Norway

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Norway has had to give a one-year extension to its 1.5GW Southern North Sea II wind project in another sign of the country’s slow progress in developing offshore wind.

25th August 2026

Norway’s offshore wind ambitions struggle to get off the ground

25th August 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

Japanese trading and investment firm Sumitomo has invested in its first floating wind farm, sounding a loud note of confidence in the sector.

12th August 2026

Sumitomo invests 33.3% in UK floating wind project

12th August 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Britain’s first major pumped storage hydropower developments for decades have moved a step closer after three schemes secured provisional backing under a new electricity storage support programme.

9th July 2026

First UK hydropower projects for decades provisionally agreed

9th July 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

A freeze across northern Europe that an EU climate watch body said was the coldest January since 2010 triggered major icebreaker deployments from the southern Baltic to the Gulf of Bothnia last…

11th February 2026

Icebreakers called out in coldest Jan since 2010

11th February 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Foiling ferry company Candela says its P-12 vessel has completed the longest sea journey in the world on battery power.

3rd February 2026

Candela claims record-breaking electric voyage

3rd February 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Nine European countries have pledged to spend €1 trillion on offshore wind development over the next 10 years.

27th January 2026

European countries pledge €1 TRILLION for offshore wind

27th January 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A September 15 deadline is looming for applications to bid for three offshore wind projects in Norway.

11th September 2025

Norway deadline looms for three floating wind projects

11th September 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Green Yard Kleven in Norway has won a fifth ship conversion contract with Oceanica, the Brazilian ship owner.

5th February 2025

Shipyard converts 5th vessel for Brazilian customer

5th February 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards has reported a busy start to 2025 as it delivers one of its best-selling vessels to a progressive Norwegian tug owner and secures its first order of the new…

3rd February 2025

Sanmar Shipyards reports busy start to 2025

3rd February 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Maritime Partner’s latest catamaran has been delivered to Norwegian ferry service Kragerø Fjordbåtselskap (KFS).

25th October 2024

Maritime Partner delivers Cat to Kragerø Fjordbåtselskap

25th October 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The UK and Norway signed a Memorandum of Understanding earlier this year to work together on decarbonising the maritime sector. Artemis Technologies and Evoy talk about its value.

21st October 2024

Q&A: How Norway and UK are collaborating on decarbonisation

21st October 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Norway has named its newest coast guard vessel KV Hopen, the third vessel in the Vard built Jan Mayen class, ordered to strengthen the country’s control and surveillance in the northern area.

19th June 2024

Norway names its new coast guard vessel

19th June 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Norwegian ferry operator Fjord1 is planning to launch four completely autonomous ferries by 2028.

31st May 2024

Autonomous navigation ordered for Norway ferries

31st May 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Norwegian ferry operator Torghatten will work with Kongsberg Maritime to develop a system for self-driving car ferries.

16th May 2024

​Deal signed to develop autonomous ferries

16th May 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Technical advisors have been signed up to work on Norway’s plans to build the first ship tunnel in the world.

8th May 2024

VIDEO: Advisor hired for world’s first ship tunnel

8th May 2024

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Norwegian aggregate supplier Yeoman Halsvik has helped to stabilise the wreck of a World War II submarine outside the island of Fedje on the west coast of Norway.

1st February 2017

Submarine wreck entombed

1st February 2017