Environment News – Page 9
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NewsNew carbon rules threaten UK offshore edge
The UK’s early move to expand the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) to offshore vessels could raise UK port costs
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NewsInstallation deal signals untapped Baltic Sea potential
The Norwegian offshore wind transporter and installer Fred. Olsen Windcarrier will transport and install 63 wind turbines for the Gennaker wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.
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NewsMitsui acquires Scottish offshore renewables port
The deal sees Mitsui & Co. Europe Ltd and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd acquire 100% of The Port of Nigg
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NewsInyanga’s cutting-edge vessel for offshore ops
Inyanga Marine Energy Group has announced it is taking over the joint operational management of the newly built hybrid utility vessel Tor Boreas, in partnership with Tor Group.
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NewsAI powers predictive CTV maintenance
The Enhance Vessel AI project aims to develop an intelligent predictive maintenance tool for CTVs
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NewsMenck secures Hornsea pile-driving contract
Menck is to supply its MHU4400S hydraulic hammer for pile-driving at Hornsea 3
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NewsFloating wind: An impossible target?
Without more leases, infrastructure or investor confidence, the UK’s floating wind ambitions look highly unlikely, says Theo Cleave, commercial manager at marine construction specialist MintMech.
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NewsGermany earmarks €400m for ports and shipping
Germany is charting a course toward cleaner seas and greener ports, announcing a €400 million investment to modernise its maritime infrastructure between 2026 and 2029.
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NewsWind, water and nuclear – Vattenfall on top of the new energy tide
One of the world’s first commercial-scale floating offshore wind farms has been approved, Vattenfall reveals in its report on the first half of 2025.
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NewsTackling offshore wind cable maintenance costs
A new project focuses on the performance and repair of dynamic cables and mooring lines
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NewsBibby lays keel for first zero-emissions CSOV
Bibby Marine has laid the keel for a hybrid methanol-battery powered Commissioning Service Operations Vessel for offshore wind industry deployment.
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NewsTidal Transit christens CTV for Equinor wind farm
Electric CTV fleet owner Tidal Transit christened its latest vessel last week to be deployed at part-owner Equinor’s offshore wind farm in Norfolk, east England.
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NewsUsing nature for greener marine infrastructure projects
The insights and techniques developed in BELREEFS are already influencing the nature-inclusive design of offshore infrastructure
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NewsNextGeo expands with 75% stake in subsea firm
Marine geosciences and offshore construction firm Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has bought three quarters of the Italian subsea intervention company Rana Subsea, it has said.
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NewsCadeler’s 'Wind Keeper' secures Vestas contract
Wind Keeper will begin a three-year firm contract with Vestas in early 2026, with options to extend
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NewsVan Oord unveils green rock installation fleet
Van Oord has commissioned two next-generation subsea rock installation vessels
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NewsRWE installs 100th final foundation at Sofia wind farm
One of the world’s largest offshore wind farms now has all 100 foundations installed in the North Sea, almost 200km from the UK east coast.
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NewsRWE deploys ARC’s biodiversity boosting reef cubes
RWE and ARC Marine are using reef cubes at Rampion Wind Farm to boost biodiversity and infrastructure protection
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NewsSecond CSOV for North Star’s expanded portfolio
The delivery of Grampian Eagle follows the official naming of North Star’s first CSOV, the Grampian Kestrel, back in May
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NewsSeascour calls for end to caustic marine descaling
Florida-based marine descaler manufacturer Seascour has marked its third year in business by calling for an end to the widespread use of caustic chemical cleaning agents in the maritime sector.
