Environment

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Early Information has been released for two wind farms off the Dutch coast to generate a total of 12,000MW.

24th January 2023

Netherlands plans 10-fold increase in offshore wind

24th January 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Nidec has won a €2.5 million contract to install shore-based power at the Port de Sète, in the south of France.

13th January 2023

Cold-ironing deal for French port

13th January 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Port of Leith has become the first large mainland commercial port in Scotland to provide a shore power connection.

12th January 2023

Shore power electrifies Leith

12th January 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The US offshore wind market has been given a boost with a historic auction to lease five areas off the coast of California.

8th December 2022

Lease boost for US offshore wind

8th December 2022

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Sea trials of AWS Ocean Energy’s wave energy device have shown encouraging results, exceeding expectations by 20%.

3rd November 2022

Wave energy trials exceed expectations by 20%

3rd November 2022

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A technology acceleration programme that has already raised £9 million for the UK’s offshore wind industry has opened for new applications.

21st October 2022

Offshore wind programme opens

21st October 2022

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

When Seacat Sceptre hit the water in March 2022, Crew Transfer Vessel operators the world over took notice, reports Jake Frith.

10th October 2022

Semi-foiling close-up: Chartwell and BAR Techs Seacat ’Sceptre’

10th October 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A bio-methanol plant at the Port of Amsterdam will be operated by the UK engineering company PX Group, owner GIDARA announced today.

6th October 2022

Port biomethanol plant takes next step

6th October 2022

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Five wave energy projects have been chosen to develop their concepts in the next phase of the EuropeWave programme.

30th September 2022

Wave energy project enters phase two

30th September 2022

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The world’s first offshore hydrogen production unit has been launched, aiming to demonstrate the reliability of an electrolyser at sea.

28th September 2022

World’s first offshore H2 plant launched

28th September 2022

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A new robotic device has launched in the UK promising to rid waterways of microplastics, oil and debris.

28th September 2022

Robot launched to clear waterways of microplastics

28th September 2022

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Maritime hydrogen technology company, Zero Emission Industries, has announced the first close of its Series A funding round.

16th September 2022

H2 tech firm closes funding round

16th September 2022

VESSELS

VESSELS

Cruise ships are ending lengthy lay-ups with hulls completely free of biofouling thanks to Nippon Paint Marine’s antifouling system.

1st September 2022

Demand rises for Nippon antifouling

1st September 2022

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The Port of Heysham has reduced the carbon emissions of its landside plant, equipment and vehicles by up to 90%, in what is believed to be a first for any UK port.

25th August 2022

UK port on track for net-zero

25th August 2022

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Mainstream Renewable Power and Ocean Winds have been appointed preferred bidders for the development of a 1.8 GW offshore wind farm off the Shetland Islands.

24th August 2022

Shetland wind farm bidders appointed

24th August 2022

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Suzuki Motor Corporation has begun to roll out a new micro-plastic collecting device as standard on four of its mid-range outboard motors.

11th August 2022

Micro-plastic collection device in engines rolled out

11th August 2022

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Port of Rotterdam are joining forces to create the world’s longest green and digital corridor to enable low and zero carbon shipping.

4th August 2022

Green and digital corridor deal reached

4th August 2022

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Fugro has been awarded a new marine site investigation contract by Vattenfall for their Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm located off England’s east coast.

1st August 2022

Fugro wins wind farm contract

1st August 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Maritime research and consultancy BMT is writing a white paper on the use of hydrogen in medium-speed dual-fuel internal combustion engines ’as a stepping stone towards a hydrogen-only propulsion system’, it says.

22nd July 2022

BMT to publish white paper on hydrogen

22nd July 2022

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Bombora Wave Power is beginning its final test and assembly phase of a ground-breaking project to validate the world’s most powerful wave energy converter (WEC).

18th July 2022

WEC enters final tests

18th July 2022