An organisation dedicated to protecting coral reefs and turtles in Borneo, TRACC is based on Pom Pom Island, a small, beautiful coral reef island in the Celebes Sea, approximately 30 kilometres north-east of Semporna town, Sabah, East Malaysia.

The island is just 2.3 kilometres in circumference at the high tide line, with a fringing coral reef stretching four kilometres long. It’s a stunning location, and you can walk around the coast in about 30 minutes!

 

During his two-week volunteering placement, Bobby helped build artificial reef structures, which were sunk to the sea floor and planted with baby corals to encourage reef regeneration. Other activities included collecting turtle and fish data and picking up and recording rubbish that washes up on the beach. This data is sent to the Malaysian authorities so that biodiversity and pollution levels can be monitored and used as evidence in conservation laws and efforts.

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Designed by the Manser Practice architects for the Isle of Man Government Department of Infrastructure, the new ferry terminal development will create a ‘Universal Berth’ capable of accommodating vessels of up to 142m length, replacing the obsolete existing facility, by providing ferry crossings to Douglas, Isle of Man.

The development will incorporate a two-storey terminal building with an external access road, passenger vehicle queuing lanes, vehicle parking areas, passenger access systems, and marine berthing structures within the River Mersey. The site of the new ferry terminal falls partly within the Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City UNESCO World Heritage Site which includes the ‘Three Graces’: the Liver Building, Cunard Building and the Port of Liverpool Building.

Waterman’s team coordinated and delivered the Environmental Impact Assessment, in support of the planning and marine licence applications. This involved the preparation of an Environmental Statement, focussing on the most significant potential environmental effects of the development, including heritage, archaeology, ornithology, marine ecology, water quality, and terrestrial & underwater noise. In addition, we provided standalone specialist assessments to address the site’s location within the World Heritage Site, as well as the proximity to the River Mersey’s ecological Special Protection Area.

With work now under way, the new Isle of Man ferry terminal is due to open its doors to passengers in July 2021.

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The project included seawalls, extensive dredging and land reclamation, floating berths, a boat hoist and fuelling station, Marina clubhouse and a restaurant located over water in the middle of the marina.

Our team was appointed to provide all marine, civil and structural engineering services.

Client: Malahide Marina Village
Architect: Conroy Crowe Kelly

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Waterman Moylan was appointed to undertake the masterplanning and preliminary design of this major new facility.

The scheme is designed for 340m long 155,000 GT cruise ships and includes a new jetty, monopile breasting and mooring dolphins and a 2km long approach channel involving 700,000 m3 of dredging.

Our appointment to undertake the masterplanning was subsequently extended to take the design of the project through to the preparation of a planning application and an Environmental Impact Statement.

Project development was advanced in two stages, with an initial option appraisal followed by scheme design in parallel with the Environmental Impact Statement.

The option appraisal included a study of alternative fixed and floating type quay structures, different quay locations and options for dredging that minimise the impact on the existing listed structures.

The scheme design was completed for a fixed jetty structure and an optimised design for the approach channel which minimises the volume of dredging while at the same time providing safe access for the cruise ships. As part of the EIS, various ecological and archaeological surveys have been undertaken, as well as numerical modelling of the harbour to evaluate the potential changes in the wave climate, the current flows and the sedimentation regime and a range of other investigations.

Waterman Moylan was previously responsible for the design and procurement of berthing facilities to accommodate cruise tendering operations in the harbour, and as a result the Harbour received calls from Cunard Lines Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth in 2013 and has a growing schedule of calls from large cruise ships in 2015 and 2016.

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