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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Rotterdam-based Smit Salvage has reported on eight incidents it has responded to globally, illustrating the broad spectrum of skills and assets required for this specialist sector of the maritime world.

2nd January 2024

Smit to the rescue globally in 2023

2nd January 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Two announcements appear to signal growing confidence in what has become a slightly beleaguered offshore wind industry in the UK.

20th December 2023

Announcements raise confidence in UK offshore wind

20th December 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Floating wind developer Gazelle Wind Power has signed an MOU with Tugdock to develop a new assembly system that it says will ‘to dramatically drive down costs and increase production of floating…

20th December 2023

MOU signed to install Italy’s largest OSW farm

20th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Denmark-based CBED has acquired two former oil and gas industry vessels for conversion into Service Operations Vessels (SOVs) for the offshore wind industry.

20th December 2023

CBED acquires two new SOVs from oil and gas

20th December 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Tsavliris Salvage Group owner George Tsavliris has spoken out against the dash to alternative fuels, which he says is farcical, hypocritical, and above all, unachievable.

20th December 2023

Future fuels: ‘Farcical, hypocritical, unachievable’ – George Tsavliris

20th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

A new tug has been delivered to the port of London as part of towage giant Svitzer’s operations on the River Thames and the River Medway.

19th December 2023

Port of London welcomes new tug

19th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Sanmar has sold two tugs to new customer Boluda Towage. Both boats, VB Horus and VB Amon, were delivered at the beginning of December. VB Horus and VB Amon are based on…

19th December 2023

Sanmar delivers first two tugs to new customer

19th December 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Damen Shipyards has created a new position for Martin Bloem, who starts with the firm as group director corporate affairs on the first day of next year.

19th December 2023

Damen creates new director position

19th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Marine product systems firm Vetus has broken ground on it’s 9,500m2 facility in the Netherlands, a new waterfront and purpose-built headquarters to expand its warehouse space.

19th December 2023

Ground broken on new marine products HQ

19th December 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Mingyang has left wind turbine manufacturers in the shade of its new 20MW mammoth, with an even larger one to come in the next couple of years.

18th December 2023

Chinese firm unveils latest upsized wind turbine

18th December 2023