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MARINE RENEWABLES

MARINE RENEWABLES

Neptun Smulders Offshore Renewables (NSORe) and Siemens Energy have won a €2.5 billion contract to build and install an offshore converter platform in the German North Sea. The converter will be connected…

21st September 2026

€2.5 billion contract signed for offshore converter platform

21st September 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

‘Economic factors’ have led Forth Ports to axe plans for a ferry link that would have reopened the only service between Scotland and Europe. In November last year, the Scottish government said…

21st September 2026

Proposals scrapped for Scotland’s only ferry link to Europe

21st September 2026

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A new dedicated handling, storage and assembly operation for wind turbine components has been commissioned at the Port of Antwerp, adding capacity for a market facing growing demand for specialist infrastructure and…

21st September 2026

Antwerp changes port set-up to handle wind turbines

21st September 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

Two of the offshore wind industry’s engineering heavyweights are joining forces to tackle one of the sector’s biggest challenges: how to keep an increasingly large and ageing fleet of offshore turbines operating…

21st September 2026

Two engineering giants join forces in offshore wind maintenance

21st September 2026

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Grid congestion, permitting hold-ups and insufficient electrification could put the brakes on a potential wind build-out of 24GW this year, says the trade association WindEurope. In the first half of 2026 offshore…

18th September 2026

Infrastructure shortfalls could hamper wind build-out, says WindEurope

18th September 2026

EVENTS

EVENTS

Maritime is fundamental to UK growth mission, Minister tells LISW27 launch

18th September 2026

UK minister puts maritime at heart of UK growth

18th September 2026

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Titanic shipbuilder Harland & Wolff has completed the installation of 11 new cranes at its Belfast shipyard in a £1.5m (€1.7 million) investment designed to support construction of three Fleet Solid Support…

18th September 2026

Harland & Wolff installs £1.5m crane package ahead of FSS shipbuilding

18th 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

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

One of the biggest aluminium vessels ever built has been delivered from one side of the world to the other on a specialised heavy-lift vessel. Semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel Black Marlin has delivered…

16th September 2026

Record-breaking electric vessel delivered to Uruguay

16th September 2026

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

'Crayfish' will be deployed from converted trenching support vessel Henry Darcy on TenneT’s 2GW German North Sea programme.

16th September 2026

Jan De Nul expands subsea cable capability with shallow-water trencher

16th September 2026

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

The Port of Gdańsk has completed a PLN 98 million (€22.5 million) reconstruction of its Ore Quay, replacing deteriorating infrastructure with a new pile-supported structure that can accommodate larger vessels and heavier…

15th September 2026

Port of Gdańsk completes major quay reconstruction

15th September 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

Rolls-Royce Power Systems believes the maritime industry's enthusiasm for alternative fuels has peaked – at least for now. Lukas Köhler, the company's Senior Vice President Global Marine & Mining, says the industry…

15th September 2026

Alternative fuels lose momentum for now: Rolls-Royce

15th September 2026

AUTONOMOUS VESSELS & TECHNOLOGY

AUTONOMOUS VESSELS & TECHNOLOGY

A 1.2-metre autonomous sailing robot has crossed the Atlantic without human intervention, completing a 127-day voyage that tested its navigation, power management and ability to operate independently in open ocean. C-Star PC13,…

15th September 2026

Autonomous sailing robot completes Atlantic crossing after 127 days

15th September 2026

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

A new managing director has been appointed to lead Svitzer's operations in the UK 'at a time when port congestion, larger vessels and adverse weather conditions is making maritime and harbour operations…

14th September 2026

Svitzer UK appoints new head of Operations

14th September 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

A new phase of ground investigations is getting under way along the Ventnor coastline as specialists gather the evidence needed to shape a long-term defence scheme for the Isle of Wight town.…

14th September 2026

Race to stop coastal collapse enters new heat

14th September 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) has won its first long-term contract to provide an emergency response and rescue vessel (ERRV) to an offshore wind project. It is the company's first step into the…

14th September 2026

Vroon enters offshore wind as market faces reality check

14th September 2026

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Rolls-Royce is introducing a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) exhaust after-treatment system for its mtu Series 2000 marine engines, which will make vessels using the engines IMO Tier III compliant. The system is…

11th September 2026

Rolls-Royce adds SCR system for mtu Series 2000 marine engines

11th September 2026

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Subsea cable services company WIND has acquired a major stake in UK-based technical services firm Tricore in answer to customer demand, the company says. WIND said the investment was driven by demand…

11th September 2026

Customer demand drives cable firm WIND to take stake in Tricore

11th September 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

Italian survey contractor Subsea Fenix has taken delivery of a 5.7m battery-hybrid uncrewed surface vessel (USV) from UK builder HydroSurv, combining hydrographic survey and subsea inspection capabilities on a single platform. Named…

10th September 2026

Subsea Fenix takes delivery of hybrid USV for survey and ROV work

10th September 2026

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Kongsberg Maritime has agreed to buy Finnish azimuth propulsion systems designer Steerprop, which the company says will strengthen its capabilities in what it says is a growing Arctic and ice-class vessel segment.…

10th September 2026

Kongsberg Maritime agrees to snap up Steerprop

10th September 2026