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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The US Maritime Administration (MARAD) is to spend $35 million on modernising small shipyards, funding upgrades to facilities, new equipment and maritime workforce training.

17th August 2026

US government extends a hand to small shipyards

17th August 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

RWE has agreed to walk away from three US offshore wind leases in the New York Bight and off the coasts of California and Louisiana in exchange for a $1.22 billion settlement from the US government.

10th August 2026

RWE exits US offshore wind market with $1.22 billion bounty

10th August 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

In yet another blow to the beleaguered US offshore wind industry, the Trump administration said last week it would pay developer Invenergy $765 million to walk away from four US wind leases,…

24th June 2026

US offshore wind left adrift as Trump buys back leases

24th June 2026

FEATURES & VIDEOS

FEATURES & VIDEOS

For nearly two decades, the idea of an American deep-water Arctic port has been on paper only, passed around in congressional hearings, quietly shelved by budget realities and periodically revived as alarm…

18th March 2026

Special report: Transforming America’s Arctic ports

18th March 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

US president Donald Trump has released plans setting out how the country’s flailing shipping sector can be resurrected.

17th February 2026

Donald Trump announces ‘new Maritime Golden Age’

17th February 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Federal judges have over-turned all five offshore wind stop-work orders or lease suspensions issued by the American president since December.

3rd February 2026

Could the courts save the US offshore wind industry?

3rd February 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

WindEurope and the European Commission have hit back at some of the astonishing claims Donald Trump made on Wednesday in a long, rambling speech to delegates at the World Economic Forum in…

23rd January 2026

WindEurope and European countries hit back at Trump claims

23rd January 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

US president Donald Trump took almost an hour and a half to address the World Economic Forum in Davos today, using part of the rambling lecture to rip into Europe about its…

21st January 2026

Trump berates Europe’s offshore wind policies at Davos

21st January 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

One of five offshore wind projects that have been paused or cancelled by the Trump administration has been told it can resume construction.

13th January 2026

Judge over-rules Trump in latest US offshore wind act

13th January 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A Boston District Court judge has delivered a blow to the Trump administration’s indefinite pause on wind energy permitting, in a latest blow to the president’s determination to shut down the sector.

9th December 2025

Boston delivers blow to Trump’s offshore wind ban

9th December 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An extraordinary meeting at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to vote on the world’s first global carbon taxing system on the shipping industry has voted to postpone implementation for one year.

17th October 2025

IMO postpones imposing shipping carbon taxes by one year

17th October 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Donald Trump has sent more shockwaves through the US offshore wind industry just as offshore wind vessel operator Cadeler reported better than expected results in the sector.

26th August 2025

US wind faces another setback while Cadeler soars

26th August 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

US president Donald Trump has lifted a stop-work order on the Empire Wind project by Equinor, the energy giant has said, adding it would restart construction, without saying when.

20th May 2025

Trump U-turns on Equinor Empire wind farm

20th May 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Eighteen US states are taking US president Donald Trump’s administration to court for attempting to place an indefinite halt on offshore wind developments.

13th May 2025

18 US states sue Trump over offshore wind

13th May 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A decision by the US Department of Interior to halt an Equinor offshore wind farm ‘should send chills across all industries investing in and holding contracts with the United States,” said president…

17th April 2025

Choppy waters for US offshore wind as Equinor project binned

17th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has cancelled its fourth offshore wind project, citing ‘political headwinds’ and ‘recent federal actions’.

4th February 2025

Trump effect hits New Jersey offshore wind

4th February 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Offshore wind association Oceantic Network has reacted with dismay after Donald Trump signed an executive order to pause wind energy leasing and permitting on his first day in office.

21st January 2025

US offshore wind activity ‘paused’ under Trump

21st January 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Shares in European energy companies fell after a speech by Donald Trump yesterday in which he said there would be no new ‘windmills’ on his watch.

8th January 2025

Trump: ‘Windmills driving whales and people crazy’

8th January 2025