Ports & Harbours

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

After years of uncertainty, Cyprus has unveiled its clearest vision yet for the future of Larnaca Port with the largest spending on commercial port infrastructure for decades.

14th July 2026

Larnaca charts new course with €415 million port redevelopment

14th July 2026

OPINION

OPINION

Decommissioning could be the UK’s next infrastructure crunch – logistics firms hold the key to success, says Nigel Kent, Head of Group Strategic Projects (Project Cargo) within the Peel Ports Group.

10th July 2026

Decommissioning: Bottleneck or opportunity?

10th 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

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Europe’s largest port has rejected demands from a Dutch legal climate campaigning charity that it sets out a plan to bring an end to the use of fossil fuels.

29th June 2026

Port of Rotterdam rejects call for fossil fuel phase-out

29th 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

VESSELS

VESSELS

An inland container vessel has completed an autonomous navigation trial in the Port of Rotterdam, demonstrating the potential application of automated vessel control systems in one of Europe’s busiest maritime environments.

17th June 2026

Autonomous vessel completes Rotterdam port trial

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

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

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

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Three UK ports have piloted a government-backed shorepower project aiming to circumvent grid limitations and high connection costs.

28th May 2026

Batteries: Missing link in shorepower’s grid problem

28th May 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Belfast Harbour has announced a £1.3 billion (€1.5 billion) spending programme that will reshape the city’s port infrastructure over the next 25 years, with major engineering projects aimed at expanding freight capacity,…

22nd May 2026

Belfast Harbour Masterplan looks to new horizons

22nd May 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A wave of construction is reshaping both shores of the Adriatic, as ports across Italy and Croatia undergo their most ambitious overhaul in decades.

8th May 2026

Historic Adriatic sea ports face large-scale transformation

8th May 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Permanent removal of ageing oil and gas infrastructure in the North Sea is emerging as one of the most complex engineering challenges facing the UK offshore sector, while also representing a multi-billion-pound…

28th April 2026

FEATURE: North Sea’s decommissioning boom

28th April 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Electrification company Cavotec has launched a mobile shore power system designed for roll-on/roll-off shipping, introducing its PowerMove RoRo NxG for use in ports handling RoRo and RoPax vessels.

28th April 2026

Cavotec launches mobile shore power system

28th April 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The Port of Gothenburg has contracted Boskalis Sweden to blast and dredge part of the Skandia Gateway project to increase capacity at the port for larger vessels.

20th April 2026

€18 million dredging contract for Boskalis in Gothenburg

20th April 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Europe is accelerating land reclamation projects to support offshore wind expansion, with DEME at the centre of a growing pipeline of port developments across the region.

13th April 2026

Europe creates port land to accommodate wind boom

13th April 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

 PD Ports says it plans to have a major offshore wind hub up and running within two years, competing with the more established UK ports.

7th April 2026

Teesport Offshore Gateway aims to rival UK’s largest offshore wind ports

7th April 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Finland is planning to establish a major offshore wind logistics base at Koverhar Harbour, with developers and port operators revealing details of the infrastructure required to support gigawatt-scale projects in the Baltic…

7th April 2026

Finland plans major port overhaul to accommodate offshore wind

7th April 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Associated British Ports and the UK Government have agreed terms for public funding to support the development of floating offshore wind infrastructure at Port Talbot, marking a major step in plans to…

27th March 2026

Port Talbot wind hub advances

27th March 2026