Environment

FINANCE, LEGAL & INSURANCE

FINANCE, LEGAL & INSURANCE

Financial close has finally been achieved on a 2.8GW offshore wind development off the east coast of England. Energy firm RWE and investment company KKR have described the deal as the largest ever ‘non-recourse’ financing for UK offshore wind, meaning…

Yesterday

RWE and KKR win record £12.8bn financing for offshore wind

Yesterday

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

Norway has committed €380 million to two floating offshore wind projects that will test next-generation foundations, mooring systems and installation techniques for some of the largest turbines yet deployed on floating platforms. State-owned energy enterprise Enova announced NOK4 billion (€380…

10th November 2026

Norway awards €380m for future floating offshore wind engineering

10th November 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

A coalition of eight European maritime organisations has called on the EU to overhaul emissions reporting rules for offshore vessels following Maritime Journal's report last week that IMCA was preparing to push…

5th November 2026

Offshore lobby group urges EU to pause ETS rules

5th November 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

The trust port of Shoreham in West Sussex on the south coast of England has ambitions. [caption id="attachment_259678" align="alignleft" width="218"] Brian Rousell[/caption] Although it’s probably the third largest fishing port in the…

4th November 2026

FEATURE: A small port with big plans… but a power problem

4th November 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Danish offshore wind services company Ziton has borrowed an undisclosed amount of money to keep its fleet on track as an O&M provider. The loan, agreed with ‘European banks and institutional investors’,…

29th October 2026

Ziton wins long-term loan to support offshore wind fleet

29th October 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Ignitis Group has proposed postponing the development of its Curonian Nord offshore wind farm in Lithuania, citing market uncertainty, financing challenges and the need to align the project timetable with delivery conditions.…

28th October 2026

Challenges force Lithuanian offshore wind farm delay

28th October 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

Blade failures, repair work and commissioning setbacks have pushed back a key contractual deadline for what is planned to be the world’s biggest offshore wind farm. Dogger Bank A, 130km off the…

26th October 2026

Setbacks trigger domino delays for Dogger Bank

26th October 2026

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Harwich Haven Authority (HHA) is reusing material from routine maintenance dredging to rebuild eroding sections of the Blackwater Estuary foreshore. The £2.5 million (€2.9 million) Beneficial Use of Dredged Sediment (BUDS) project,…

26th October 2026

HHA dredges up win for coastal defence

26th October 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A 2MW Spanish floating offshore wind project will extend its operations with a new Japanese partner to focus on technology optimisation and new construction methods. The DemoSATH floating wind project was begun…

20th October 2026

New research phase for Spanish floating wind

20th October 2026

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Construction is set to begin on a £19.8 million scheme to protect the UK's Torcross in Devon after devastating storms in January and February stripped away protective shingle, flooded homes and damaged…

15th October 2026

Europe battens down the hatches ahead of storm season

15th October 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Three million cubic metres of sand will be placed across 261 hectares of tidal flats in the Eastern Scheldt, the Netherlands, in a major replenishment project designed to counter erosion and preserve…

13th October 2026

3 million m³ sand replenishment to raise 261 hectares of tidal flats

13th October 2026

FEATURES & VIDEOS

FEATURES & VIDEOS

Like all ports, Harwich Haven Authority, in the east of England, is facing a rapidly changing maritime environment. From ever-larger ships and new fuels to offshore wind, autonomy and digitalisation, marine director…

1st October 2026

VIDEO FEATURE: Bringing in the giants at the UK’s biggest port

1st October 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Ørsted and infrastructure investor Nuveen have formally inaugurated the 913MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, marking the completion of one of Germany’s largest offshore wind projects.…

28th September 2026

One of Germany’s largest offshore wind farms inaugurated

28th September 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

Italy has cut planned funding for offshore-wind infrastructure at two ports that had been earmarked to become floating offshore wind hubs. The allocation for the ports of Taranto and Augusta has been…

24th September 2026

Italy halves funding for two offshore-wind hubs

24th September 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

After years of developing the technology and infrastructure needed to capture carbon dioxide from industrial processes and store it permanently underground, the European Union has its first full-scale CCS project in operation.…

22nd September 2026

First full-scale CCS subsea store in Europe opens

22nd September 2026

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

Tidal Transit is deploying Fellten’s mobile battery system to overcome port grid constraints and accelerate electric vessel operations

4th September 2026

Tidal deploys mobile battery charging

4th September 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Installation of the UK’s first CO₂ transport and storage infrastructure project has begun, with pipelay and subsea installation now being followed by rock protection work along the route.

27th August 2026

Northern Endurance begins the long haul to CO₂ subsea storage

27th August 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Norway has had to give a one-year extension to its 1.5GW Southern North Sea II wind project in another sign of the country’s slow progress in developing offshore wind.

25th August 2026

Norway’s offshore wind ambitions struggle to get off the ground

25th August 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

France has earmarked five ports to develop for floating wind turbines, the government has announced.

24th August 2026

France selects 5 ports to focus on floating wind

24th August 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A multi-purpose workboat powered by compressed biomethane (CBM) and battery-electric propulsion has entered service with Estonia’s state fleet, becoming one of only a handful of biomethane-fuelled vessels operating anywhere in the world.

17th August 2026

Estonia takes delivery of biomethane- and battery-powered workboat

17th August 2026