There are three main strands to our service offering in Maritime, namely:
- Major Commercial Port Development and Associated Infrastructure
- Major Leisure Based Development and Associated Infrastructure
- Major Reclamation, remediation and Costal Defence Initiatives.
Geographical trends:
Growth in throughput in European ports has continued unabated over the last few years. In 2005 there were over 3 Billion tonnes transited through European Ports, with container freight accounting for around a third of all traffic. Of all the freight movements recorded in 2005, over a third took place through the ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp and Hamburg. Rotterdam, the largest port in Europe, has seen container throughput increase by 30% over the period 2004 to 2007. However, the most spectacular growth has been in the east of Europe. The ports of St Petersburg in Russia and Constanta in Romania saw throughput increased by 120% and 277% respectively over 2004-2007, as new trade routes from Asia have been established. (Cushman & Wakefield 2008)
Likewise, the Middle East has experienced considerable growth in the development of its primary ports as it gears up for the increased in domestic importing of goods for a rapidly expanding economy. The Middle East continues to see a significant investment in marina led development for commercial and leisure uses.
Further afield, developing economies such as India and South America will continue to experience increased investment in commercial port infrastructure as they take a great share of world economic distribution.
