spain.
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NewsShipyards Could Become Sites for Marinas
Two former shipyards in the UK, one in the northeast and one on the south coast, could become sites for new marinas.
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NewsAggregates Researchers Take to the SandPit
A 17-strong consortium of experts at well known universities'' research organisations is now approximately 12 months into a major EU-funded modelling programme to assess the effects of offshore dredging on coastlines Demand for North Sea sand is likely to increase in coming decades, for use as beach and sand dune ...
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Qatar to Build a New Airport on Reclaimed Land
Qatar is set to build a new airport which will be sited partly on land reclaimed from the sea, at a cost of US$2 billion, according to an announcement made by Qatar Airways earlier this week.
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EA Celebrates Award for Littlestone Sea Defence Scheme
The Environment Agency in the UK says a major sea defence scheme it executed on the Kent coast - the Littlestone sea defence scheme - has won a major environmental engineering award.
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NewsHydrodemolition Speeds Panama Canal Lock Repairs
Conjet hydrodemolition equipment is playing a key role in removing concrete and assisting with the replacement of the Panama Canal''s special tow track rail system. The track is used by powerful electric rack and pinion drive locomotives to assist in towing and guiding ships through the canal''s three sets of ...
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NewsAberdeen Examines Energy Futures Centre
The City of Aberdeen has signalled its determination to remain ''Europe''s Energy Capital'' after the offshore oil and gas industry has peaked by announcing a detailed feasibility study into the building of a flagship Energy Futures Centre, possibly also encompassing an offshore wind farm.
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NewsMore Merger Among Dutch Dredging Majors
Three of what were the dredging industry''s Big Six companies only recently, will now operate as one, following the sale of a majority stake in Ballast Ham Dredging to its Dutch rival, the family owned dredging, offshore and marine construction Van Oord Group.
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NewsDubai Coastal Monitoring Website
As part of its Coastal Zone Monitoring Programme, the Marine Works Unit of the Dubai Municipality has set up a website www.dubaicoast.org which enables viewers to watch near real-time video of wave conditions along the Jumeirah coastline.
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NewsUtility Majors in Offshore Manoeuvres
Major British utility companies have moved to join the march towards offshore renewable energy with the Centrica Group, which owns British Gas, announcing plans to build a £ 100m wind farm in the Irish Sea and Powergen Renewables buying the rights to develop a £ 200m wind farm off the ...
