Ports & Harbours – Page 87
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NewsDe-watering Rig Bound for Singapore
Ballast Ham Dredging says it will be shipping the largest vertical drainage rig in the world to a project in Singapore later this year. The jumbo rig can sink vertical drains to a depth of 60m. The equipment will be put through its paces on a construction site in the ...
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Royal Boskalis Orders in Nigeria and Singapore
Royal Boskalis Westminster, the Dutch dredging company, has acquired a substantial order in Singapore for the construction of a large outfall in the Changi area.
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NewsSeacore Installs Scilly Isles Navigation Day Mark
Specialist marine civil engineering and geotechnical drilling contractors Seacore has completed the design and installation of a navigation transit day mark on the Tins Walbert rock outcrop on the northwestern extremity of St Agnes in the Isles of Scilly.
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NewsUK's Largest Ever Waterways Investment
Details of the largest ever programme of waterway restoration and construction undertaken in the UK - valued at more than over £ 500m, has been unveiled by British Waterways.
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NewsDevelopment Proposed at Gloucester Quays
At the beginning of April, British Waterways (BW) and Peel Developments announced plans for a major waterfront regeneration project in Gloucester in the UK. The project has the backing of the South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA), and could cost in the order of £ 200m to bring to completion.
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NewsPublic inquiry Over UK Port Plans
The Port of Harwich in the UK has confirmed that the proposed £ 300m development of new facilities at Bathside Bay will be delayed by an as yet unknown period after the UK government ordered a public inquiry into the plan.
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Gwadar Port Work gets Underway
The first consignment of equipment for the construction of the new deep water port at Gwadar arrived in Pakistan in early March.
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NewsBeaucette Marina Upgraded
Beaucette Marina in Guernsey, owned by Premier Marinas Limited, has undergone some significant improvements.
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Interbeton Constructs Quay Wall in Port of Durban, SA
Interbeton, part of the Hollandsche Beton Groep (HBG) based in the Netherlands, - has been awarded a contract for the construction of a quay wall in Durban, South Africa.
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NewsLydney Docks to be Refurbished
The Environment Agency (EA) in the UK says it hopes to obtain Heritage Lottery funding to help with the refurbishment of the historic Lydney Docks and surrounding harbour on the Severn estuary in the UK.
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Maureen Platform Will be Re-used - as a Quayside
An offshore platform in the North Sea that was recently decommissioned, refloated and removed by Aker Maritime on behalf of offshore operator Phillips Petroleum is to be re-used - as the basis of a new quay at Aker Stord''s facility in Norway.
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River Frontage Reclaimed on the Tyne
Edmund Nuttall in the UK reports that construction is underway in Gateshead to provide a reclaimed river frontage for a new housing development overlooking the River Tyne at Dunston.
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NewsIsraeli Firm Completes New Quay
Oceana Marine, part of the Oceana Group in Israel, has completed a major marine construction and dredging project on behalf of the Eilat-Ashkelon Oil Pipeline Company Ltd, and is midway through the construction of a new quay at Haifa port on behalf of Israel Port Authority.
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Dutch Consulting Firm Wins Work in the United States
Consulting engineers Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) in the Netherlands has revealed details of a contract it has won from the US Army Corps of Engineers on an extension to a lock complex in Ohio.
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NewsBritish Firm Wins More Marina Work in Holland
Walcon Marine, the Fareham, UK-based specialist marina company, has been awarded a contract to supply the latest phase of berthing at Port Zelande, one of the largest marinas in Holland.
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NewsChallenge at Rumble Rock
The Northern Lighthouse Board is responsible for over 350 lights, buoys and navigation beacons in the north of the UK, stretching from Chicken Rock on the Isle of Man to Muckle Flugga in Northern Ireland.
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NewsWalcon Rides High on Marina Mania
Hampshire UK- based Walcon Marine enters 2002 with a healthy order book of marina construction projects maintaining the momentum of a successful 2001.
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Trinity Set for Inquiry Quartet
The precarious nature of obtaining planning consent for UK container terminals has been highlighted at Felixstowe, where the objections of a single individual look set to precipitate a public inquiry.
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NewsMultidisciplinary Site Investigation Close to Shipping Lanes
A multidisciplinary investigation has been completed by Foundation and Exploration Services Ltd (FES) at Harwich UK, where both land and marine drilling were required.
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NewsVersatile Plastic Pilings Are On The Up Down Under
Plastic Pilings Inc, the American manufacturer of marine piles and timber made of recycled plastic, has had a significant entry to the UK market via the Portsmouth Naval Base, where fender piles, wales and vertical fender planking have been selected by the Royal Navy to replace damaged hardwood fenders.
