Land Reclamation
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Recycling a win-win for Lyttelton
About one million tonnes of earthquake rubble is likely to be used for reclamation in Lyttelton Port’s expansion plans. 08 Sep 2011 - Port Strategy
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Beating land pressures
High land prices, particularly in coastal areas, make reclamation a relatively ‘cheap’ option for many port expansion projects. Felicity Landon looks at the latest developments. 07 Sep 2011 - Port Strategy
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Challenging assumptions
There’s no doubt many ports and terminal operation were dismayed to find they had land reclamation contracts carefully poised on a set of assumptions that fell apart when the world seemingly changed overnight. 31 Aug 2010 - Port Strategy
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Settling for stability
Size, money and environmental issues – all are having their impact on land reclamation activities. Stevie Knight reports. 30 Aug 2010 - Port Strategy
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Dredging can unlock a valuable raw material
Just as Dickie Attenborough and Steve McQueen had to invent ingenious ways to dispose of spoil as they worked on tunnels through which to escape Stalag Luft III in The Great Escape, so dredging work requires ingenious solutions to find alternative uses for the spoil it creates. 07 Aug 2009 - Port Strategy
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Land lovers
Now's the time to lay the groundwork for future port growth, as Stuart Pearcey finds out
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More capacity to take up the slack
Van Oord has taken delivery of HAM 318, the world's largest trailing suction hopper dredger, after Chinese shipbuilder Cosco lengthened the vessel by 52m, increasing capacity from 23,783 m³ to 37,293 m³ . 13 Aug 2008 - Port Strategy
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Under starter's orders
In the race to secure increasingly scarce dredgers, land reclamation projects could fall at the first hurdle unless you book the contractor ahead of budget approval or buy your own dredgers, writes Patrik Wheater 13 Aug 2008 - Port Strategy
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From sea to shore
Land reclamation is often viewed as the only answer to space constraints, but it is not without its own problems, warns Alex Hughes 01 Sep 2007 - Port Strategy
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Settling down to business
Settlement, regarded by some as one of the huge unknowns in any land reclamation project, need not be a major problem, if reclaimed areas are subjected to a geo-technical improvement programme as part of the initial construction phase. 01 Sep 2007 - Port Strategy
