Marine Civils

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Jan De Nul Group has begun the transport and installation work on Ørsted’s 242MW Gode Wind 3 and 900MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms in Germany.

17th March 2023

Installation begins at new German offshore wind farms

17th March 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

An artificial reef system has been installed in the River Meuse in the Port of Rotterdam by maritime services giant Boskalis.

14th March 2023

‘Living breakwater’ installed at Rotterdam

14th March 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A Belgian partnership has unveiled a new offshore floating solar platform called Seavolt which aims to maximise renewable capacity from offshore windfarms.

13th March 2023

Could floating solar tech maximise wind farm returns?

13th March 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Cable systems supplier Prysmian Group has been shortlisted to install the first submarine interconnection between Spain and France.

13th March 2023

First cables planned to connect Spain and France

13th March 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) will host a special session on the importance of tidal projects at Seawork 2023.

7th March 2023

The power of tidal projects for marine civils

7th March 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

SMST has equipped the newbuild Van Oord cable-laying vessel Calypso with a 100t active heave compensated knuckle boom crane.

6th March 2023

SMST heavy lift knuckle boom crane for Van Oord

6th March 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A jetty on the River Thames has been upgraded to accommodate coaster vessels for the first time in what is also a first for civil engineering firm Land & Water.

3rd March 2023

Thames jetty upgraded for coaster vessels

3rd March 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The world’s first ‘energy island’ is to be built by marine giants Jan De Nul and DEME.

1st March 2023

WATCH: How torld’s first energy island will be built

1st March 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

P&O Maritime Logistics has announced plans to convert a multi-carrying ship into a zero-emission cable-laying vessel to connect offshore wind farms.

24th February 2023

P&O converts cargo ship into green wind farm cable layer

24th February 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The first major new reservoir in the UK for about 40 years will be built by Van Oord subsidiary Mackley and its new JV partner Jones Bros Civil Engineering after a £150…

23rd February 2023

Contracts awarded for first UK reservoir in 40 years

23rd February 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

UK firm Tugdock Limited has partnered up with Belgian construction firm Sarens to offer a novel dry dock solution to the fast-growing floating offshore wind industry.

22nd February 2023

Partnering up for innovative floating wind solutions

22nd February 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The heaviest offshore wind turbine monopile to date at almost 2,000 tonnes has been manufactured by a German civil engineering firm.

22nd February 2023

World’s largest offshore monopile heads for US

22nd February 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The Port of Lowestoft, in the southern North Sea, is one of several Associated British Ports undergoing transformation.

17th February 2023

ABP sets out plans for five port projects

17th February 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Belgian civil engineering firm Sarens has revealed details and footage of the successful load-out of a 2,200-tonne jacket from Lobito Bay in Angola.

16th February 2023

VIDEO: 2,200t jacket loadout completed by Sarens

16th February 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

One of Europe’s largest industrial projects – and certainly Portugal’s largest – is set to be completed next year, with two out of three major dams and substations already operating.

15th February 2023

Massive three-dam plant starts operating

15th February 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

International energy firm Iberdrola has announced it will build its first floating photovoltaic plant, in Alsace, France.

13th February 2023

Iberdrola announces first floating solar project

13th February 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

DEME has won another two transport and installation projects for offshore wind in France with a value of €300 million, the company has announced. 

10th February 2023

DEME signed up for 2nd French wind farm

10th February 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Van Oord has completed the final monopile installation for Dutch wind farm Hollandse Kust, bringing the number of turbine foundations to 70.

10th February 2023

Final monopile for Hollandse Kust installed

10th February 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Jumbo Offshore has completed a highly skilled precision lifting job involving transportation and wet storage of a riser caisson for Technip FMC.

7th February 2023

Precision lifting key to riser caisson success

7th February 2023

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Tenders have been invited for the construction and operation of a container terminal on the central quay at the Port of Bilbao in Spain.

1st February 2023

Port of Bilbao to get container terminal

1st February 2023