All News articles – Page 14
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NewsEsvagt adopts digital vessel monitoring
The SOV operator will deploy the system across nine SOVs, primarily supporting offshore wind operations in the North Sea
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NewsUrgent call for opinions before workboat CO2 rules imposed
The Workboat Association (WA) has released an urgent reminder to small vessel owners in the UK to respond to the government’s Call for Evidence about decarbonisation legislation.
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NewsPoland orders six SAR vessels for Baltic Sea
Poland’s Maritime Search and Rescue Service has ordered six new SAR vessels to strengthen safety in the Baltic Sea.
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NewsHouston unveils next-gen hybrid electric ferry
The Incat Crowther vessel will be built in partnership with Louisiana-based Breaux Brothers in the USA
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NewsDamen tug debuts with Steerprop CRP
A new ice-class tug enters Arctic service, showcasing Steerprop’s CRP propulsion in Damen’s latest design
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NewsWindcat presents first H2-capable Elevation series CSOV
The first of a series of six CSOVs has been presented with an auxiliary engine ’hydrogen ready’, although hydrogen is still a tricky future option because of the energy needed to produce it.
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NewsPassenger paralysed on commercial RIB investigated by MAIB
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) is investigating an incident in which a passenger on a commercial RIB broke her back, leaving her permanently paralysed.
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NewsDNV updates Maritime Simulator Standard
The 2025 update to DNV-ST-0033 reflects the growing role of simulation technologies in areas such as alternative fuels
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NewsUK firm opens subsea repair firm in US
A subsea equipment repair base has been opened in Florida by Drift Offshore, a UK firm that says it is answering a shortfall of such facilities in the US.
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NewsExail expands sales with autonomous USV order
High-tech robotics and autonomous navigation firm Exail is building on its success with its USVs with another sale, this time to an unnamed ‘global hydrographic authority’.
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NewsPlans agreed to make world’s biggest OSW farm even bigger
A seabed lease has been finalised to allow the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank, to be expanded, even though the UK grid cannot cope with existing wind power generation.
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NewsVIDEO: Saildrone’s ‘Surveyor’ USV wins classification
Saildrone’s Surveyor class of Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) has been given full classification by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), the first for a deep-sea unmanned platform, it says.
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NewsVan Oord lays foundations for North Sea oyster revival
Marine contractor Van Oord is to breathe life into thousands of oysters to mitigate the damage caused to the North Sea bed by the growing scale of wind farms, cables and other infrastructure.
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NewsMajor ship fire threat averted by quick response
Hopes are high that a major maritime environmental disaster involving a fire on a container ship has been averted following rapid intervention by both the vessel’s crew and professional salvors.
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NewsUS wind faces another setback while Cadeler soars
Donald Trump has sent more shockwaves through the US offshore wind industry just as offshore wind vessel owner Cadeler reported better than expected results in the sector.
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NewsØrsted deploys drones for wind farms
Heavy-lift cargo drones are being used by Danish offshore wind giant Ørsted and its UK-based drone operator Skylift to deliver critical safety evacuation equipment to the nacelles of wind turbines.
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NewsFloating offshore wind farm proposed for Scotland
An application for a 1GW floating offshore wind farm off northeast Scotland has been submitted by a German, Belgian and French consortium.
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NewsDutch combine flood defence with marine life
A Dutch engineering project is to be expanded following ‘an explosion of marine life’ that has been recorded in the four years since it started.
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NewsSanmar starts build of tug for Mexico
Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar has begun building a RAmparts 2400SX-MKII tug for Ultratug in Mexico.
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NewsVIDEO: Autonomous, electric cargo delivery
Two Southampton-based companies have trialled an electric vessel for a marine civil engineering project in the city’s port in one of the UK’s busiest ports.
