After six years of construction, the new Port of Calais was officially inaugurated on September 9, 2021. Considered as one of the largest European port infrastructure projects of the decade, the new port was inaugurated in the presence of Louis Le Franc, prefect of Pas-de-Calais; Xavier Bertrand, pr
Aberdeen Harbour has released the latest update on their £350 million South Harbour expansion project. “Work has progressed on site despite the wintry weather in February, and we are gearing up for a busy construction period in the spring and summer,” announced the port. In February, revetment work
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has awarded the construction of some 2.4 kilometres of quays and earth-retaining walls in the Princess Amalia Harbour to the HOCHTIEF, Ballast Nedam and Van Oord consortium. The construction of the quays marks the start of the further development of the harbour locate
Cutter suction dredger Zheng He is about to complete dredging and infilling works for the new Baleares Wharf in Spain, informs the Port of Tarragona. According to the port, the dredger Zheng He is filling the interior of the Baleares Wharf at a good pace. The work is going faster than planned and dr
The Port of Gdynia Authority S.A. has formally launched a procedure to select a private partner for the “Construction of the Outer Port” project. “The procedure is conducted in the form of a competitive dialogue. The most optimal form of conducting an order provided for in the Public Procurement Law
Inter RAO-Engineering and FSUE Rosmorport have signed contract for the construction of the new Pionersky terminal in the Kaliningrad Region, reports PortNews. Under the deal, the Russian company will complete the construction of the future international freight/passenger terminal in Pionersky. Last
Inter RAO – Engineering LLC (member of Inter RAO Group) has been announced as the winner of FSUE Rosmorport’s tender for the construction of port infrastructure in Pionersky, Kaliningrad Region. According to Roseltorg, the largest federal operator of electronic trading, the contract for the new term
The Port of Tarragona, Spain, recently added the second connection to the new Balears Wharf and is now ready to begin dredging. According to the port, the second connection made between the Llevant breakwater and the caissons of the Port Tarragona’s Balears Wharf gives a highly identifiable appearan
MPS and EIFFAGE Génie Civil yesterday reached an agreement to extend the original FIDIC Yellow Book Contract to include the land works for the 4th New Berth of the MPS Terminal 3 (part of Phase 2 of the Tema Port Expansion Project). Over the past two years, EIFFAGE has been working hard to complete
Jan De Nul Group has successfully completed another challenging project, this time in the Ostend Port, Belgium. “Six months ahead of schedule, we’ve completed the widening of the Ostend Port entrance to 125 meters,” stated JDN. During the project, the company performed dredging works, scour protecti
Another one of Anthony D Bates Partnership maintenance dredging projects gets underway, this time in the Port of Workington. According to the company, the 2020 maintenance dredging campaign is in full swing now. The Port of Workington is located at the mouth of the River Derwent on the North East co
Aberdeen Harbour Board has just release a before and after photo of the South Harbour expansion project. The two photos were taken a year apart – the first in October 2019 and the second only a few days ago. There one can see the placement of the final caissons and infill material on the east [&hell
Russia’s Onezhsky Shipyard (Petrozavodsk, the Republic of Karelia) has successfully launched the Smelaya, a self-propelled hopper barge of Project NV-600. The vessel is the second addition to the FSUE Rosmorport’s Makhachkala Branch. Onezhsky Shipyard launched the first hopper barge of Project NV-60
Associated British Ports (ABP) recently began their annual maintenance dredging programme at the Port of Lowestoft, England. The first on the site was 1968 built grab dredger UKD Cherry Sand. The vessel started dredging operations on September 8th and will stay in Lowestoft until September 20. In ea
