Marine Construction News – Page 9
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News£2m boost for UK offshore wind manufacturing
A new programme aims to unlock capital investment for building or expanding facilities essential to the offshore wind industry
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NewsMoU strengthens floating wind mooring tech
Floating wind technology will be strengthened and enhanced with two firms joining up to combine their technologies in mooring, the companies say.
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NewsShore power deal signed for Rotterdam
The Port of Rotterdam has pledged to offer shore power to container ships by 2028.
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NewsGreening the grey: port infrastructure as living seawalls
A year after installing ‘Living Seawalls’ on the south coast of England, marine life is thriving in places that would normally be fairly hostile to it.
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NewsTrio of tug deliveries by Sanmar
Peter Barker dives into the latest deliveries by one of Turkey’s best-known shipyards, Sanmar.
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NewsMattress reinforcement for riverbanks
Van Oord subsidiary Paans Van Oord will use fascine mattresses to reinforce banks along the Kerkvaart River in the Netherlands for the first time.
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NewsTwo more SOVs destined for North Star
North Star has ordered two more SOVs: one to operate at Germany’s largest offshore wind farm, He Dreiht, the other for East Anglia.
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NewsFinal phase begins for Portsea flood defences
Work on the final phase of the North Portsea Coastal Scheme begins in September to enhance flood defences
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NewsDamen hires hull maintenance robots
Five robots have been taken on by Damen Shiprepair to do complete hull restoration work, from cleaning to painting.
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News - VideosWATCH: Dredging kicks off to make luxury fern-shaped island
Dredging, land reclamation and 200 million m3 of sand placement has been kicked off to create luxurious beach-front villas in Dubai.
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NewsShipyard contracted to build floating hotel
Holland Shipyards is branching out to build a floating hotel that will have no propulsion system and whose electricity will come from rooftop solar panels.
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NewsPD Ports welcomes new Duchess dredger
The UK’s PD Ports has welcomed an expensive addition to its fleet – a £23 million (€27.3 million) dredger from the Netherlands.
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NewsGothenburg port expansion inaugurated
A €60 million port expansion has been inaugurated at the Port of Gothenburg, expanding the port by 144,000m2.
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NewsIncat Tasmania to double shipbuilding capacity
Incat Tasmania is to double its shipbuilding capacity with a new 12-hectare site that will allow it to build three large vessels at a time.
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NewsCrew stuck for 10 months on Jan De Nul dredger
Jan De Nul says detainment of the Zheng He by Mexico’s foreign trade authorities at the Port of Tampico is unlawful.
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NewsConstruction starts at new Albanian seaport
Contractors are working on a brand new port to modernise and expand Albania’s facilities for the wider Balkan region.
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NewsPort shows its mettle with decommissioning hub
Northern Metal Recycling is launching an offshore recycling base at Port of Sunderland, leveraging deepwater berths and heavy-lift cranes.
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NewsCCUS: the next big thing in offshore engineering?
Carbon capture, usage and storage projects are emerging all across Europe, most notably in Norway, the Netherlands and the UK. But it’s a challenge.
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NewsNew research vessel ordered for Red Sea
Explorations of the Red Sea will be carried out further with a new research vessel ordered for Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST).
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NewsFour new hybrid ferries for Norway
Norled, the Norwegian ferry operator, will add four hybrid ferries to its fleet with azimuth propulsion thrusters and thruster control systems from Seawork exhibitor Brunvoll.
