Interviews

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

It’s time for Spain to get afloat, says Juan de Dios Lopez, Technical and Industrial director with the Wind Energy Business Association (Asociación Empresarial Eólica - AEE).

1st April 2025

Interview: Call for action in Spain’s offshore wind sector

1st April 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

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

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

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

In the UK alone, offshore wind capacity is set to quadruple by 2030, delivering more than 50GW to the national grid, while in countries like Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands the sector…

13th February 2025

OPINION: The financial case for electrifying

13th February 2025

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The world is electrifying, and UK-based Bibby Marine is determined to be at the forefront of the drive. But it won’t happen offshore without offshore charging, says project director Gavin Forward.

11th February 2025

Leading the charge: Bibby on its electric fleet

11th February 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

The test launch of autonomous, unmanned surface vessel (USV) Pioneer has been launched by UK-based ACUA Ocean less than one year after Ad Hoc Marine Designs completed the design.

30th January 2025

INTERVIEW: Pioneering autonomous H2 USVs

30th January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A new concept in offshore wind could completely change how installations are performed and maintained.

29th January 2025

Unique ‘wind wall’ wins grant for offshore Norway

29th January 2025

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Artificial Intelligence is spreading like wildfire across all industries, and commercial marine is no different. Listen to our podcast, in which Marine AI talks to Maritime Journal about how artificial intelligence enhances safety, improves efficiency…

23rd January 2025

PODCAST: How AI is revolutionising commercial marine

23rd January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Figures released by WindEurope last week show that offshore wind is being developed far more slowly than it needs to be to meet EU 2030 targets.

14th January 2025

INTERVIEW: Just half of Europe’s offshore wind target met

14th January 2025

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

As more vessel operators and owners seek alternative means of propulsion, new fuels and battery options are mounting up.

18th December 2024

INTERVIEW: Leading the charge in marine batteries

18th December 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

An electric hydro-foiling ferry has joined New Zealand’s largest ferry operator after Maritime New Zealand awarded the vessel commercial certification.

13th December 2024

INTERVIEW: Vessev on its electric hydrofoiling ferry

13th December 2024

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

With all kinds of uncertainties facing marine contractors today, not least environmental legislation and taxation in the pipeline, the value of a common voice cannot be exaggerated, Iain Grainger, CEO of the…

11th December 2024

IMCA interview: The value of the common voice

11th December 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The growth of offshore wind has been rapid across the globe, and with it a massive expansion in the size and scale of the turbines and vessels required to install and service…

2nd December 2024

OTD successfully trials technician transfer device

2nd December 2024

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

As the race for alternative fuels heats up, one fleet optimisation company is warning it could compound the very problem it’s trying to solve.

26th November 2024

Emissions will rise as hunt for new fuels heats up – opinion

26th November 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A two-year project to lay offshore wind farm subsea cable so that Normandy’s first offshore wind farm could be connected has been completed and the wind farm commissioned.

30th September 2024

Two-year works complete to connect Normandy’s first OSW farm

30th September 2024

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The word ‘mining’ tends to have negative connotations, and in many cases rightly so. You don’t have to look far to find landscapes that have been devastated, people’s health ruined and communities…

27th September 2024

Deep-sea mining: New prospects for marine

27th September 2024