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OTHER NEWS

A proposed £1.5 billion programme of subsea tunnels and bridges linking Scotland’s islands has been revealed in a report that was embargoed until today. Maritime Journal has already reported on the tunnels and ferry services earmarked for the Shetland Islands,…

16th October 2026

£1.5 billion price tag put on Scotland’s island links

16th October 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, Patron of the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), has officially named the organisation’s newest vessel during a ceremony at Forth Ports Cruise Terminal in Leith on 21 January 2026.

23rd January 2026

Princess Royal names lighthouse support ship

23rd January 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The generation capacity of today’s largest offshore wind turbines is considered huge at 15MW, but this is set to more than treble by Chinese developer Ming Yang’s new twin-headed monster, which will…

17th November 2025

15MW offshore wind turbines to be dwarfed by Ming Yang’s giant

17th November 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Electrification and automation technology firm ABB will supply the power distribution and propulsion systems for seven electric ferries ordered by Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) in Scotland.

28th October 2025

ABB to power multiple electric ferries in Scotland

28th October 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

An application for a 1GW floating offshore wind farm off northeast Scotland has been submitted by a German, Belgian and French consortium.

26th August 2025

Floating offshore wind farm proposed for Scotland

26th August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Seven fully electric ferries will be built to serve remote island communities in Scotland.

16th April 2025

Contract signed for seven electric loch-class ferries

16th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The Salamander Floating Offshore Windfarm has reached a significant milestone with the submission of onshore consent applications for its development located 35 km off Peterhead on Scotland’s East Coast.

2nd October 2024

Consent milestone for Scottish floating offshore windfarm

2nd October 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Caledonian Marine Assets Ltd (CMAL) has announced the issuing of a tender for the first phase of Scotland’s Small Vessel Replacement Programme (SVRP), involving seven new electric ferries along with shore power…

2nd September 2024

Tender issued for electric ferries for Scotland

2nd September 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Caledonian Maritime Assets (CMAL) has begun the tender process for the supply of seven new electric ferries for the Clyde and Hebrides network.

19th July 2024

CMAL issues electric ferry tender

19th July 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Scottish firms Ocean Kinetics and Green Marine (UK) have formed a Joint Venture Partnership to decommission OpenHydro’s tidal energy platform in the Orkney Islands.

26th June 2024

Decommissioning Scotland’s landmark tidal turbine

26th June 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Port owner Haventus has secured a further £100 million to fund the redevelopment of Ardersier Port in Scotland, boosting the UK’s offshore wind capability.

28th May 2024

Scottish port boost for offshore wind

28th May 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

A historic drydock has been granted permission to continue repair and restoration operations 150 years after first being built.

26th January 2024

Historic drydock granted full re-opening

26th January 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Plans are being revised to support the sustainable delivery of commercial-scale offshore wind in Scotland.

4th August 2023

Plans under way for offshore wind in Scotland

4th August 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The creation of Scotland’s largest renewables hub at the Port of Leith has taken a major step forward with the start of construction works for the new riverside marine berth.

23rd May 2023

Work progresses on Scotland’s largest renewables hub

23rd May 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn advance a Cenos floating offshore wind project through submission of a scoping report to Marine Scotland.

1st March 2023

Scope submitted for one of world’s largest floating windfarms

1st March 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An offshore wind partnership has ben created to support oil and gas decarbonisation in Scotland.

20th September 2022

Scottish offshore wind partnership

20th September 2022

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dredging works have started in Scotland which will enable the reopening of a repurposed Ardersier Port as Europe’s first fully circular Energy Transition Facility.

10th January 2022

Dredging starts Ardersier Port transformation

10th January 2022

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

The Clyde Docks Preservation Initiative is about to launch a consultation on the future of Govan Graving Docks, Scotland, UK. The organisation will be conducting this in collaboration with a number of…

24th June 2015

Govan Graving Docks

24th June 2015