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Royal Navy completes vital upgrades to rearming jetty

Maritime January 18, 2022

Official DPRTE 2022 event partner, the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), has completed a significant series of upgrades to the Northern Ammunition Jetty at Glen Mallan near Helensburgh. The jetty, which is used to load and unload ammunition for the Royal Navy’s surface fleet, was last upgraded in the 1970s and had ...

Aircraft carrier jetty improved in Portsmouth

Homeland September 9, 2019

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has appointed Volker Stevin to its most recent contract, worth £30M, which will construct operational berth infrastructure at the Royal Navy base in Portsmouth ahead of the arrival of the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier. The operational berth will be the second structure of its ...

DIO award contract as part of Navy Oil Fuel Depot upgrade programme

Maritime October 27, 2017

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has contracted VolkerStevin to construct a brand new jetty at Thanckes Oil Fuel Depot in Plymouth worth an estimated £43M. This major infrastructure project will provide a modern jetty with fuel loading and firefighting capabilities. Fire prevention within the depot itself, which provides fuel to the ...

Shoring up the Falklands: defence infrastructure upgrade takes shape

October 17, 2017

Defence features writer Robert Atherton explores the many ways in which the UK Government is modernising aged infrastructure across the Falkland Islands. The sovereignty of the Falkland Islands has long been contested by Argentina. It remains a matter of some concern for the UK Government even now, despite last year’s promising ...