Thousands of tonnes of silt are being removed from the bed of the River Medina to increase the depth of the navigable channel, Isle of Wight Council informs. According to the council, dredgers are returning to the Newport Harbour for the first time since the 1970s. Under the £370,000 contract, the c
Gidrostroy’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Kenford recently visited the Port of Varna, Bulgaria, to perform capital dredging on the port’s channels. This dredger has 3000m3 hopper capacity and, fully loaded, the draft of 5.25 meters, said the Kaliningrad based full service marine constructi
Christchurch coastal protection and maintenance works, scheduled to take up to six weeks, will begin in the following days, BCP Council reports. Works involve: beach recycling in four groyne bays between Avon and Friars Cliff beaches and Highcliffe beach; rock groyne reshaping and groyne beacon post
Construction of the South Harbour is continuing at pace, and changes can be seen on site nearly every day, reports the Aberdeen Harbour. As reported, at least 30,000 tonnes of rock and core material has been imported to the project last month to be used for the South Breakwater. The scale of the Nor
Peab has been commissioned to build a new container port adjacent to Tunadal Port in Sundsvall, Sweden. The customer is SCA Logistics AB and the contract is worth SEK 249 million ($29.4 million). “In order to meet the growing demand for paper pulp and sawn wood products a new container port will be
A Steering Group has been established to work with the consultants, councillors and stakeholders to help progress the Bray Harbour Improvement Scheme. The consultants – RPS – will now consider, refine and agree on the options with a view to identifying the preferred redevelopment option for the Bray
A maintenance dredging campaign is currently underway in Waterford harbour, the Port of Wateford said in their latest announcement. The dredging program will continue into next month as part of an approximate 28 day period of operations. According to the Port, the trailing suction hopper dredger (TS
The first six of 18 tide pools to the east of Spur Redoubt were successfully installed to provide new habitats for marine life, Southsea Coastal Scheme said in their latest project update. “It is always exciting to make a positive impact to the natural environment. We will be monitoring developments
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has awarded a £409,000 contract for the provision of expert consultancy support for coastal protection and flood risk management. According to Bidstats, the Council appointed Mott MacDonald as their consultant to provide expert support in discharging its duties under
Peter Madsen Marine Contractors A/S, specialised in all forms of marine construction works, has successfully completed the installation of a new stone reef north of Hundested, off the coast of Zealand in Denmark. The project was developed by a local voluntary association, Foreningen Hunderevet, with
Land & Water has just announced the development of the brand new 250 berth Shakespeare Marina in Stratford Upon Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare. The new marina – situated in the county of Warwickshire – is being developed by the Geomac Ltd, member of the Land & Water Group. According to
Belfast Harbour officials announced today their plans to undertake a full refurbishment of the Victoria Terminal 1 Roll-on Roll-off ferry berth this summer. The programme of work, which represents a £2.5million investment by the harbour, will effectively renew and modernize the terminal infrastructu
HAROPA – Port of Le Havre has inked a contract with a consortium of companies led by Eiffage Génie Civil for the maritime works on the Joannès Couvert quay – part of Siemens Gamesa’s construction of an offshore wind turbine plant in the Port. According to the Port, these upgrade works will take 84 w
The VSBW team, a VolkerStevin and Boskalis Westminster joint venture, has reached an important milestone on the £100m Southsea Coastal Scheme, installing a total of 250 steel sheet piles along the first section of the defences, stretching from Long Curtain Moat to Clarence Pier. The piles, that Volk
