Ørsted has chosen the Port of Tyne’s Tyne Clean Energy Park in South Shields as the marshalling base for its 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. The Denmark-headquartered Cadeler will use the 100,000-square-metre site to marshal secondary steel components for the offshore wind farm before
The Port of Tyne, located in the northeast of England, has unveiled its plans to add 400 metres of deep-water quayside to support offshore renewables, clean energy, and advanced manufacturing. The Port of Tyne is investing GBP 150 million (approximately EUR 173 million) to transform 230 acres into t
ORLEN Neptun and Smulders have signed a contract for the lease of the Świnoujście Offshore Terminal in Poland. The terminal will serve as a service and logistics base for Smulders, where the company will store and assemble internal platforms for the Baltica 2 offshore wind project. The agreement inv
The California Legislature has allocated USD 225.7 million in the current budget bill to upgrade port infrastructure to support the development of offshore wind off the state’s coast. The legislature voted to approve Proposition 4 funding for offshore wind port development in the SB 105 budget bill.
The Port of Waterford, the oldest port in Ireland, has lodged a direct planning application with An Coimisiún Pleanála for its Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Capable Terminal at Belview, County Kilkenny. The application follows the recent granting of Maritime Area Consent (MAC) by the Maritime Area
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has withdrawn or terminated funding for twelve offshore wind-related port projects, totalling USD 679 million (approximately EUR 580 million). These funds will be used, where possible, “to invest in real infrastructure, restoring American maritime dominanc
Vattenfall has signed a contract with EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO), under which EMO will build and lease an operations and maintenance (O&M) base in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, to Vattenfall for its Nordlicht offshore wind farms in Germany. According to the offshore wind developer, an advantage of th
Scotland’s Port of Cromarty Firth has received marine and dredge licences from Scottish ministers for its GBP 111 million (approximately EUR 129 million) phase 5 expansion project. The approval allows construction of a new 400-metre quay extension and associated dredging and land reclamation works t
Europe needs to invest an extra EUR 6.4 billion in port facilities and new vessels to reach its offshore wind energy goals, according to WindEurope. Currently, Europe can install and maintain about 10 GW of offshore wind annually, enough to meet its 2030 energy security targets, but after 2030, this
UK energy sector construction, maintenance & enhancement solutions player Global Energy Group (GEG) has concluded an agreement with Japanese company Mitsui & Co. for the sale of its group companies, including the Port of Nigg, a multi-sector energy port and green freeport. In addition to the Port of
The Port of Great Yarmouth in the UK is set to undergo a major expansion, with plans announced to develop a new deep-water terminal at the port. The port operator is moving forward with plans to develop the southern terminal of its outer harbour in response to growing demand from developers and cons
Equinor has reported a net operating income of USD 5.72 billion (around EUR 4.88 billion) in the second quarter of 2025, down from USD 7.66 billion (around EUR 6.53 billion) in the same quarter last year, with this quarter’s figures including an impairment of USD 955 million (around EUR 814 million)
Ørsted has selected Steel River Quay on the Teesworks site on the south bank of the River Tees in the northeast of England as the construction base for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm. Ørsted signed a lease agreement for up to 300,000 square metres at Steel River Quay, which will be used to collect
A decree has been approved by the Italian government to establish offshore wind manufacturing and assembly hubs at the ports of Augusta and Taranto. The total investment amounts to EUR 78.3 million, to be distributed over three years starting in 2025. Funding will come from the reallocation of reven
