North Sea

MARINE RENEWABLES

MARINE RENEWABLES

Neptun Smulders Offshore Renewables (NSORe) and Siemens Energy have won a €2.5 billion contract to build and install an offshore converter platform in the German North Sea. The converter will be connected to the 2GW LanWin 3 offshore wind farm…

21st September 2026

€2.5 billion contract signed for offshore converter platform

21st September 2026

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

'Crayfish' will be deployed from converted trenching support vessel Henry Darcy on TenneT’s 2GW German North Sea programme.

16th September 2026

Jan De Nul expands subsea cable capability with shallow-water trencher

16th September 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Installation of the UK’s first CO₂ transport and storage infrastructure project has begun, with pipelay and subsea installation now being followed by rock protection work along the route.

27th August 2026

Northern Endurance begins the long haul to CO₂ subsea storage

27th August 2026

SECURITY

SECURITY

A second arrest has been made in connection with the 2022 Nord Stream gas pipelines sabotage, German prosecutors have said.

20th August 2026

Second Ukrainian arrested for 2022 Nord Stream pipeline attack

20th August 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

European Commission has presented “AccelerateEU” at WindEurope, its response to the current energy crisis, stressing that price relief must align with faster deployment of renewables and electrification.

22nd April 2026

EU presents roadmap to speed up renewables

22nd April 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

 PD Ports says it plans to have a major offshore wind hub up and running within two years, competing with the more established UK ports.

7th April 2026

Teesport Offshore Gateway aims to rival UK’s largest offshore wind ports

7th April 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Interocean Marine Services is expanding its services to the offshore renewables market with a new Master Services Agreement with JERA Nex bp across its windfarms.

9th March 2026

Interocean targets global offshore wind growth

9th March 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Europe’s largest industrial port is fast becoming a hydrogen hub for the continent, with big ambitions and concrete plans all taking shape.

15th January 2026

WATCH: Rotterdam’s hydrogen’s future takes shape

15th January 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

An offshore gas rig is being hailed by its owners as the first in the North Sea to be powered by offshore wind power.

16th December 2025

Wind farm connected to power North Sea gas rig

16th December 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Fourteen offshore locations have been offered around the coast of Scotland and England to potentially store carbon dioxide captured from industrial processes.

11th December 2025

CCS licensing round opens as Scottish project rejected

11th December 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Dutch marine civils giant Van Oord has set its brand-new wind turbine installation vessel to work, hailing completion of 45 monopiles at the Nordseecluster A offshore wind farm.

11th November 2025

Brand-new Boreas installs 45 monopiles on maiden task

11th November 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Disaster was averted when rescuers stepped in to save a rudderless oil tanker from crashing into a North Sea wind turbine during a weekend storm.

8th October 2025

Rescuers save oil tanker from crashing into wind turbine

8th October 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

The world’s largest offshore structures will be able to board Allseas’ new vessel when it’s delivered – expanding heavy-lift and towing capacity for offshore industry.

17th September 2025

Allseas launches ‘Grand Tour’ for offshore giants

17th September 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Buoyancy system, cable protection and insulation firm AIS has signalled its intention to expand into energy developments further north with the purchase of Norwegian innovator Ovun.

15th September 2025

AIS buys Norwegian subsea plastics innovator

15th September 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Marine contractor Van Oord is to breathe life into thousands of oysters to mitigate the damage caused to the North Sea bed by the growing scale of wind farms, cables and other…

27th August 2025

Van Oord lays foundations for North Sea oyster revival

27th August 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

One of the world’s largest offshore wind farms now has all 100 foundations installed in the North Sea, almost 200km from the UK east coast.

17th July 2025

RWE installs 100th final foundation at Sofia wind farm

17th July 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Energy company OEG has won a £multi-million contract to support the Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm until it comes online in 2027.

9th July 2025

OEG reaps benefits of offshore wind boom

9th July 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The first wind turbine at Germany’s largest offshore wind farm under construction has been installed, says site owner EnBW, the energy company.

29th April 2025

First turbine installed at Germany’s biggest OSW farm

29th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A ‘bomb hunt’ has been completed along a subsea pipeline route where CO2 will be sent to and stored in depleted gas fields in the North Sea near Rotterdam.

2nd April 2025

UXO survey all-clear for North Sea CCS project

2nd April 2025