On 10 September the Barge Terminal Born (BTB) gained a new 150-metre long quay and a site of four hectares for container storage. The port of Holtum-Noord, where the terminal is located, was also deepened to 3.95 metres. The terminal capacity has doubled from 150,000 TEU to 300,000 TEU. This makes B
The Port of Rotterdam Authority is to build three new public lay-by berths for coastal container shipping on the Maasvlakte. Since the beginning of this year, the ro/ro dolphins of the Rhenus terminal have been used intensively for this purpose. With throughput of almost 12 million standard containe
Customers at the Port of Felixstowe are benefitting from fast vessel turnarounds on the quayside as a result of a program of continuous improvements. Felixstowe set a new record for the number of container moves in a 12 hour shift with the recent call of the Maersk Sarnia. A total of 3431 exchanges
The dredging industry is constantly progressing: broadening its core activities, daring to take on the challenges of maritime infrastructure development, discovering new technologies… So too is the IADC, the umbrella organization that represents these innovative contractors. The IADC has a new house
In July this year, Aberdeen Harbour awarded a £5.2 million contract to widen and deepen the navigation channel into the city’s harbour. Westminster Dredging Company hope to complete the work by early October. They will deepen the first third of the entrance channel to eight metres, after which it wi
Dynamar has just issued its latest report in the Ports and Terminals series, titled “Container Volumes and Terminal Capacity in the Mediterranean”. Down and up The September 2009 collapse of Lehman Bros turned financial turmoil into a worldwide economic crisis culminating in a global downturn of the
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won contracts from two major container terminal operators, APM Terminals and Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) to provide automation systems for their new ship-to-shore cranes. ABB’s delivery will enable the cranes to be operated remotely,
This year at the 20th annual Security Essen, Sonardyne International Ltd and its subsidiary company Marine and Remote Sensing Solutions (MARSS) Ltd. will be displaying their automated surface and underwater security system in Hall 8 on the European Commission stand. Held in Essen, Germany, the event
BBC News reports that the controversial Falmouth Harbour dredging trial has begun. The work, commissioned by the Falmouth Harbour Commissioners, will be undertaken by specialist dredging contractors, GPS Marine. “800 jobs could be created if more cruise ships use the harbour,” say Falmouth Harbour C
Maarten Smits (51) will take up his position as the new managing director of Deltares, the research institute for water, subsurface and infrastructure, with effect from 1 December 2012. He will succeed Harry Baayen, who will be retiring effective the same date. The new managing director describes De
After securing and successfully completing two major cable projects in the Irish Sea, and a further fault investigation on an Interconnector underway, the joint venture of Osiris Marine Services and Nordic Offshore Marine look to the spot charter market to provide a cost effective solution to subsea
Italdraghe has expanded its range of electric water jet suction dredgers to match the increasingly demanding requirements of those of its customers dredging deep water lakes, hydro-electric reservoirs, mines and quarries. The one-man operated Rainbow Eco-Dredger with its modular, fully-dismountable
Peel Ports yesterday named international property and infrastructure group Lend Lease as principal contractor for Liverpool2, its new £300m deep-water container terminal at the Port of Liverpool. The landmark terminal, which will bring some of the world’s largest container ships to the Mersey, will
An 84m long trailing suction dredger St Pierre, built by the STX Lorient, has been delivered to the Societe de Transports de Fluvio Maritime de l’Ouest. The complex design of this vessel was developed in conjunction with Holland MT, an engineering and supply company serving international dredging co
