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North Sea Gas Platform ‘Goes Green’ with Offshore Wind

Dec 15, 2025

Dutch gas producer ONE-Dyas has started operating the first natural gas production platform in the Dutch and German North Sea to be powered by offshore wind energy, after completing an electricity cable connection to Germany’s Riffgat offshore wind farm.The N05-A platform, developed together with partners EBN and Tenaz Energy, is now producing gas using power supplied from the offshore wind facility…

Windcat Amsterdam Debuts as First Elevation CSOV in Europe

Mar 25, 2026

Shipbuilder Damen and Windcat, part of maritime group CMB.TECH, have launched the Windcat Amsterdam, marking the arrival of the first Elevation series commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) in European waters.The vessel was developed…

Mark Offshore Adds Research Vessel Mintis to Support Offshore Renewables

Mar 25, 2026

Mark Offshore has agreed with Klaipėda University to operate the research vessel Mintis, expanding its fleet and strengthening its position in offshore renewables and subsea support services.Under the agreement, the Lithuanian university has…

G7 Holds Off on Oil Reserve Release, Requests IEA Study

Mar 11, 2026

G7 energy ministers stopped short of agreeing on a release of strategic oil reserves on Tuesday and instead asked the International Energy Agency to assess the situation before acting.The IEA said it was convening an extraordinary meeting of its member states on Tuesday…

Acteon Delivers First of Two Hydraulic Hammers to Heerema

Mar 06, 2026

Acteon’s marine foundations business line, Menck, has delivered the first of two MHU4400S hydraulic hammer systems to Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland under a multi-million-dollar supply agreement.The delivery marks the first phase of a…

EEW, CS Wind Deliver First Offshore Wind Monopiles for Vattenfall’s Nordlicht I

Feb 20, 2026

The first monopiles and transition pieces for Nordlicht I have been completed ahead of schedule by suppliers EEW and CS Wind for Vattenfall’s German offshore wind cluster, as offshore construction prepares to begin later in 2026.Each monopile measures up to 80…

Martens en Van Oord Purchases Autonomous Survey Vessel From Demcon unmanned systems

Feb 12, 2026

Martens en Van Oord, a contractor in roadworks, civil and hydraulic engineering, is taking a step toward further sustainability and modernization of its fleet by investing in the latest generation of the V4000 autonomous unmanned survey vessel (USV) from Demcon unmanned systems…

Glamox to Provide Lighting for Van Oord’s Subsea Rock Installation Vessel

Feb 04, 2026

Lighting specialist Glamox has secured the contract to supply marine lighting for the first of two Subsea Rock Installation Vessels being built for marine contractor Van Oord.Glamox will supply 2,930 marine lights for the Dutch company’s next-generation Subsea Rock Installation Vessel…

SMD Clears Electric Work-Class ROV for Deployment with Jan de Nul

Jan 20, 2026

Subsea technology and services company SMD has completed site acceptance testing of its electric work-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV), marking a milestone in the development of fully electric subsea systems.Testing of the SMD Quantum EV was completed at the DEEP Campus near Bristol…

North Sea Boulevard Reopens After TenneT Offshore Wind Cable Installation

Dec 23, 2025

The North Sea Boulevard and Maasvlakte Boulevard are reopened to traffic as TenneT's cables for connecting two offshore wind farms are now buried in the seabed along the road. The high-voltage cables for the future IJmuiden Ver Beta and IJmuiden…

Jan De Nul Unveils ‘Most Advanced’ Wind Farm Installation Simulator

Dec 08, 2025

Belgium’s Jan De Nul is commissioning what it calls its most advanced offshore wind installation simulator, a digital twin of its vessels Les Alizés and Voltaire designed to train crews to install the latest generation of giant wind turbines and foundations at sea…

Van Oord Completes Monopile Installation at Windanker

Dec 04, 2025

Van Oord has completed the transport and installation of all 21 monopiles at Iberdrola’s Windanker offshore wind farm.This achievement involved the largest monopiles Van Oord has ever installed, made possible by earlier upgrades to its heavy lift installation vessel Svanen…

TotalEnergies’ Mozambique LNG Loses $2.2B UK, Dutch Support

Dec 01, 2025

Britain and the Netherlands are withdrawing a combined $2.2 billion in support for the TotalEnergies-led Mozambique LNG project, they said separately on Monday, after both hired firms to probe human rights concerns surrounding the development…

Windcat Orders Next-Gen Multi-Purpose Offshore Support Vessel

Nov 26, 2025

Windcat, part of CMB.TECH, has signed a contract with Damen Shipyards to build a new Multi-Purpose Accommodation Support Vessel (MP-ASV), with options for five additional units.To be known as the Innovation Series, the new class of offshore support vessels will combine a large open deck…

Oceaneering Trials Wildlife Mitigation Solution

Oct 15, 2025

Oceaneering International has completed a field trial of its patented Ocean Perception™ marine mammal and wildlife mitigation software solution in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.The trial was conducted aboard an offshore wind installation vessel in collaboration with client Van Oord…

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