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MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

$137 million world-class vessel repair and maintenance services will be built at the Ghanaian port of Takoradi with a ‘groundbreaking’ floating dock ship project.

24th September 2024

‘Groundbreaking’ floating dock facility for Ghana

24th September 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

‘A significant phase of works’ has been completed at some of the docks at the Port of Plymouth, where the Mayflower set sail for the US in September 1620.

19th September 2024

‘Significant’ works completed at Plymouth docks

19th September 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Dutch engineering specialist IQIP has begun testing its EQ-Piling technology, which aims to reduce the marine noise generated when offshore structures like wind farm foundations are driven into the seabed.

19th September 2024

Turning the volume down installing wind farms

19th September 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has launched its new GB£2m Manufacturing Facility Support Programme (MFSP) to boost the UK’s offshore wind manufacturing sector.

17th September 2024

£2m boost for UK offshore wind manufacturing

17th September 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed to improve floating wind mooring to boost what is a quickly emerging sector in offshore wind.

17th September 2024

MoU strengthens floating wind mooring tech

17th September 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Container terminals belonging to Hutchison Ports at the Port of Rotterdam will be equipped with shore power beginning in 2028, the Port of Rotterdam says.

12th September 2024

Shore power deal signed for Rotterdam

12th September 2024

FEATURES & VIDEOS

FEATURES & VIDEOS

’Living seawalls’ can offer huge benefits for sea water quality, providing habitats on structures that would otherwise be hostile to marine life.

12th September 2024

Greening the grey: port infrastructure as living seawalls

12th September 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The tide appears to be turning in the United Kingdom with new approaches to carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the North Sea. 

10th September 2024

Will CCS really be a game-changer for the North Sea?

10th September 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Van Oord subsidiary Paans Van Oord will use natural fascine mattresses to reinforce banks along the Kerkvaart River in the Netherlands for the first time.

9th September 2024

Mattress reinforcement for riverbanks

9th September 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Work on the fifth and final phase of the North Portsea Coastal Scheme is set to start in the first week of September along Ports Creek, the northern shore of Portsea Island…

6th September 2024

Final phase begins for Portsea flood defences

6th September 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Dredging, land reclamation and 200 million m3 of sand placement has been kicked off to create luxurious beach-front villas in Dubai.

3rd September 2024

WATCH: Dredging kicks off to make luxury fern-shaped island

3rd September 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The largest port expansion in 40 years has been inaugurated at Gothenburg after six years of construction work.

29th August 2024

Gothenburg port expansion inaugurated

29th August 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The next phase of development and construction at Albania’s Port Romano Port has begun, which will transform it into the country’s largest seaport.

27th August 2024

Construction starts at new Albanian seaport

27th August 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Northern Metal Recycling is establishing a base for offshore recycling at the Port of Sunderland, UK.

22nd August 2024

Port shows its mettle with decommissioning hub

22nd August 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) is emerging all over Europe as the Next Big Thing to be installed in our oceans.

20th August 2024

CCUS: the next big thing in offshore engineering?

20th August 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A third 10,000t caisson has been successfully laid in the Ports of Genoa as part of major works to transform the area.

16th August 2024

Ports of Genoa update: 10,000t caisson installed

16th August 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Consultations have concluded on two reservoirs earmarked for the driest region of the UK at a total life cost of  £12.9 billion (€15.9 billion). 

15th August 2024

Two €7bn reservoirs earmarked for eastern England

15th August 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Preparations for sub-water tunnels to connect up Antwerp’s ring road – the €4.5 billion Oosterweel Link – are under way for completion by 2030. 

15th August 2024

WATCH: Completing the missing link in Antwerp’s ring road project

15th August 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Scotland’s Port of Aberdeen has begun work on a £4 million (€4.7 million) shorepower system that will be able to ower seven vessels simultaneously, the operator says.

12th August 2024

Ground broken on Scottish shore power project

12th August 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Dutch maritime construction giant Jan De Nul is playing its part in opening up Central Asian ports to trade along the ‘Middle Corridor’, known as part of the ‘New Silk Road’.

9th August 2024

Jan De Nul called in to open Asian bottlenecks

9th August 2024