Marine Construction

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK government has pledged £6 billion for shipbuilding and a stronger focus on British industry. At the Labour Party’s conference this week, Chancellor John Healey said the government would commit £6 billion (€7 billion) of contracts for British shipyards,…

2nd October 2026

UK government pledges £6 bn boost for UK maritime

2nd October 2026

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

The first of 18 concrete caissons that will form a new breakwater at the Italian port of Ravenna has been installed. The breakwater, which will be around 900 metres long, will be made up of 18 cellular concrete caissons, each…

30th September 2026

Major breakwater works begin at Port of Ravenna

30th September 2026

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

The €2.8 billion NeuConnect interconnector between Great Britain and Germany has entered a new phase of construction, with mechanical and electrical fit-out now under way at converter stations on the Isle of…

28th September 2026

German-UK subsea power link enters next phase

28th September 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

After years of developing the technology and infrastructure needed to capture carbon dioxide from industrial processes and store it permanently underground, the European Union has its first full-scale CCS project in operation.…

22nd September 2026

First full-scale CCS subsea store in Europe opens

22nd September 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

In a webinar hosted by the European Onshore Power Supply Association (EOPSA), CEO Roland Teixeira quizzed representatives from the ports of Rotterdam and Bilbao about how they were installing it.

16th September 2026

Shore power: Plugging in is just the first step

16th September 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Chinese offshore wind manufacturer and vessel operator Dajin Heavy Industry has signed a memorandum of understanding with Scottish port developer Haventus to explore a ‘strategic partnership’ at Ardersier Port.

26th August 2026

Chinese offshore wind group signs MOU with UK port

26th August 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Construction has started on Associated British Ports and Stena Line’s new £200 million (€233 million) ro-ro terminal.

20th August 2026

Steel signed for £200m Ro-Ro terminal transformation

20th August 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Beach replenishment has begun on a major coastal defence scheme between the UK coastal city of Brighton and the River Adur, marking the latest stage of a project designed to protect a…

19th August 2026

WATCH: Beach building begins on Brighton coastal defence

19th August 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Almost two decades after Lerwick Harbour finished a major dredging project, the port is once again digging deep with the return of vessels engaged in the 2008 works.

19th August 2026

Lerwick Harbour digs deeper for 2nd time in a generation

19th August 2026

SAFETY & TRAINING

SAFETY & TRAINING

A new safety report from the offshore and marine contracting industry paints a mixed picture of real progress in some areas, but a rise in fatalities that’s causing genuine concern.

13th August 2026

Seven deaths, 1 billion hours: IMCA safety report demands closer look

13th August 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A logistics partnership is bringing together marine, rail and aggregates to form a ‘virtual quarry’ to support the build of a nuclear power station on the eastern English coast.

12th August 2026

Partnership plans ‘virtual quarry’ for nuclear power station build

12th August 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Floating offshore wind specialist BW Ideol has partnered France’s fourth largest construction group, NGE, to build an industrial-scale floating foundation manufacturing facility in southern France.

6th August 2026

French partners combine in floating foundation factory hubs

6th August 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A Greek industrial port is to be transformed into one of the Mediterranean’s largest mega-yacht marinas, previously unseen planning documents reveal.

6th August 2026

Planning documents reveal scale of Greek port transformation

6th August 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The UK Crown Estate has granted a seabed lease for the offshore phase of a carbon capture and storage project in Liverpool Bay.

5th August 2026

Seabed lease unlocks offshore phase of Liverpool Bay CCS project

5th August 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Just days after reaching another major milestone on Genoa’s new offshore breakwater, Italian construction group Webuild has secured an €803 million contract to build the most technically demanding section of the city’s…

3rd August 2026

Webuild wins €800 million contract for undersea tunnel

3rd August 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

While ports around the world prepare for rising sea levels, those on the shores of the Caspian Sea face precisely the opposite challenge.

30th July 2026

Shrinking sea: Europe’s marine engineers called in to save Caspian ports

30th July 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Wave energy developer Mocean Energy believes offshore engineering could unlock a new generation of marine infrastructure, looking beyond offshore power generation with plans to develop floating AI data centres.

29th July 2026

New opportunities at sea: Floating data centres

29th July 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Portsmouth International Port has begun supplying shore power to ferries and cruise ships in what it says is the UK’s first multi-berth, multi-user, multi-frequency shore power system.

27th July 2026

UK’s first multi-berth shore power system switches on

27th July 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A contractor consortium has completed the build of a 500m tugboat quay on the southern side of Rotterdam’s Yangtze canal, providing 12 berths equipped with shore power.

27th July 2026

Rotterdam canal widened by 500 metres as part of port expansion

27th July 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A new cable and offshore service hub has been set up at the Swedish port of Oskarshamn to expand offshore services in the Baltic Sea region.

22nd July 2026

New cable hub positions Baltic for offshore growth

22nd July 2026