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ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Cruise Port Rotterdam has switched on its shorepower supply facility on Holland Amerikakade, placing it well ahead of European law, which stipulates that all cruise ships in European ports must use shorepower…

1st April 2025

Shorepower switched on at Cruise Port Rotterdam

1st April 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Composites have a lot to offer the commercial maritime world, but haven’t there been issues with strength, size, weight and above all, cost? Stevie Knight has found some straightforward answers alongside some…

31st March 2025

Composite workboats: Fact, fiction and form

31st March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Among the many themes at last week’s Get Set Workboat 2050 Seawork conference in Rotterdam was hydrogen – and with the famous hydrogen water taxis whizzing up and down the Nieuwe Masse…

31st March 2025

Workboat conference discusses hydrogen amid looming penalties

31st March 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Augsburg, Germany-based MAN Energy Solutions has been commissioned to deliver 24 dual-fuel engines for power-plant barges.

31st March 2025

MAN supplies dual-fuel engines for floating power plants

31st March 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Decarbonising the workboat industry must also run in parallel with vital security resilience, the first Seawork conference to be held outside the UK discussed this week.

28th March 2025

Workboat conference on security risks and going green

28th March 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar is building a tug destined to be the first fully electric one to operate in Latin America, specifically Chile.

26th March 2025

Successful trials for Sanmar’s latest fully electric tug

26th March 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A Chinese government-owned TV channel has released a YouTube video of what it says is the biggest offshore wind turbine blade that has ever been handled by a port.

25th March 2025

China breaks another turbine record but Europe stands firm

25th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

With a Spanish government target that 81 per cent of the country’s electricity must come from renewables by 2030, the fact that the country does not have a single megawatt of offshore…

24th March 2025

Tidal, wave or floating wind? 4 emerging Spanish technologies

24th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Panellists and delegates have accused the EC of ignoring inferior practices in non-European countries that make competition in the sector unfair and a threat to survival.

24th March 2025

EC must implement fairer rules to halt Chinese ‘disgrace’

24th March 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Following an SEK220 million (€20 million) funding round, Swedish marine battery system supplier Echandia speaks to Maritime Journal about its portfolio, its vision, and what it’s going to do with the money.

17th March 2025

INTERVIEW: Echandia on charging up marine battery business

17th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

As offshore renewable projects grow in number and scale, they are also expanding in type of project: as well as fixed-bottom and floating wind projects, we are now seeing tidal turbines, which…

13th March 2025

Studies examine impact of offshore wind on marine food chain

13th March 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

An advanced tug that is only the second to combine Voith Schneider propulsion with dual-fuel LNG/diesel engines has been delivered to a Turkish petrol company.

11th March 2025

Advanced Voith tractor tug delivered to Turkish owner

11th March 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Protecting Intellectual Property (IP) is key for businesses in commercial marine, particularly in light of increased partnership working and the rapid development of technology.

10th March 2025

Maritime Law Focus: Protecting your IP

10th March 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

A ferry has been delivered to Canada after a rather indirect 7,370nm route across the Atlantic to allow for winter weather.

7th March 2025

Ferry makes 7,000nm Atlantic crossing to Canadian home

7th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Europe must re-industrialise to stay afloat in pushing wind objectives and maintaining competitiveness, a WindEurope webinar was told by Director of Advocacy and Messaging Viktoriya Kerelska.

7th March 2025

EU must re-industrialise to keep wind afloat

7th March 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Uncrewed vessels are certainly gaining momentum – and for all the right reasons: crew safety, cost, improved technology making it feasible. 

5th March 2025

Lighthouse for the industry within Reach

5th March 2025

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Jeffrey Tuckerman, USV Regulatory Compliance Officer at SEA-KIT, a Fugro company, and Matthew Palmer, Global Nuclear, Submarines & Autonomous Shipping Director at Lloyd’s Register, write about the need for a so-far unregulated…

4th March 2025

Certification must be at the crest of the USV wave

4th March 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

In an era of rapid offshore wind expansion, increasing global connectivity and a spate of recent sabotage incidents, the reliability of subsea cables is under scrutiny.

19th February 2025

Subsea cables: A growing backbone in need of strengthening

19th February 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Canada has joined national and regional governments to become a member of the ‘Global Offshore Wind Alliance’, founded at COP27 in 2022.

19th February 2025

Canada joins global offshore wind club

19th February 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

A pilot project has resulted in vessel fuel savings of 11% thanks to the addition of a submerged wing on the hull.

14th February 2025

New hull fixture promises 11% fuel savings

14th February 2025