Marine Civils
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NewsConstruction kicks off at 1.1GW Inch Cape wind farm
Construction has started at Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm, and giant Chinese XXL monopile foundations are confirmed to be on their way to the Scottish port of Montrose.
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NewsPort of Tyne upgrades for offshore wind and manufacturing
The northern English Port of Tyne is spending £150 million (€173 million) on upgrades to its port to support the offshore wind industry and other manufacturing.
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NewsEurope orders wave of beach restoration projects
As fears about rising sea levels grow, countries are protecting their coastlines with sand replenishment projects. Here is a taste of some of the ongoing works.
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NewsMajor shore power infrastructure in place at Kiel
The German Port of Kiel has completed the installation of one of the biggest shore power supply systems in Europe.
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NewsProject milestone for Dutch fish migration river
Van Oord has completed a protective dam, crucial for shielding the Fish Migration River from wind, waves and currents
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NewsAquaculture innovation drives record reef build
The Oyster Heaven marine construction project will see new oyster reefs embedded with a minimum of four million oysters
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NewsMilford Haven jetty upgrade underway
Inland and Coastal Marina Systems has been awarded the contract for the latest phase of the port upgrade
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NewsSubsea UXO clearance clears path for energy island
Boskalis is working on unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance vital for the Modular Offshore Grid 2 (MOG2) project
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NewsKongsberg unveils simplified mooring solutions
Kongsberg Maritime has unveiled simplified mooring solutions to cut costs, complexity and emissions in offshore operations
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NewsNetwork of subsea tunnels planned for Shetland Isles
Moves are being made towards a network of subsea tunnels to connect four of Scotland’s remote Shetland Islands, which are nearer to Norway than the Scottish capital city of Edinburgh.
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News - VideosVIDEO: North Sea carbon capture in progress
A 20km offshore carbon dioxide pipeline has been installed in the North Sea to send the gas to storage reservoirs.
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NewsVan Oord lays foundations for North Sea oyster revival
Marine contractor Van Oord is to breathe life into thousands of oysters to mitigate the damage caused to the North Sea bed by the growing scale of wind farms, cables and other infrastructure.
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NewsDutch combine flood defence with marine life
A Dutch engineering project is to be expanded following ‘an explosion of marine life’ that has been recorded in the four years since it started.
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NewsVIDEO: Autonomous, electric cargo delivery
Two Southampton-based companies have trialled an electric vessel for a marine civil engineering project in the city’s port in one of the UK’s busiest ports.
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NewsVan Oord invests in methanol vessels
Van Oord has ordered two methanol-fuelled vessels to enhance offshore rock installation and support net-zero goals
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NewsVan Oord to reclaim 13 hectares of land for Dubai
Van Oord will reclaim 28 million cubic metres of sand and four million tons of rock to an island and key marine infrastructure in Dubai.
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NewsEU launches 14 coastal monitoring projects
Fourteen projects have been launched across the EU to monitor, assess and forecast coastal hazards, among other coastal services.
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NewsEngineers mark next stage in Genoa breakwater
The largest caissons in major works to upgrade the Port of Genoa are now being installed by a consortium led by the Italian engineering firm Webuild Group.
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NewsFirms join forces to combine wave and solar energy
Mocean Energy and SolarDuck have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to combine their technologies to create hybrid power systems to support offshore assets.
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News£111 million port expansion granted dredge licences
A major expansion at one of Scotland’s ports has passed a milestone with the granting of marine and dredging licences.
