Decommissioning

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Ports and harbours are becoming the critical enabler of several enormous transitions taking place in the commercial marine sector today.

13th August 2026

INTERVIEW: Ports under pressure: ‘It will work, because it has to’

13th August 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

The removal of the Royal Sovereign Lighthouse combined heavy lifting, diamond wire cutting and real-time engineering adaptation to deliver one of Britain’s most technically demanding marine decommissioning projects, offering lessons for a…

24th June 2026

Royal send-off for a decommissioned lighthouse

24th June 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

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

After a year marked by political uncertainty, supply-chain strain and uneven global momentum, the UK offshore wind sector entered 2026 with a much-needed shot of confidence. Chartwell Marine’s Andy Page talks to Maritime Journal about…

16th February 2026

PODCAST: Charting offshore wind with Chartwell

16th February 2026

FEATURES & VIDEOS

FEATURES & VIDEOS

After a year marked by political uncertainty, supply-chain strain and uneven global momentum, the UK offshore wind sector entered 2026 with a much-needed shot of confidence.

9th February 2026

INTERVIEW: Charting offshore wind with Chartwell

9th February 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Dutch engineering giant Heerema Marine Contractors has signed a contract with European transmission system operator TenneT for a float-over barge.

9th January 2025

Heerema plans float-over barge for North Sea wind farms

9th January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Dutch engineering specialist IQIP has begun testing its EQ-Piling technology, which aims to reduce the marine noise generated when offshore structures like wind farm foundations are driven into the seabed.

19th September 2024

Turning the volume down installing wind farms

19th September 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Dutch marine operator Royal Boskalis saw 5% increased revenue for the first half of 2024, calling the results ‘historically high’.

15th August 2024

Boskalis posts ‘historically high’ results for H1 2024

15th August 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A joint venture has been signed by two Dutch engineering firms with an eye on the future of today’s offshore wind farms.

19th January 2024

Joint venture set up to clinch obsolete OSW farm market

19th January 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Spirit Energy is experiencing its busiest year-to-date in decommissioning with offshore campaigns across the North Sea and the East Irish Sea.

8th August 2023

Spirit marks busiest year yet for decommissioning

8th August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marine growth found on the legs, known as jackets, of decommissioned oil and gas platforms could form the basis of new novel livestock and aquaculture feeds.

21st November 2022

Recycling marine growth from decommissioning

21st November 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Two global marine engineering companies have partnered to expand their capabilities in civils.

10th August 2022

James Fisher partners NMDC in civils work

10th August 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A next generation offshore installation vessel has been equipped with one crane manufacturer’s largest crane to date

11th May 2022

Giant crane for next gen installation vessel

11th May 2022

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Petrogas E&P Netherlands B.V. (a part of Petrogas E&P LLC, headquartered in Muscat, Oman) has awarded Heerema an integrated engineering, preparation, removal, and disposal (EPRD) decommissioning contract for multiple North Sea oil…

24th January 2022

Four platform decommissioning contract

24th January 2022

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

A marine civil engineering specialist has been awarded the contract to decommission two North Sea platforms it installed 25 years ago.

11th January 2022

Platform decommissioning

11th January 2022

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

ABS has further developed its approach to aging offshore assets with publication of the Guide for Life Extension of Floating Production Installations.

14th December 2021

Life extension for ageing offshore assets

14th December 2021