The building of a canal linking Paris to Northern European harbours will depend on obtaining funding, the French government has declared. 18 Aug 2017 - Maritime Journal

Netherlands-based systems integrator RH Marine has commissioned a Rhodium 4500 Dynamic Positioning and Tracking System on the ‘Nordzee’, the new flagship of Hakkers, a specialist in the development, production and realization of excavation, dredging, construction, foundation, coastal and shoreline works. 18 Aug 2017 - Maritime Journal

In September, scientists from the USA’s National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will launch two Saildrone sail powered unmanned systems from Alameda, California, on a six-month, 8,000 nautical mile round trip mission to the equator and back to improve the Tropical Pacific Observing System (TPOS). 18 Aug 2017 - Maritime Journal

Danish composite workboat specialist boatbuilder Tuco has delivered a 12-metre ProZero DC to Nelleman Survey A/S where it will serve as a platform for hydrographic surveys. 18 Aug 2017 - Maritime Journal

Meteorological monitoring specialist Biral, has just added a useful test function to its entire range of visibility and present weather sensors. 18 Aug 2017 - Maritime Journal

Seawork International, Europe’s largest commercial marine and workboat exhibition, closed on 15th June and was hailed a resounding success. 18 Aug 2017 - Maritime Journal

Plans for a Garden Bridge over the River Thames have been scrapped and all existing contracts terminated. 17 Aug 2017 - Maritime Journal

A new device promises to revolutionise offshore windfarm work by creating a more stable platform between vessels and structures to allow safer crew transfers. 17 Aug 2017 - Maritime Journal

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has announced that it has acquired all the shares of the Gardline Group. 16 Aug 2017 - Maritime Journal

Britain's future naval flagship ‘HMS Queen Elizabeth’ sailed into her home port of Portsmouth for the first time today. 16 Aug 2017 - Maritime Journal

A new Shetland decommissioning facility has received what is believed to be first major North Sea floating production vessel to be disposed of in Scotland. 15 Aug 2017 - Maritime Journal

The Humber’s opportunities will be promoted to around 15,000 industry professionals at London International Shipping Week for the first time. 15 Aug 2017 - Maritime Journal

Swiss propulsion and automation specialist ABB is providing the shipboard systems and systems expertise that will support the research voyages undertaken by ‘By the Ocean we Unite’, the charitable organisation whose mission is to highlight the damage done by the millions of tonnes of plastics that end up in the world’s oceans every year. 15 Aug 2017 - Maritime Journal

A specialised piece of underwater scanning equipment has been used to locate and identify WW2 ‘bouncing bombs’ in a Scottish loch, similar to the Barnes Wallis bouncing bombs used in the Dambusters raid. 15 Aug 2017 - Maritime Journal

Market research company New Energy Update has published a whitepaper investigating the nascent field of energy storage technologies for tidal energy projects. 15 Aug 2017 - Maritime Journal

Welsh workboat builder and servicing specialist, Mainstay Marine Solutions has secured funding to support the purchase of a 150/200 ton boat lift. 15 Aug 2017 - Maritime Journal

Houlder’s lifting equipment will be deployed for the installation of Vattenfall’s Horns Rev 3 windfarm off the coast of Denmark. 15 Aug 2017 - Maritime Journal

A new 25m Aquaculture Support Vessel has recently been built by Havyard Shipyard in Norway to plans by Macduff Ship Design. 15 Aug 2017 - Maritime Journal

Shippers are exploring wind and solar power as they strive to reduce fuel consumption and emissions by becoming more energy independent. 14 Aug 2017 - Maritime Journal

A new project which seeks to protect marine ecosystems from the negative effects of invasive aquatic species has been given the green light. 14 Aug 2017 - Maritime Journal