Marine Construction News – Page 5
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NewsSolent Freeport funds six port projects
Th UK government has given eight freeports a share of £25 million to upgrade their facilities, with Solent Freeport outlining what it intends to do with its share.
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NewsDouble delivery ends buoyant year for Sanmar
Sanmar Shipyards has marked the end of a productive 2024 with deliveries of a powerful compact tug to its owner in Croatia and an ice-class tug to Finland.
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NewsHistoric shipyards call for investor lifeline
Two historic German shipyards that have just over three weeks until they go out of business have called for investors to step up and save them.
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NewsEquinor secures $3 billion for NY wind farm
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has secured $3 billion financing for the next stage of its Empire Wind project around 30 miles southeast of Long Island, New York.
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NewsVard delivers advanced cable-laying vessel
Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has delivered what it calls a state-of-the-art cable-laying vessel to Danish subsea firm NCT Offshore.
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NewsSanmar’s all-electric tug – a progress report
Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards has provided a progress report on the performance of one of its battery-powered, all-electric ship-handling tugs.
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NewsDamen delivers Shoalbuster to Kazakhstan owner
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered one of the larger versions of its Shoalbuster range of tug/workboats to Caspian Offshore Construction.
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NewsChristmas rescue confirmed for Harland & Wolff
Just six days before Christmas more than 1,000 employees have discovered their jobs are now safe at Harland & Wolff, following a deal struck by the UK government with Spanish shipbuilder Navantia.
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NewsGreener dredging solution for any port in a storm
The most effective method to address the build-up of sediment in ports and harbours is dredging, but it can come at a huge cost. Jake Storey, Executive Director of Haven Dredging and CFO of Harwich Haven Authority, describes his company’s less harmful option.
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NewsJoint investment made in Norwegian shorepower firm
Norwegian shorepower developer Zinus has been handed NOK50 million (€4.2 million) to speed up growth and innovation, CEO Endre Eidsvik says.
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NewsOffshore giants combine to form ‘CO2 highway’
Equinor and Fugro have agreed to develop a pipeline to transport up to 27 million tonnes to a permanent storage location on the Norwegian continental shelf.
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NewsWorld’s longest subsea tunnel gathers pace
First mooted in 2017, Norway’s 27km tunnel is gathering pace, with a joint venture between engineering firms Implenia and Stangeland Maskin laying out plans for the huge project.
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NewsFirst electric tug launched in South America
The first electric tug in South America has been launched by SAAM Towage for operations with the Chilean Oil Company ENAP.
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NewsSix-year Rotterdam underwater motorway completed
A six-year construction project to connect roads on both sides of a river near the Port of Rotterdam has finally been opened to traffic.
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NewsForth Ports spends £50m after ‘game changer’ contract
£50 million (€60.6 million) has been earmarked to upgrade the port facilities needed to build Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm.
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NewsEemshaven named as OranjeWind base port
RWE and TotalEnergies select Eemshaven for assembly of turbines for their OranjeWind offshore wind project
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NewsIMCA interview: The value of the common voice
International Marine Contractors Association CEO Iain Grainger speaks to Maritime Journal at the end of a very successful IMCA global summit - and the first for six years.
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NewsCrown Estate backing for floating offshore wind O&M hub
A new heavy-lift Operations and Maintenance (O&M) hub is to be developed at ABP’s Port Talbot, Wales.
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NewsMore hints surface of Harland & Wolff rescue
A deal to save beleaguered shipyard Harland & Wolff is getting close, media reports reveal – although the shipyard rumoured to rescue the firm has refused to comment.
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NewsVard converts PSV into a specialised cable-laying vessel
Vard has successfully delivered a specialised cable-laying vessel (CLV) to its new owner after a complex vessel conversion from a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV).
