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MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) says cable layers who follow its new Code of Practice could save millions of dollars for everyone involved in delivering offshore wind installations.

31st October 2023

Subsea cable failures cost industry millions, says IMCA

31st October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

European coastlines have come under the spotlight in a new report published by the European Marine Board IVZW (EMB).

30th October 2023

Europe under threat: report outlines risk to coastlines

30th October 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Vestdavit’s Mission Bay boat-handling system and a specially designed davit will equip a second Nexans newbuild cable-layer being built at Ulstein Verft.

25th October 2023

More Vestdavit boat-handling expertise for Ulstein

25th October 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The Baltic Sea Port of Gdańsk has secured a $106 million grant for major port development including the rebuild of four quays.

23rd October 2023

Gdańsk wins $106 million for major port revamp

23rd October 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A bridge between Sicily and the Italian mainland looks like it will finally be built after being dreamed of since the Roman era.

23rd October 2023

€12 billion earmarked for world’s longest suspension bridge

23rd October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Van Oord has completed the installation of 62 jacket foundations at a new wind farm off the coast of Brittany.

20th October 2023

Van Oord in French jacket foundation installation first

20th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A project is looking to overcome the effects of strong winds and extreme wave loads on floating turbines.

16th October 2023

Project seeks answers to harsh seas in floating wind

16th October 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A specialised giant multi-purpose pontoon (MPP) will be built to lay a gravel bed under the tunnel element of the Fehmarnbelt project connecting Germany to Denmark.

16th October 2023

WATCH: unique 130m pontoon ordered for Fehmarnbelt Link

16th October 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Plans have today been unveiled to built the first new deep-water port in Ireland since the country was founded.

11th October 2023

Plans unveiled for first Irish deep-water port

11th October 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The first semi-submersible Floating Production Facility (FPF) to be decommissioned at a dry dock in the UK has arrived at the Scottish Port of Kishorn, where works will be carried out. 

11th October 2023

UK first: Semi-submersible FPF dry docked for decommissioning

11th October 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scottish engineering firm Ocean Kinetics has bought a 25% stake in Irish coded welding and marine fabricator MMG Ocean (formerly MMG Welding).

10th October 2023

Ocean Kinetics buys 25% of MMG Ocean

10th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

RWE, Wales’ largest renewable energy generator, is funding a study to investigate the quayside offload and launch of two types of floating offshore wind platforms.

9th October 2023

Innovative study to test floating offshore wind platform potential

9th October 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The UK’s Forth Ports has set out its ambitions for net zero carbon operation by 2042.

9th October 2023

Forth Ports sets out net zero ambitions

9th October 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Jan De Nul has ordered a new extra-large cable-laying vessel to help with installations in ever deeper waters.

5th October 2023

Jan De Nul orders 28,000t cable-layer

5th October 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Prysmian PowerLink has been awarded a €1.1 billion contract by a German transmission grid operator as part of the country’s overall goal to reach a capacity of 70 GW for offshore wind by 2045.

3rd October 2023

Prysmian to power up German offshore wind supply

3rd October 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A 150-year-old viaduct is being restored in Wales - and with no time to lose, as engineers discovered the state of the bridge was far worse than anticipated.

29th September 2023

VIDEO: Work begins to restore 150-year-old viaduct

29th September 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

An offshore floating wind farm will be assembled using a transportable dry dock technology by UK-based Tugdock.

29th September 2023

Mobile drydock assists in floating wind project

29th September 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Ulstein Verft has signed a new shipbuilding contract to construct a large DP3 cable laying vessel for Nexans.

26th September 2023

Ulstein inks new cable laying vessel contract

26th September 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The DemoSATH floating offshore wind project is now fully operational and generating clean energy to the Spanish grid.

25th September 2023

DemoSATH floating offshore wind project switches on

25th September 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Govan Drydock in Glasgow has scooped a prestigious accolade at the National Maritime SME Awards, which celebrate the achievements of small and medium enterprises across the UK maritime sector.

21st September 2023

Glasgow drydock scoops national maritime award

21st September 2023