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MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A €17 million port transformation has begun in Cherbourg as part of a larger project that will ultimately connect southwest France to the British Isles and Spain.

1st September 2023

Major port transformation kicks off in France

1st September 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

£29 million (€34 million) flood defences have got under way in the east of England, where in 1953 devastating floods prompted coastal walls to be built.

31st August 2023

€34 million estuary flood defences get under way

31st August 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Engineering and construction firm, Subsea7 has successfully operated a remotely operated vehicle from Scotland to carry out repair work 9,400 km away in Brazil.

31st August 2023

Scottish ROV inspects Brazilian pipeline

31st August 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Viking Norsafe Life-Saving Equipment has secured orders totalling 34 vessels for the Hellenic Coastguard in Greece.

31st August 2023

Viking wins 34-vessel order for Greek coastguard

31st August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Passengers received minor injuries when a cruise liner crashed into an oil tanker at the port of Palma in Mallorca on Sunday.

30th August 2023

Passengers flown home after cruise ship crash

30th August 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Norway-based Corvus Energy’s energy storage system has been installed in the M/V Green Diamond in Houston, US in what is the first diesel-electric inland towboat in the country.

30th August 2023

Corvus ESS powers first of a kind in the US

30th August 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Fugro has been awarded two geotechnical investigation contracts for the development of the Dutch Nederwiek wind farm sites II & III (noord).

30th August 2023

Dutch wind farm survey double for Fugro

30th August 2023

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Technical assistance services in coastal stewardship, and project management.

30th August 2023

Early information for €118 million coastal stewardship

30th August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Iberdrola will receive a €500 million green loan from Citi and Eksfin for the construction and development of the UK’s East Anglia Three offshore windfarm.

30th August 2023

Iberdrola nets green finance for UK windfarm

30th August 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

There’s a welter of interest in methanol as a marine fuel, but how does it line up for workboats, and tugs in particular?

30th August 2023

Special feature: Deep dive into methanol, Part 1

30th August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Two of the world’s largest marine contractors have sounded notes of confidence in the offshore sector, posting financial results with one in particular ‘exceeding expectations’.

29th August 2023

Contractor financials look good in offshore wind

29th August 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Inverclyde’s new GB£20 million Greenock Ocean Terminal was created to increase business and it’s more than paid for itself already.

29th August 2023

Creating a new cruise experience for the Clyde

29th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon has officially opened the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm in the North Sea to supply a third of the electricity needs of two oil and gas fields.

29th August 2023

Floating wind farm opens to power oil and gas

29th August 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

With the global offshore wind-energy market predicted to reach 240GW by 2030 (and double that by 2040), turbines and other infrastructure will become an ever more commonplace fixture on the horizon.

29th August 2023

OPINION: Targetless DP is the way forward offshore

29th August 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Corvus Energy will supply the battery for what is being hailed as the largest vessel in the world to run on 100% battery power.

25th August 2023

World’s largest battery ship on order

25th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The Biden administration has approved a new 704 MW offshore wind project off Rhode Island.

25th August 2023

Boost for US offshore wind as RI farm gets green light

25th August 2023

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Execution of works for reducing flood risk in the BH Ialomita downstream of brimstone accumulation.

25th August 2023

€15 million for flood defence work

25th August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Investigations are being carried out into a wind turbine in one of the UK’s first commercial offshore wind farms that caught fire off the Norfolk coast last week.

25th August 2023

Offshore wind turbine catches fire

25th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A project trumpeted as being the UK’s flagship green hydrogen programme that would make the gas using electricity generated by offshore wind has been abandoned.

25th August 2023

Flagship green H2 project hits the wall

25th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Scientists supported by the UK’s Plymouth Marine University will embark on a 10-day expedition in the North Pole to look at the marine environment in one of the world’s bleakest regions.

24th August 2023

Wooden schooner deployed for Arctic research

24th August 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Maasluis-based Dutch ocean-going museum tug Elbe has emerged from drydock following its five-year special survey which found the 64-year old vessel to be in “excellent condition”.

24th August 2023

TOWLINES

24th August 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Cable giant Prysmian has been chosen to produce and install the cables for two offshore grid connection systems and an underground cable project in Germany in contracts worth €4.5 billion.

24th August 2023

€4.5 billion cable contracts awarded to Prysmian

24th August 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

A pilot project to carry out underwater survey and inspection services at a German offshore wind farm have been hailed a success.

24th August 2023

Pilot autonomous survey project claims success

24th August 2023