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OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

Three construction consortia have been invited to tender to build a 150-billion-litre reservoir in Oxfordshire, UK. The £5.7 billion (€6.9 billion) contract is expected to be handed out for the White Horse Reservoir in autumn next year. The shortlisted teams…

29th October 2026

Thames Water shortlists three JVs for £5.7bn reservoir

29th October 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

By Debbie Mason, reporting from Antwerp Global marine contracting association IMCA has kicked off its annual conference in Antwerp pledging to be the voice of the offshore construction industry. Launching ‘IMCA 2030’ this morning, IMCA CEO Iain Grainger set out…

28th October 2026

EXCLUSIVE: IMCA to urge regulators to shelve fuel taxes

28th 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

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Ireland has completed a major stage in planning the transmission infrastructure needed to bring offshore wind power ashore, with grid operator EirGrid concluding a marine and coastal survey campaign involving almost 70,000…

21st October 2026

Irish offshore wind grid takes shape after 70,000-hour survey

21st 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

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

The Celtic Freeport has approved £9.2 million (€10.9 million) for upgrades at Criterion Quay and Ledwood’s quayside facilities, supporting Pembrokeshire’s role in the floating offshore wind industry. The funding forms part of…

19th October 2026

£9.2m earmarked for Welsh offshore wind infrastructure upgrades

19th October 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

Blasting and dredging has begun at Sweden’s Port of Gothenburg as part of as project that will allow the world’s largest container ships to use the port. The Skandia Gateway project is…

19th October 2026

Skandia Gateway project enters next phase

19th October 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

French engineering and offshore services group Aventa has snapped up Irish Sea Contractors (ISC) in a deal that will add a raft of capabilities to the company and give it a bridge…

15th October 2026

Aventa expands operations with Irish Sea Contractors purchase

15th 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

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

All four dry docks at the former Smith's Dockyard on Teesside were full this week under one operator for the first time since the 1980s after a major spend from UK Docks…

15th October 2026

Historic Tees dockyard at full capacity for first time since 1980s

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

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

A 30-year programme of marine engineering works has been approved to connect three of the UK’s most remote islands. There are only 22,700 people on the islands, which are dominated by open…

1st October 2026

Shetland approves 30 years of subsea tunnel works

1st October 2026

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

A Canadian/Dutch joint venture has launched the first of two purpose-built rock installation vessels to help meet growing demand for specialist subsea rock installation work for offshore wind. Rock Star is the…

30th September 2026

Joint venture propels new ‘Rock Star’ onto centre stage

30th September 2026

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

The first of 18 concrete caissons that will form a new breakwater at the Italian port of Ravenna has been installed. The breakwater, which will be around 900 metres long, will be…

30th September 2026

Major breakwater works begin at Port of Ravenna

30th September 2026

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

The €2.8 billion NeuConnect interconnector between Great Britain and Germany has entered a new phase of construction, with mechanical and electrical fit-out now under way at converter stations on the Isle of…

28th September 2026

German-UK subsea power link enters next phase

28th September 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

One of the Port of Leith’s three massive caisson gates has undergone major refurbishment as part of an eight-yearly maintenance programme designed to keep vessels moving safely through the locked harbour. The…

23rd September 2026

Before and after: Major maintenance completed on port gates

23rd September 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

A 56-metre replica of a 17th-century Dutch East India Company vessel has arrived at Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (DSAm) for a specialist preservation project to put her on permanent display. The Batavia was…

23rd September 2026

Specialist works on show for special historic vessel replica

23rd 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

MARINE RENEWABLES

MARINE RENEWABLES

Neptun Smulders Offshore Renewables (NSORe) and Siemens Energy have won a €2.5 billion contract to build and install an offshore converter platform in the German North Sea. The converter will be connected…

21st September 2026

€2.5 billion contract signed for offshore converter platform

21st September 2026

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Titanic shipbuilder Harland & Wolff has completed the installation of 11 new cranes at its Belfast shipyard in a £1.5m (€1.7 million) investment designed to support construction of three Fleet Solid Support…

18th September 2026

Harland & Wolff installs £1.5m crane package ahead of FSS shipbuilding

18th September 2026