North Sea

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

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

HM Coastguard has released the latest photographs of the Solong and Stena Immaculate vessels that crashed in the North Sea on Monday 10 March.

14th March 2025

North Sea crash update: salvors on board

14th March 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

‘Small pockets of fire’ were still burning on the Solong cargo ship last night, as both it and Stena Immaculate were being stabilised off the northeast England coast.

14th March 2025

Both vessels ‘stable’ after North Sea collision

14th March 2025