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SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has received applications covering more than 2 million acres of North Sea seabed at the close of the UK’s second carbon storage licensing round last week.

30th March 2026

UK seabed carbon storage licensing attracts bids for 2 million acres

30th March 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Subsea cable protection and polymer designer CRP Subsea has announced it will supply cable protection for Germany’s largest offshore wind farm.

30th March 2026

CRP Subsea wins contract for Germany’s largest offshore wind farm

30th March 2026

EVENTS

EVENTS

There’s little confusion about one thing in today’s workboat industry: that there is confusion about what the future for fuels looks like.

30th March 2026

Future fuels conundrum: crewing, insurance, funding

30th March 2026

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Delivery of an injection vessel and a suction dredger. 

27th March 2026

Vessel delivery

27th March 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK government has pulled the plug on a giant offshore turbine manufacturing facility in Scotland, citing national security concerns over the Chinese company behind the plans.

27th March 2026

UK pulls plug on Chinese offshore wind turbine factory

27th March 2026

EVENTS

EVENTS

Delegates from across the workboat industry thrashed out issues affecting the sector at Seawork’s Get Set for Workboat session in Rotterdam this week, with general agreement on the issues themselves, if not…

27th March 2026

Forging the future: Workboat industry looks ahead

27th March 2026

FEATURES & VIDEOS

FEATURES & VIDEOS

Despite fears being raised over the risk of the wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery lying laden with explosives off the coat of Kent, recent surveys have shown she remains stable.

27th March 2026

FEATURE: ​Living next to an explosive WW2 wreck

27th March 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

VESSELS

VESSELS

Windcat Amsterdam has arrived in Europe, the first Elevation-series CSOV in the region and a new type of offshore vessel built for wind farm construction and maintenance.

27th March 2026

Windcat and Damen launch first European Elevation series CSOV

27th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Tersan Shipyard has delivered Acta Hercules, the second in a series of four Walk-to-Work (W2W) DP2 Construction Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) being built for Acta Marine at its Yalova facility in Turkey.

25th March 2026

Tersan flexes offshore wind muscle with ‘Hercules’ delivery to Acta Marine

25th March 2026

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

It took a chance meeting in a barber’s shop before it occurred to George Kinnaird, from the landlocked north English town of Huddersfield, that he could have a career at sea.

24th March 2026

INTERVIEW: 28 days at sea – life on and off the bridge

24th March 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

TotalEnergies has accepted $1 billion to abandon offshore wind leases in the US and re-focus on oil and gas, a US government announcement has confirmed.

24th March 2026

US pays TotalEnergies $1 billion to dump offshore wind

24th March 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

As Brussels lays out an ambitious vision for ports as Europe’s energy hubs, the wind industry is warning that without dedicated public finance, the infrastructure bottlenecks threatening the offshore wind build-out will…

23rd March 2026

EU Ports Strategy does not go far enough: WindEurope

23rd March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Dutch towage operator Muller Dordrecht has taken delivery of a new azimuth stern drive (ASD) tug from Damen Shipyards Group, adding to a growing fleet of vessels from the Dutch shipbuilder.

23rd March 2026

Muller Dordrecht takes delivery of new tug from Damen

23rd March 2026

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Fenders for the mooring dolphins at the Verdon site to be installed during renovation work on the Verdon jetties. 

20th March 2026

Marine fenders for jetties

20th March 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

BMT has officially opened a 360 degree immersive maritime testing hub, with wall-to-wall LED screens that use live AIS feed to depict real-world port scenarios.

20th March 2026

A ground-breaking spin on simulation: BMT opens ‘world-first’ DISC

20th March 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The Port of Aberdeen has awarded a three-year maintenance dredging contract to Boskalis Westminster, covering annual campaigns across its North Harbour and recently expanded South Harbour from 2026 to 2028.

20th March 2026

Boskalis wins Aberdeen dredging deal

20th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Finnish boatbuilding company Uudenkaupungin Työvene Oy has won a contract to design and build a Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) crew transfer vessel to support the German Navy in the Baltic…

19th March 2026

​Työvene wins contract for German Navy support vessel

19th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group has built its first fully electric water bus as an entry into zero‑emission waterborne public transport. The 28.6‑metre catamaran was introduced at Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam on March 12.

19th March 2026

Damen launches first electric waterbus build

19th March 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Offshore charging developer Stillstrom, owned by Maersk, has formally set up a UK entity in Aberdeen to ramp up its systems rollout in a signal that a still nascent technology is starting…

19th March 2026

Offshore charging gathers pace with new UK venture

19th March 2026