Environment

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Despite the headwinds facing the US offshore wind sector since Donald Trump re-took the White House, signs such as the ground-breaking of a subsea cable factory are showing that the industry is…

29th April 2025

US subsea cable facility breaks ground

29th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The global offshore wind sector experienced a year of mixed outcomes in 2024, as rapid innovation, shifting market dynamics and policy reforms shaped the sector.

24th April 2025

Headwinds and tailwinds in offshore wind: Report

24th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

North Sea transmission system operators (TSOs) have come together to coordinate offshore grids and implement cross-border projects.

18th April 2025

12 offshore TSOs lay foundations for offshore grids

18th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

With onshore wind a major component of Turkey’s energy production, it is now turning its attention to offshore wind.

11th April 2025

Turkey set to plunge into offshore wind

11th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Ørsted’s new CEO has called on Europe to install 10GW of offshore wind each year – but panellists at the WindEurope event in Copenhagen voiced concerns over a range of things that…

10th April 2025

Ørsted CEO calls on Europe to install 10GW/year offshore wind

10th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Two large offshore wind farms in UK waters have been given the green light – one an expansion of an existing fixed-bottom site, one a roll-out of floating turbines.

7th April 2025

Two major offshore wind projects announced for UK

7th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

As the UK government prepares to put emissions penalties on vessels below 400GT for the first time, it has issued a call for evidence (CfE) to help it decide how, when and…

4th April 2025

Decarbonising smaller vessels: UK calls for evidence

4th April 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Nearly a year since it started, the Skandia Gateway fairway deepening project at the Port of Gothenburg is making strides in marine civils while cutting its carbon footprint by 10,000 tons of…

4th April 2025

CO2-friendly green port construction

4th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A ‘bomb hunt’ has been completed along a subsea pipeline route where CO2 will be sent to and stored in depleted gas fields in the North Sea near Rotterdam.

2nd April 2025

UXO survey all-clear for North Sea CCS project

2nd April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The world’s first commercial ammonia fuelled tugboat, Sakigake, has successfully completed a three-month demonstration voyage in Tokyo Bay, achieving up to a 95% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

2nd April 2025

Nippon’s ammonia tug completes demo voyage

2nd April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

It’s time for Spain to get afloat, says Juan de Dios Lopez, Technical and Industrial director with the Wind Energy Business Association (Asociación Empresarial Eólica - AEE).

1st April 2025

Interview: Call for action in Spain’s offshore wind sector

1st April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Cruise Port Rotterdam has switched on its shorepower supply facility on Holland Amerikakade, placing it well ahead of European law, which stipulates that all cruise ships in European ports must use shorepower…

1st April 2025

Shorepower switched on at Cruise Port Rotterdam

1st April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Vestas has won an order for 68 of its 15MW wind turbines for Germany’s largest offshore wind farm, owned by Vattenfall.

1st April 2025

Vestas wins contract for Germany’s largest offshore wind farm

1st April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Among the many themes at last week’s Get Set Workboat 2050 Seawork conference in Rotterdam was hydrogen – and with the famous hydrogen water taxis whizzing up and down the Nieuwe Masse…

31st March 2025

Workboat conference discusses hydrogen amid looming penalties

31st March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership’s (OWGP) Manufacturing Facility Support Programme (MFSP) has been designed to drive investment and increase UK offshore wind manufacturing capacity and capability.

31st March 2025

£1.4m boost for UK offshore wind manufacturing

31st March 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Decarbonising the workboat industry must also run in parallel with vital security resilience, the first Seawork conference to be held outside the UK discussed this week.

28th March 2025

Workboat conference on security risks and going green

28th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The International Salvage Union’s (ISU) annual pollution prevention survey again demonstrates the vital role of professional salvors in protecting the marine environment and the importance of a sustainable salvage industry.

27th March 2025

The importance of a sustainable salvage industry

27th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

With a Spanish government target that 81 per cent of the country’s electricity must come from renewables by 2030, the fact that the country does not have a single megawatt of offshore…

24th March 2025

Tidal, wave or floating wind? 4 emerging Spanish technologies

24th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Panellists and delegates have accused the EC of ignoring inferior practices in non-European countries that make competition in the sector unfair and a threat to survival.

24th March 2025

EC must implement fairer rules to halt Chinese ‘disgrace’

24th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Dutch wind turbine foundation technology firm GBM Works says it has developed a silent method of installing offshore wind turbine foundations, virtually eliminating noise pollution.

21st March 2025

Dutch firm reveals vibration technology for silent pile driving

21st March 2025