Features & Videos – Page 2
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NewsFEATURE: The towing icons who redefined emergency response
Half a century ago, South Africa launched ground-breaking ocean-going tugs to counter pollution risks from giant tankers – creating the blueprint for modern, state-backed emergency response towing. Peter Barker looks back on a legacy.
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NewsPushing boundaries: Africa-Europe subsea link
Scientists who have for four decades contemplated building a subsea tunnel to link Africa and Europe have finally been tasked with investigating the seabed.
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NewsWATCH: Belgium energy island structures completed
Construction teams in the Netherlands have successfully built and floated all 23 massive concrete structures for Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth Island
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News - VideosWATCH: BeeX’s deep-sea Hovering AUVs
Singaporean start-up BeeX has been awarded a contract by the Defence and Technology Agency (DSTA) for its Hovering Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (HAUVs).
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NewsFrom safety to systems: how Hefring began
Iceland-based Hefring Marine did not start with autonomy in mind: to begin with it was all about safety. CEO Karl Birgir Björnsson talks to Maritime Journal about the journey to all-round data collection, enabling predictions in real time.
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NewsWhen AI adds noise, safety runs aground
Too much AI is failing basic tests in maritime, with many ‘decision support’ systems behaving like information amplifiers, writes Oliver Thompson, director of Engineering with Marine AI.
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NewsInto the DEEP: Fincantieri enters subsea robotics sector
When Fincantieri, one of the world’s largest and oldest shipbuilding groups, announced three years ago that it was entering the subsea robotics sector, many in the maritime world assumed it would be a gradual move – perhaps the development of an underwater vehicle here, a defence research project there. Vice- president Underwater Gabriele Maria Cafaro tells Maritime Journal all about it.
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NewsOffshore wind on the CUSP of SBP breakthrough
As offshore wind capacity deployment continues to scale, developers need increasingly detailed characterisation of the seafloor to de-risk engineering activities such as cable route planning, landfall design and foundation installation.
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NewsFrom sky to sea: A holistic security solution
Traditional maritime security has always relied on crewed patrols and fixed surveillance. As threats grow and operations become more complex, operators and governments are adopting remote and autonomous technologies to improve awareness across the maritime domain, says Jannik Sauer, Chief Technology Officer, Subsea Europe Services / FLANQ.
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NewsSilent disruptor: Driving the uncrewed revolution
Hampshire, UK-based RAD Propulsion is becoming one of the most quietly influential players in the booming uncrewed and electric-propulsion sector. CEO Dan Hook talks to Maritime Journal about how RAD is capitalising on the growing demand for uncrewed, long-endurance vessels.
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NewsSystems thinking is critical for complex naval autonomy
Will Alexander, Global Business Development Lead – Maritime Autonomous Systems with BMT, tells Maritime Journal why design and thinking systems matter more than ever with autonomy in an increasingly complex and critical naval domain.
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NewsACUA OCEAN: Pioneers in hydrogen USV technology
After more than three years on the drawing board, the hydrogen powered USV Pioneer last August completed the world’s first continuous, remotely operated, 24-hour offshore operation on zero emissions.
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NewsMachine vision: A critical layer in autonomy
Autonomy in the maritime sector is often talked about as an end-state: vessels operating with minimal or no crew, navigating complex waterways without human intervention, writes SEA.AI CEO Marcus Warrelmann.
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NewsNew dredging tax rule to destroy goals it aims to achieve
The UK waterways industry says axing a dredging tax exemption will increase emissions, stall clean-ups and directly contradict environmental ambitions.
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NewsJumbo jets and scuttling vessels - salvors on the seas
From scuttling fishing vessels to rescuing stranded jumbo jets, salvage professionals prove they’re the sea’s emergency services – innovative, high-risk operators whose work extends way beyond ship fires. Peter Barker gives an overview of recent activities that don’t always hit the headlines.
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News - VideosWATCH: Rotterdam’s hydrogen’s future takes shape
Europe’s largest industrial port is fast becoming a hydrogen hub for the continent, with big ambitions and concrete plans all taking shape.
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NewsExclusive: Scientists reduce offshore wind risks to marine life
One of the complaints about the burgeoning offshore wind sector is the dangers it poses to marine life: but using robotics and other modern methods, environmental scientists say they can reduce the risks.
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NewsNew year - new ideas. Look Ahead Part 2
What’s in store for the maritime industry in 2026? We spoke to people across the sector to find out what their predictions are.
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NewsConflict and fire: why salvage operations are getting harder
Reluctant ports, container ship fires and conflict zones are complicating salvage operations, forcing risky offshore cargo transfers, delaying repairs and exposing crews, cargo owners and responders.
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NewsWorld’s longest immersed tunnel delayed 18 months
Project leaders of by far the world’s longest immersed tunnel have told Maritime Journal that the 18km Fehmarnbelt tunnel linking Denmark with Germany will be delayed by 18 months.
