Marine Civils

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

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Sydney Harbour’s iconic Hornby Lighthouse at South Head is getting a makeover that will ensure it can shine its light well into the future.

18th September 2023

A harbour restoration project with a difference

18th September 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A submarine link cable to connect southern and northern central areas in Italy to each other will be installed by marine contractor Prysmian.

14th September 2023

Prysmian wins €630 million subsea contract

14th September 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published new diving guidance in view of the burgeoning amount of subsea power cables being installed with the offshore wind boom.

13th September 2023

IMCA gives commercial diving guidance

13th September 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Eleven projects have won a share of €35 million to develop projects in tidal stream energy, the UK government has revealed.

11th September 2023

€35m won in bids for UK tidal stream sector

11th September 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

A third LNG dredger and a second cable-layer been christened in Rotterdam for Van Oord.

8th September 2023

Van Oord christens two vessels

8th September 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A substation installed 30km off the German island of Nordeney is the next step to connecting 253MW of offshore wind-generated electricity to the German grid.

7th September 2023

Ørsted moves 2 offshore projects ahead

7th September 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Offshore wind firm OEG Renewables (OEGR) has bought marine surveying company Geosight to strengthen what it can offer in offshore renewable energy, subsea cables and marine civils, it says.

6th September 2023

OEG Renewables buys marine surveyor

6th September 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Dutch firm FibreMax has signed an MoU with Entrion, a Texas-based manufacturer of FRP monopile designs, to increase the depths in which offshore monopiles can be installed. 

4th September 2023

MoU pledges to deepen waters for offshore wind

4th September 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Prysmian Group has laid the world’s longest interconnector both subsea and on land between the UK and Denmark to power 1.4 million households with clean energy.

4th September 2023

World’s longest subsea interconnector completed

4th September 2023