Marine Life

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

One of the complaints about the burgeoning offshore wind sector is the dangers it poses to marine life: but using robotics and other modern methods, environmental scientists say they can reduce the risks. Daniel Smith, Offshore Wind Biodiversity Solution Owner, Fugro,…

13th January 2026

Exclusive: Scientists reduce offshore wind risks to marine life

13th January 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A Dutch consortium (WaterWerk) has been finalised to carry out extensive works on two Dutch rivers under the EU’s Water Framework Directive (WFD).

17th December 2025

Dutch consortium finalised to upgrade rivers before EU 2027 deadline

17th December 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A Dutch engineering project is to be expanded following ‘an explosion of marine life’ that has been recorded in the four years since it started.

26th August 2025

Dutch combine flood defence with marine life

26th August 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A consortium including the Dutch water board has reported flood defence and marine biodiversity success two years after a reef scheme was installed in Rotterdam’s most important shipping lane.

22nd April 2025

Dutch hail success of two-year reef block scheme

22nd April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Van Oord and Ørsted have installed ‘Droppable Oyster Structures’ within an offshore wind farm site in a joint initiative to boost marine life around the monopiles.

5th November 2024

Oyster reefs installed in offshore wind farms

5th November 2024

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The maritime industry’s push toward decarbonisation brings an unexpected benefit: the reduction of underwater radiated noise (URN).

29th October 2024

How new efficiences are turning down subsea volumes

29th October 2024

FEATURES & VIDEOS

FEATURES & VIDEOS

’Living seawalls’ can offer huge benefits for sea water quality, providing habitats on structures that would otherwise be hostile to marine life.

12th September 2024

Greening the grey: port infrastructure as living seawalls

12th September 2024

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The largest programme in history dedicated to ocean species discovery has been launched by The Nippon Foundation with the aim of strengthening marine conservation.

5th July 2023

Largest ever ocean species discovery programme launched

5th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scientists say that more monitoring is required in the Atlantic to help protect sea life on the at-risk register

30th May 2022

Shipping threat to sea life

30th May 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The company’s shareholders will vote on a resolution which requires it to address its plastic packaging

24th May 2022

Amazon pressured to redress plastic use

24th May 2022