BW Ideol

Floating foundations first wins €millions in public funding

2026-04-01T13:21:00+01:00

Developers of a ‘first-of-a-kind’ factory that will fabricate concrete substructures for floating wind farms has won €126 million in public funding.

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BW Ideol

Floating foundations first wins €millions in public funding

2026-04-01T13:21:00+01:00

Developers of a ‘first-of-a-kind’ factory that will fabricate concrete substructures for floating wind farms has won €126 million in public funding.

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See and hear - video shorts from Session 2 of Get Set for Workboat 2050

2026-03-31T16:57:00+01:00By Seawork Press FP

Join the crowd of industry leaders and experts at Get Set for Workboat 2050 Series 6 Session 2 at the beautiful Wereldmuseum in Rotterdam 

Annet KVNR

Forging the future: Workboat industry looks ahead

2026-03-31T16:57:00+01:00By Seawork Press FP

Delegates from across the workboat industry thrashed out issues affecting the sector with general agreement on the issues themselves, if not always how to solve them.

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Future fuels conundrum: crewing, insurance, funding

2026-03-31T16:57:00+01:00By Seawork Press FP

There’s little confusion about one thing in today’s workboat industry: that there is confusion about what the future for fuels looks like.

Crewing panel discussion

Will there be any crew at all? Crew crisis at the heart of discussions

2026-03-31T16:57:00+01:00By Seawork Press GSFW FP/MJ

As automation creeps in and skilled seafarers head for shore, the commercial workboat sector faces a crewing crisis that no one seems to have a ready answer for.

Balder

Conference highlights circularity as essential to sustainable progress

2026-03-31T16:57:00+01:00By Seawork Press GSFW FP/MJ

“Circularity is one of the most efficient ways of competing with the environmental challenges today,” said Roseanne van Houwelingen, moderator of Circular Economy for Workboats at Get Set for Workboat 2050 conference in Rotterdam.

Crewing panel discussion

Crew crisis at the heart of Seawork discussions

2026-03-31T11:09:00+01:00

As automation creeps in and skilled seafarers head for shore, the commercial workboat sector faces a crewing crisis that no one seems to have a ready answer for.

Balder

Conference highlights circularity as essential to sustainable progress

2026-03-31T16:32:00+01:00

3D printing, floating shipyards, integrating manufacture with design – just some of the ways to improve circularity in the workboat industry, the Seawork conference in Rotterdam discussed.

BW Ideol

Floating foundations first wins €millions in public funding

2026-04-01T13:21:00+01:00

Developers of a ‘first-of-a-kind’ factory that will fabricate concrete substructures for floating wind farms has won €126 million in public funding.

BW Ideol

Floating foundations first wins €millions in public funding

2026-04-01T13:21:00+01:00

Developers of a ‘first-of-a-kind’ factory that will fabricate concrete substructures for floating wind farms has won €126 million in public funding.

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