Environment

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Encomara’s Squid connection system has received product design assessment from ABS, advancing technology designed to simplify floating wind installation operations.

16th June 2026

Floating wind installation reimagined

16th June 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

France has launched one of Europe’s largest offshore wind procurement rounds, opening the door to a decade of work for vessel operators, port infrastructure providers, equipment suppliers and marine contractors.

16th June 2026

France launches one of Europe’s largest offshore wind tenders

16th June 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The Environment Agency has appointed Van Oord UK and VBA Joint Venture (comprising VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and AtkinsRéalis) to a major framework that will deliver beach maintenance and coastal protection works across…

11th June 2026

Environment Agency awards £1bn beach framework deal

11th June 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A wave energy device that Spanish firm IDOM presented as a prototype at World Maritime Week in Bilbao just over a year ago has now been deployed in the Bay of Biscay.

3rd June 2026

Wave energy converter prototype deployed in Spain

3rd June 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

RWE and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC (Masdar) have won planning permission for the 3GW Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind development, marking a major milestone for one of the UK’s…

26th May 2026

Planning nod given for 3GW offshore wind farms

26th May 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

TA’ZIZ has secured $2 billion in financing for its first world-scale methanol production plant in the UAE, which should provide wider benefits across the global transportation sector.

11th May 2026

Major financing for UAE methanol hub

11th May 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Speakers at a floating wind session at the recent WindEurope conference in Madrid highlighted the scale of the challenge ahead and the steps needed to bring the technology to commercial viability.

30th April 2026

Floating wind: Costs, challenges and path to commercial scale

30th April 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

UK-based Global OTEC and a consortium it’s leading has installed what it describes as the world’s first purpose-built offshore platform designed to generate electricity from temperature differences in ocean water.

27th April 2026

World-first platform generates electricity with sea temperature

27th April 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Two new offshore charging systems aimed at supporting vessel electrification were unveiled at WindEurope as the industry struggles to address power supply challenges in offshore wind operations.

22nd April 2026

Offshore charging tower and hub launched at WindEurope

22nd April 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A potential obstacle to the adoption of biofuels by the shipping industry in the name of decarbonisation has been presented by conservation groups, who have called on the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)…

22nd April 2026

Environment groups call on IMO to reject biofuels

22nd April 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A European consortium is advancing new technology to reduce underwater noise from offshore wind projects as research highlights increasing risks to marine life from subsea engineering activity.

13th April 2026

France makes sound investment to curb subsea noise

13th April 2026

EVENTS

EVENTS

Entries are flooding in for the celebrated Seawork Awards, offering maritime businesses, teams and individuals the chance to showcase innovations on one of the industry’s biggest stages.

10th April 2026

DON’T MISS OUT: Get your Seawork Award entry in NOW

10th April 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Salvors were called in to clear up a protected stretch of coast after a spilled cargo of onions alerted them to lost containers.

9th April 2026

Spilled onions prompt salvors’ response

9th April 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Finland is planning to establish a major offshore wind logistics base at Koverhar Harbour, with developers and port operators revealing details of the infrastructure required to support gigawatt-scale projects in the Baltic…

7th April 2026

Finland plans major port overhaul to accommodate offshore wind

7th April 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

TotalEnergies has accepted $1 billion to abandon offshore wind leases in the US and re-focus on oil and gas, a US government announcement has confirmed.

24th March 2026

US pays TotalEnergies $1 billion to dump offshore wind

24th March 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A new partnership aims to advance the scale-up and drive the cost down for floating offshore wind projects through joint technology development and global standards alignment.

17th March 2026

A global push to scale up floating wind

17th March 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The US offshore wind market has reached another milestone with the Vineyard Wind 1 project installing its final turbine and the Revolution Wind project now delivering power to the grid. 

16th March 2026

US offshore wind flies in the face of veto attempts

16th March 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Van Oord has received the final award from the Limburg Water Board for the implementation of the Groene Rivier Well area development, a flood protection and landscape project in the north of…

13th March 2026

Van Oord secures Limburg project

13th March 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Interocean Marine Services is expanding its services to the offshore renewables market with a new Master Services Agreement with JERA Nex bp across its windfarms.

9th March 2026

Interocean targets global offshore wind growth

9th March 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

France has quietly cut its 2035 offshore wind target from 18 GW to 15 GW, according to the final version of its new Multi-Year Energy Plan (Programmation pluriannuelle de l’énergie – PPE3).

27th February 2026

​France cuts offshore wind target by 20% in more ‘prudent’ trajectory

27th February 2026