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DIVING SERVICES

DIVING SERVICES

Towage risks, shared understanding of manoeuvres, risk assessment, watchkeeping and communications, passage planning and maintenance were the main factors to come out of the Marine Accident Investigations Branch 2025 report. Towage risks need active management In February 2023, Clyde Marine…

5th October 2026

MAIB report reveals six safety lessons for workboat operators

5th October 2026

FEATURES & VIDEOS

FEATURES & VIDEOS

Could renewable hydrogen be the answer to the future fuel conundrum? Supercritical Solutions co-founder Luke Tan talks to Maritime Journal editor Debbie Mason about the problems with dual-fuel vessels, fuel availability and a host of other obstacles facing the maritime industry,…

2nd October 2026

VIDEO INTERVIEW: Could H2 could be one way through the future fuel maze?

2nd October 2026

SEAWORK

SEAWORK

The Ministry of Defence of Singapore has awarded Penguin International Limited a turnkey contract for the design, engineering and construction of two landing craft for the Republic of Singapore Navy.

2nd October 2026

Venturing into a bold new frontier

2nd October 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK government has pledged £6 billion for shipbuilding and a stronger focus on British industry. At the Labour Party’s conference this week, Chancellor John Healey said the government would commit £6…

2nd October 2026

UK government pledges £6 bn boost for UK maritime

2nd October 2026

FEATURES & VIDEOS

FEATURES & VIDEOS

Like all ports, Harwich Haven Authority, in the east of England, is facing a rapidly changing maritime environment. From ever-larger ships and new fuels to offshore wind, autonomy and digitalisation, marine director…

1st October 2026

VIDEO FEATURE: Bringing in the giants at the UK’s biggest port

1st October 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

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

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract to provide an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) hangar and launch and recovery system for a new research vessel being built by Vard for Inkfish. The system…

30th September 2026

Kongsberg Maritime to deliver AUV hangar and subsea docking system

30th September 2026

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) is expanding its offshore services with a 50% stake in Norwegian recruitment and crewing specialist OffshoreCrew. The company says it wants to target growing demand for qualified personnel…

29th September 2026

Bernhard Schulte takes 50% stake in crewing specialist

29th September 2026

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

Seabed imaging, anchor and foundation company Subsea Micropiles is spending £5 million (€5.8 million) over the next three years to expand its manufacturing and offshore operations at Montrose Port in Scotland. The…

28th September 2026

Subsea technology boost signalled for Scottish port

28th September 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Ørsted and infrastructure investor Nuveen have formally inaugurated the 913MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, marking the completion of one of Germany’s largest offshore wind projects.…

28th September 2026

One of Germany’s largest offshore wind farms inaugurated

28th September 2026

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

The €2.8 billion NeuConnect interconnector between Great Britain and Germany has entered a new phase of construction, with mechanical and electrical fit-out now under way at converter stations on the Isle of…

28th September 2026

German-UK subsea power link enters next phase

28th September 2026

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Offshore engineering firm Allseas is buying an entire new fleet of electric-hybrid remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) from TechnipFMC Schilling Robotics division. They will gradually replace the entire fleet of Allseas' current ROVs,…

24th September 2026

Allseas will replace entire fleet of ROVs with electric-hybrids

24th September 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

Italy has cut planned funding for offshore-wind infrastructure at two ports that had been earmarked to become floating offshore wind hubs. The allocation for the ports of Taranto and Augusta has been…

24th September 2026

Italy halves funding for two offshore-wind hubs

24th September 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

After five years transporting 750,000 passengers on a hybrid catamaran, Mundo Marino technical director David de Haro talks to Maritime Journal about the pros and cons of the technology.

24th September 2026

Operational review: Five years of running a hybrid passenger catamaran

24th September 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

[caption id="attachment_259134" align="alignleft" width="410"] X18s by XoceanSource: LinkedIn[/caption] The Marine Accident Investigation Branch has completed its probe into a collision between a Crew Transfer Vessel and Uncrewed Surface Vessel that happened last…

23rd September 2026

MAIB completes CTV and USV collision probe

23rd September 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

One of the Port of Leith’s three massive caisson gates has undergone major refurbishment as part of an eight-yearly maintenance programme designed to keep vessels moving safely through the locked harbour. The…

23rd September 2026

Before and after: Major maintenance completed on port gates

23rd September 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

A 56-metre replica of a 17th-century Dutch East India Company vessel has arrived at Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (DSAm) for a specialist preservation project to put her on permanent display. The Batavia was…

23rd September 2026

Specialist works on show for special historic vessel replica

23rd September 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

There’s no point in waiting around, the founder and chief executive of the rapidly growing group Balaena believes, insisting that in just five months’ time, a company that has already quadrupled its…

22nd September 2026

Midas touch? Balaena CEO on his company’s rapid growth

22nd September 2026