Features & Videos

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Growing murmurs on how the rapidly increasing size of offshore wind turbines is not sustainable do not appear to have been heard by the Chinese.

4th July 2023

China develops world’s biggest offshore turbine

4th July 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The “Channelling the Green Deal for Venice” project seeks to address the problem of limited nautical accessibility to the ports of Venice and Chioggia.

3rd July 2023

Works needed to keep Venice ports accessible

3rd July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Shares of Siemens Energy slumped by 37% after CEO Christian Bruch admitted to massive problems in the wind turbine side of the company – Siemens Gamesa – and scrapped the firm’s 2023…

27th June 2023

Siemens Energy value slumps on turbine failures

27th June 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The US moves ahead with its first commercial offshore wind farm.

22nd June 2023

Video: First US offshore wind farm underway

22nd June 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The dangers of lithium battery fires and a lack of awareness of how to deal with them has been brought under the spotlight again, with suggestions that regulations will soon be needed…

22nd June 2023

In the spotlight: lithium battery fire risk

22nd June 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

An HVO-fuelled Azimuth Stern Drive tug has been launched at a historic port by tug giant Svitzer.

2nd June 2023

Svitzer launches ‘Jubilee’ tug at historic port

2nd June 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Failure to look at the whole picture of seafarer shortages could have disastrous consequences in both the short and long term, maritime industry insiders are saying.

30th May 2023

Shortage of skilled seafarers could spell disaster in maritime

30th May 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Ahead of Seawork 2023, Strategic Marine’s GM Commercial, Hans Randklev gives us a snapshot of where the company is at when it comes to latest designs.

30th May 2023

Maintaining position as ’shipbuilder of choice’

30th May 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Mark Jones of PSM reviews the important role played by monitoring and control systems for floating wind platforms and looks at the benefits for operators and investors.

25th May 2023

The benefits of dynamic monitoring & control offshore

25th May 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

The use of Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) for survey work has rocketed, and for good reason.

24th May 2023

Offshore USVs – the better, safer option?

24th May 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Leading renewable energy company Vattenfall has achieved a significant breakthrough in offshore wind farm operations by conducting the first large-scale seabed survey using uncrewed surface vessels.

24th May 2023

Wind farm seabed inspection with uncrewed vessels

24th May 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Can the push for bigger and bigger wind turbines be put on hold? With supply chains and manufacturers struggling to keep up, it might just have to be.

24th May 2023

Offshore wind faces ‘a race to the bottom’

24th May 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

The latest look at new vessel arrivals features two new Multi Cats from Damen Shipyards, an order from Norway for Sanmar Shipyards and an addition to Ports of Jersey’s expanding fleet.

24th May 2023

Tug news – round-up to June 2023

24th May 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A major civil engineering project has been hit by a few setbacks and delays, but the Maasdelta Tunnel is well on its way to providing the major port city of Rotterdam with…

23rd May 2023

Major engineering for Rotterdam tunnel crossing

23rd May 2023

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Damen has selected its battery system for use on its new electric fast ferry in Lower Saxony, northwest Germany.

18th May 2023

High-power batteries rolled out for new fast ferry

18th May 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

After almost a year and a half, extensive engineering works are almost completed to upgrade and widen the 63km Twente Canals in the Netherlands.

11th May 2023

Major Dutch canal works completed by ‘Destiny’

11th May 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marine contractors and manufacturers desperate to take advantage of the potential from offshore wind have called for major investment by governments at a recent summit in Belgium. 

9th May 2023

Summit urges leaders to save offshore wind

9th May 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The 120km2 Port of Antwerp area is now surveilled by six new pairs of eyes following the work of a partnership among the port and three tech firms.

9th May 2023

WATCH: World first port drone network launched

9th May 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The International Maritime Organisation is urging its 175 member states to step in and help UN-led efforts to prevent a potential catastrophe off the Yemen coast, where a decaying floating storage (FSO)…

26th April 2023

IMO pleads for help to prevent oil catastrophe

26th April 2023

FEATURES & VIDEOS

FEATURES & VIDEOS

BMT has revealed exclusively to Maritime Journal that it has won a contract from the Ministry of Defence to train admiralty pilots and tug masters in manoeuvring the Navy’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers (QECC).

20th April 2023

MJ EXCLUSIVE: BMT wins MOD tug training contract for aircraft carriers

20th April 2023