Latest Marine Construction News – Page 8
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NewsØrsted moves 2 offshore projects ahead
Danish technology giant Ørsted has taken the German North Sea Gode Wind 3 wind farm a step further, and progressed work off the Isle of Man.
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NewsWaterjet technology cleans up ship recycling
With 15,000 ships expected to be scrapped over the next decade, technology to recycle them cleanly is going to be important. German engineering firm ANT (Applied New Technologies) has two pilot projects under way that use an environmentally friendly waterjet to make the cuts.
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NewsOEG Renewables buys marine surveyor
Offshore wind firm OEG Renewables (OEGR) has bought marine surveying company Geosight to strengthen what it can offer in offshore renewable energy, subsea cables and marine civils, it says.
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NewsMoU pledges to deepen waters for offshore wind
Dutch firm FibreMax has signed an MoU with Entrion, a Texas-based manufacturer of FRP monopile designs, to increase the depths in which offshore monopiles can be installed.
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NewsWorld’s longest subsea interconnector completed
1,400km of submarine and land cables have been installed by cable-laying firm Prysmian, using its vessel Leonardo da Vinci
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NewsMajor port transformation kicks off in France
The Ports de Normandie are digging deep to change their three French ports and improve transport services between France and the UK.
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News€34 million estuary flood defences get under way
4.5km of flood defences have begun in a project being led by the UK Environment Agency to protect thousands of coastal properties, infrastructure and industry.
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NewsCreating a new cruise experience for the Clyde
A new cruise visitor centre is helping to put Clydeport on the map
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News€4.5 billion cable contracts awarded to Prysmian
Germany’s offshore wind sector appears to be ramping up quickly, with transmission operator Amprion selecting Prysmian to lay hundreds of kilometres of on and offshore cables.
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NewsExplosion kills worker at Tuzla shipyard
Reports have been coming out about an explosion in the slops tank of a cargo ship that exploded and killed a worker in a Tuzla shipyard.
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NewsSolar panels and batteries switch on at Portsmouth
Solar panels are now operating at the International Port of Portsmouth, which claims to be heading for the title of Britain’s first net-zero port.
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NewsPlans for subsea carbon capture given go-ahead
Plans to store millions of tons of carbon dioxide in depleted subsea gas fields have been given the go-ahead near the Port of Rotterdam.
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NewsSeries success for Med Marine
Turkey’s Med Marine has reported progress with orders for three Robert Allan Ltd RAstar 2800 tugs for operators in Ireland, Germany and Libya.
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NewsQatari firm buys majority stake in Rotterdam
The majority stake in Europe’s largest port has been sold to QTerminals, a Qatari joint venture that owns Hamad Port in Qatar.
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NewsNew LNG dredger contracted for Peel Ports
Van Oord’s Vox Apolonia has been contracted for dredging and maintenance work by one of the UK’s largest port operators.
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NewsBlast at Turkish port kills one, injures 11
A blast at the Turkish port of Derince killed one person a couple of days before another grain silo fire broke out at the French port of La Rochelle.
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NewsOPINION: It’s time to turn the tide on tidal energy
Hydrosphere managing director John Caskey examines why such a promising technology as tidal power is still not popular.
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NewsTunnel elements cast for Fehmarnbelt link
Tunnel elements for the longest immersed tunnel in the world are being cast at the world’s largest concrete element factory in Rødbyhavn, Denmark.
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NewsFloating wind demo successfully installed
A floating offshore wind project has reached a significant milestone with the installation of a 2MW floating wind platform demonstrator in open waters
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NewsMonopile installations begin on German wind farms
Ørsted North Sea wind farms are a step further with monopile installations beginning thanks to Jan De Nul’s new crane vessel.
