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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 long-awaited undersea road tunnel.

3rd August 2026

Webuild wins €800 million contract for undersea tunnel

3rd August 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

European salvage contractors have been deploying an increasingly diverse range of tugs, sheerlegs and specialist marine assets as they respond to casualties while expanding into offshore energy and infrastructure projects.

15th July 2026

More than salvage: Tugs take on Europe’s toughest marine jobs

15th July 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Despite being a proven and predictable energy provider, tidal range opportunities are being ignored by the UK government based on a flawed report, says Kate Gilmartin, chief executive of the British Hydropower…

19th November 2025

Tidal range: The missing offshore energy piece

19th November 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The largest caissons in major works to upgrade the Port of Genoa are now being installed by a consortium led by the Italian engineering firm Webuild Group.

13th August 2025

Engineers mark next stage in Genoa breakwater

13th August 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Two massive concrete caissons have been installed in the Belgian North Sea as initial building blocks for the world’s first energy island.

15th May 2025

Energy island hits stumbling blocks as first caissons installed

15th May 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A two-year project to lay offshore wind farm subsea cable so that Normandy’s first offshore wind farm could be connected has been completed and the wind farm commissioned.

30th September 2024

Two-year works complete to connect Normandy’s first OSW farm

30th September 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A third 10,000t caisson has been successfully laid in the Ports of Genoa as part of major works to transform the area.

16th August 2024

Ports of Genoa update: 10,000t caisson installed

16th August 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A second tendering process will go ahead for a new ferry and infrastructure at two harbours in the remote Scottish Shetland Islands.

5th June 2024

Harbour works planned for remote Scottish islands

5th June 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The world’s first energy island is looking more like a reality as the building of its massive foundation get under way.

29th April 2024

First energy island building block built

29th April 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A multi-million euro project to transform the Italian Port of Genoa with a 6.2km breakwater built on a base 50 metres deep has had a million tonnes of gravel laid along the…

18th March 2024

Columns submerged for 6.2km Genoa breakwater

18th March 2024