Marine Civils

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