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POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Two projects with particular relevance to the workboat sector have been picked as part of a €3.4 billion European Commission funding package aimed at accelerating net-zero technologies. The CATREF recycled marine fuel project and OffshoreCharge, which will develop offshore charging…

26th October 2026

EU funding boost for alt fuels and offshore charging

26th October 2026

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

Norway’s Ministry of Climate and Environment has pushed back one of European shipping’s most closely watched regulations.

12th August 2026

Norway delays adopting FuelEU regulations

12th August 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A wave energy device that Spanish firm IDOM presented as a prototype at World Maritime Week in Bilbao just over a year ago has now been deployed in the Bay of Biscay.

3rd June 2026

Wave energy converter prototype deployed in Spain

3rd June 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

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

As global tensions spread to threatening Europe’s critical underwater infrastructure, particularly in the Baltic Sea region, governments are addressing the challenges of protecting vital subsea links requiring potentially military-level responses but involving…

15th December 2025

Subsea sabotage – the hidden front of warfare

15th December 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Europe’s offshore wind revolution is running into a hard physical limit – the electricity grid.

11th December 2025

Offshore wind’s sky-high potential hits onshore grid wall

11th December 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New EU requirements across industry will also affect most workboat operators, who need to be aware of how to comply, Workboat Association CEO Kerrie Forster says.

22nd April 2025

Workboat operators: Are you cyber secure?

22nd April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Ørsted’s new CEO has called on Europe to install 10GW of offshore wind each year – but panellists at the WindEurope event in Copenhagen voiced concerns over a range of things that…

10th April 2025

Ørsted CEO calls on Europe to install 10GW/year offshore wind

10th April 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Critical subsea cables will be protected in a raft of measures being drawn up, the European Commission has said in response to a recent spate of suspected sabotage incidents.

21st February 2025

EU calls for critical cable security upgrade

21st February 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Maritime has been included as one of the sectors eligible for a slice of a €2.4 billion funding pie announced by the European Commission.

5th December 2024

EC fund boost for innovation in maritime sector

5th December 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

European shipyard and equipment association SEA Europe has raised concerns about the lack of support from the European Commission for the European maritime industry.

16th September 2024

Association calls on EC for more support in maritime

16th September 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The European Commission has handed a pan-European floating wind project a €13 million grant.

25th June 2024

EC hands floating wind project €13.4 million

25th June 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

SEA Europe, which represents the European maritime technology industry, is calling on MEPs to adopt an industrial strategy for the shipbuilding and repair sector to fight off competition from Asia.

22nd April 2024

MEPs urged to save Europe’s maritime industry

22nd April 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

It’s no secret that the European wind energy supply chain is struggling and now the European Commission has stepped in to help.

20th September 2023

Europe announces help for the struggling wind power sector

20th September 2023