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A major project to improve the movement of containers between the port of Le Havre and France’s inland waterways has entered a new phase, with dredging now under way on a new access channel at Port 2000. Known as La…

5 hours ago

Le Havre bridges the gap between river and sea

5 hours ago

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Norway has committed €380 million to two floating offshore wind projects that will test next-generation foundations, mooring systems and installation techniques for some of the largest turbines yet deployed on floating platforms. State-owned energy enterprise Enova announced NOK4 billion (€380…

10th November 2026

Norway awards €380m for future floating offshore wind engineering

10th November 2026

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Civil engineering contractor Jones Bros Civil Engineering has begun a £4 million (€4.8 million) of coastal defence works in Wales. Extensive rock armour installation, sea wall upgrades and improvements to the promenade…

10th November 2026

Jones Bros begins €4.8m coastal defence works in Wales

10th November 2026

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The first lock on a 107km stretch of a European canal first envisioned half a century ago is finally being built. Project work on the French part of the Seine-Scheldt Europe Canal,…

4th November 2026

Concrete works advance at first Seine-Nord Europe Canal lock

4th November 2026

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Portugal is positioning itself as a European wave energy hub, with manufacturing and offshore deployment plans advancing in Viana do Castelo. A Swedish-Portuguese industry delegation visited the facilities this week to discuss…

4th November 2026

Portugal on a rising tide of wave energy

4th November 2026

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

The latest phase of a major campaign to transform Poland’s Port of Łeba into an offshore wind hub was completed last week with the removal of 225,000m³ of sediment from the entrance…

3rd November 2026

Łeba makes waves with offshore wind port upgrade

3rd November 2026

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Three construction consortia have been invited to tender to build a 150-billion-litre reservoir in Oxfordshire, UK. The £5.7 billion (€6.9 billion) contract is expected to be handed out for the White Horse…

29th October 2026

Thames Water shortlists three JVs for £5.7bn reservoir

29th October 2026

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By Debbie Mason, reporting from Antwerp Global marine contracting association IMCA has kicked off its annual conference in Antwerp pledging to be the voice of the offshore construction industry. Launching ‘IMCA 2030’…

28th October 2026

EXCLUSIVE: IMCA to urge regulators to shelve fuel taxes

28th October 2026

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Harwich Haven Authority (HHA) is reusing material from routine maintenance dredging to rebuild eroding sections of the Blackwater Estuary foreshore. The £2.5 million (€2.9 million) Beneficial Use of Dredged Sediment (BUDS) project,…

26th October 2026

HHA dredges up win for coastal defence

26th October 2026

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Ireland has completed a major stage in planning the transmission infrastructure needed to bring offshore wind power ashore, with grid operator EirGrid concluding a marine and coastal survey campaign involving almost 70,000…

21st October 2026

Irish offshore wind grid takes shape after 70,000-hour survey

21st October 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A 2MW Spanish floating offshore wind project will extend its operations with a new Japanese partner to focus on technology optimisation and new construction methods. The DemoSATH floating wind project was begun…

20th October 2026

New research phase for Spanish floating wind

20th October 2026

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The Celtic Freeport has approved £9.2 million (€10.9 million) for upgrades at Criterion Quay and Ledwood’s quayside facilities, supporting Pembrokeshire’s role in the floating offshore wind industry. The funding forms part of…

19th October 2026

£9.2m earmarked for Welsh offshore wind infrastructure upgrades

19th October 2026

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OTHER NEWS

Blasting and dredging has begun at Sweden’s Port of Gothenburg as part of as project that will allow the world’s largest container ships to use the port. The Skandia Gateway project is…

19th October 2026

Skandia Gateway project enters next phase

19th October 2026

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French engineering and offshore services group Aventa has snapped up Irish Sea Contractors (ISC) in a deal that will add a raft of capabilities to the company and give it a bridge…

15th October 2026

Aventa expands operations with Irish Sea Contractors purchase

15th October 2026

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Construction is set to begin on a £19.8 million scheme to protect the UK's Torcross in Devon after devastating storms in January and February stripped away protective shingle, flooded homes and damaged…

15th October 2026

Europe battens down the hatches ahead of storm season

15th October 2026

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All four dry docks at the former Smith's Dockyard on Teesside were full this week under one operator for the first time since the 1980s after a major spend from UK Docks…

15th October 2026

Historic Tees dockyard at full capacity for first time since 1980s

15th October 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Three million cubic metres of sand will be placed across 261 hectares of tidal flats in the Eastern Scheldt, the Netherlands, in a major replenishment project designed to counter erosion and preserve…

13th October 2026

3 million m³ sand replenishment to raise 261 hectares of tidal flats

13th October 2026

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A 30-year programme of marine engineering works has been approved to connect three of the UK’s most remote islands. There are only 22,700 people on the islands, which are dominated by open…

1st October 2026

Shetland approves 30 years of subsea tunnel works

1st October 2026

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

A Canadian/Dutch joint venture has launched the first of two purpose-built rock installation vessels to help meet growing demand for specialist subsea rock installation work for offshore wind. Rock Star is the…

30th September 2026

Joint venture propels new ‘Rock Star’ onto centre stage

30th September 2026

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

The first of 18 concrete caissons that will form a new breakwater at the Italian port of Ravenna has been installed. The breakwater, which will be around 900 metres long, will be…

30th September 2026

Major breakwater works begin at Port of Ravenna

30th September 2026