Local yacht builder Pendennis Shipyard announced this week that it had received approval from Cornwall Council for its marine based development plans. The plans focused on improvements to the shoreline at their facility within Falmouth docks and included the creation of two wet docks and a wet basin
Marina Port Vell (MPV), Barcelona—set to become one of the world’s most elite superyacht destinations and, through its transformation, the pre-eminent home port in the Mediterranean—today announces the exciting news that the Board of Directors of the Port of Barcelona has approved the refurbishment
Marine Scotland Science invites tenders for the supply of a sonar altimeter range, depth and distance run system. The system will be used for measuring the height a towed camera platform is above the seabed, the depth of the towed camera platform is below the surface and the distance the towed camer
Richard Measures, from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) in New Zealand, has been named ‘2012 Delft3D best contributor of the year’. He received the corresponding award on Wednesday 20 November during the Delft Software Days held in Delft. The hydro software package Del
Miss Anne McIntosh, MP for Thirsk, Malton and Filey has expressed her disappointment that Pickering may again be at risk of flooding following recent heavy rain. Miss McIntosh said: “While I am pleased that the Environment Agency has implemented part of the Slowing the Flow Project, we are still wai
Anthony D Bates Partnership (ADBP) have continued presenting innovative, informative material to the dredging and harbour industry. Firstly, a talk was prepared and presented to the UK Harbour Masters Association entitled “Thinking inside the box”. This talk outlined a new service offered by ADBP wh
The Russian government drops plans to implement the “Murmansk Transportation Node” project through the creation of a management company, under the Murmansk Transportation Node name, reports portnews. The project, which is funded through the federal budget, is underway. Initially, the Murmansk transp
People living and working in Penclawdd, Swansea, are invited to attend a public drop in session to find out more about Environment Agency Wales proposals to reduce flood risk in the area. There are 133 properties in Penclawdd at risk of tidal flooding from the Loughor Estuary. Extreme weather condit
Cargotec has secured an order for 14 Kalmar straddle carriers from UK based Forth Ports as part of a major investment and upgrade programme at its London Container Terminal (LCT) at Tilbury. Forth Ports is investing in substantial equipment and site upgrading to LCT to ensure customers continue to r
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) will hold an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on Thursday 10 January 2013 at 10:00 am CET. The meeting will take place at the offices of Boskalis at Rosmolenweg 20 in Papendrecht, the Netherlands. Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. is a leading gl
According to the port press service, on November 27, the Sea Commercial Port of Illichivsk has handled the Super Post Panamax container ship Teno, for the first time this year. The M/V Teno is the largest ship docked at the port in 2012. The port’s chief Alexander Grigorashenko stated: “Today the to
The Canal and River Trust has announced plan to make improvements to a number of weirs on the Regent’s Canal, making them even more efficient during periods of heavy rain. They are proposing to give the existing weirs crenulated edges, which will increase surface area and allow higher volumes of wat
