The £350 million Aberdeen South Harbour expansion scheme — the largest marine infrastructure project currently underway in the UK — is entering its final stage with only a couple of months to go until the work is done. When full finished by the end of 2021, the Dunnottar Quay is to be the 400 meter
Coastal Partners have just announced that the Long Curtain Moat project has been nominated in the Constructing Excellence SECBE Awards. Long Curtain Moat is one the last surviving parts of Portsmouth’s town fortifications and is therefore a very important part of Portsmouth’s local heritage. Portsmo
The footprint of the expanded Aberdeen Harbour has transformed again this month, with the arrival of the fifteenth caisson, according to the harbour officials. This is the first caisson to form the South Pier, and it will be joined by the remaining seven over the summer. “The first caisson of 2021 h
Network Rail’s coastal protection scheme on the south Devon coastline is benefitting from the latest in construction technology, with low carbon concrete being used to reinforce the new, bigger sea wall structure at Dawlish. Following a devastating storm in February 2014 which struck the coastline a
Work is currently underway on a new £6.4m scheme that will help to defend Porthcawl from flooding and any potential future rise in sea levels. “This new multi-million pound scheme marks the latest investment into Porthcawl and follows the success of the all-new £3m sea defences created at Town Beach
A multi-million pound flood defence designed to cope with a one-in-200-year storm and rising sea levels caused by climate change could be built to protect the south east of Cardiff. Plans for the £25m coastal protection scheme, on the banks of the River Rhymney, have been released by Cardiff Council
Wet civil engineering firm Land & Water has won a contract with the Environment Agency to complete dredging works in Kent and South London (KSL). With mobilisation due to start in late August and dredging works planned for September, Land & Water will be working downstream of Sluice Weir on the Rive
Jenkins Marine was instructed recently by Isle of Wight Council to carry out a capital dredge in the River Medina where it approaches Newport harbour to increase the depth of the navigable channel. The full dredge length was over 500m from start point to its finish in Newport harbour. The last time
The Vistula Spit Shipping Channel project in Poland is moving forward according to schedule. The Channel through the Vistula Spit is a major infrastructure project that will generate important economic benefits for the Republic of Poland. The Spit is a peninsular stretch of land, separating the Vist
Largest cutter suction dredger in Jan De Nul fleet, the Willem van Rubroeck started its very first assignment in Mauritania recently. In the port of the capital Nouakchott, the vessel is working for developer ARISE Mauritania, on the deepening of the access channel, the port basin and the new berth
The Russian government has allocated over $288.3 million for the construction of shipping canal, which will lead to the new LNG terminal in Kamchatka. According to the document that was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, more than RUB 21 billion will be invested into the construction of an
Western Shiprepair (WSR) – one of BLRT Repair Yards, subsidiaries of BLRT Grupp – has been busy lately working on two large-scale repair projects for their long-time partner DEME Group. According to WSR, the company’s Floating Dock (FD) 12 – one of the largest in the Baltics – welcomed the 154.6m DP
Wasa Dredging today released this beautiful photo from the Klaipeda Port dredging project. The main contractor for this capital dredging program is the Danish dredging company Rohde Nielsen A/S Wasa’s scope of work includes removal of 1 million cubic metres of clay, silt and sand. The dredged materi
During the last six months, Fylde Council has been working on options for replacing the existing sea wall around The Island, St Annes. The sea wall protects over 400 properties and businesses from coastal erosion and flooding. It is nearly 90 years old, and is approaching the end of its design life,
