Marine Civils

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Britain’s first major pumped storage hydropower developments for decades have moved a step closer after three schemes secured provisional backing under a new electricity storage support programme.

9th July 2026

First UK hydropower projects for decades provisionally agreed

9th July 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A new draft National Ports Policy for Ireland has placed offshore wind at the front and centre of its ambitions to transform its ports along with improved cargo operations.

9th July 2026

Ireland’s ports transformation: Policy outlines major changes

9th July 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Boskalis has announced the christening of what it says is the world’s largest rock installation vessel, which can carry a whopping 45,500 tons of rocks across two holds.

6th July 2026

Boskalis christens world’s largest rock installation vessel

6th July 2026

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Less than four months into the top job at the Ancora Group, chief executive Simon Light is combining fleet expansion with a broader push to grow the company.

6th July 2026

Building Ancora: Simon Light’s plan to reshape marine civils

6th July 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

DEME has used specialist marine construction vessels and installation techniques to install one of Europe’s largest oyster reef restoration projects.

29th June 2026

Marine contractors hired to engineer oyster habitats

29th June 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The removal of the Royal Sovereign Lighthouse combined heavy lifting, diamond wire cutting and real-time engineering adaptation to deliver one of Britain’s most technically demanding marine decommissioning projects, offering lessons for a…

24th June 2026

Royal send-off for a decommissioned lighthouse

24th June 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A £101 million (€117 million) contracted has been awarded to contractors for the next stage of one the UK’s most significant flood-defence projects.

22nd June 2026

Jack-ups, cofferdams and a race against the tide

22nd June 2026

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Marine operations specialists at the Port of Southampton have completed a complex shiphandling operation to bring the first two of four new ship-to-shore container cranes safely alongside DP World’s Southampton terminal.

19th June 2026

UK’s tallest quay cranes at Port of Southampton

19th June 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Cowes Harbour Commission (CHC) is advancing its major marina regeneration project in East Cowes, supporting its long-term need for future-proofed harbour infrastructure.

18th June 2026

Harbour regeneration project moves forward

18th June 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Neptun Smulders Offshore Renewables GmbH (NSORe) has been awarded a contract by 50Hertz Transmission GmbH to build a 2GW offshore converter platform for the North Sea Connector 2 project.

17th June 2026

Major HVDC contract for Neptun Smulders

17th June 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

One of the biggest marine infrastructure projects in northern Europe, also Sweden’s largest dredging project, has finally been awarded to a contractor.

17th June 2026

Contractor hired for largest dredging project in N Europe

17th June 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The world’s first commercial shipping-scale tunnel has been signed off, with the contractor due to be announced once final approvals have been given this Friday.

17th June 2026

Norway confirms start of unique ship tunnel construction

17th June 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Plans to set up ‘offshore power zones’ to enable vessels to charge at sea have been revealed in a white paper just published.

16th June 2026

‘Offshore Power Zones’ plans revealed to ease port pressure

16th June 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Encomara’s Squid connection system has received product design assessment from ABS, advancing technology designed to simplify floating wind installation operations.

16th June 2026

Floating wind installation reimagined

16th June 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

The sale represents a unique opportunity for buyers to purchase the U.K.’s first fully electric zero-commissions commercial landing utility vessel.

16th June 2026

Gordon Brothers Offering for Sale by Private Treaty a Fully Electric Landing Utility Vessel

16th June 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Genoa’s new breakwater project has passed the one-kilometre mark following the installation of its 24th caisson in open sea operations.

15th June 2026

Genoa breakwater passes key installation milestone

15th June 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The Environment Agency has appointed Van Oord UK and VBA Joint Venture (comprising VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and AtkinsRéalis) to a major framework that will deliver beach maintenance and coastal protection works across…

11th June 2026

Environment Agency awards £1bn beach framework deal

11th June 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A new white paper from maritime classification society DNV has revealed startlingly low global uptake of shore power, despite years of industry optimism about its potential.

4th June 2026

Shore power uptake will need stick not carrot – DNV

4th June 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A wave energy device that Spanish firm IDOM presented as a prototype at World Maritime Week in Bilbao just over a year ago has now been deployed in the Bay of Biscay.

3rd June 2026

Wave energy converter prototype deployed in Spain

3rd June 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Inland and Coastal will return to Seawork 2026 to showcase its latest projects, alongside its involvement in supporting sustainable marine infrastructure initiatives.

2nd June 2026

Civils engineering showcased by Inland and Coastal

2nd June 2026