Launches & Boat Building

FEATURES & VIDEOS

FEATURES & VIDEOS

With the recent moves toward new fuels and batteries, it might be high time to consider what composite builds can offer, particularly with their potential for weight savings and novel architecture, writes…

15th April 2025

Composites Part 2: New demands, new shapes

15th April 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Two new patrol vessels for the Italian Coastguard and German fishing patrol duties have passed sea trials with speeds higher than forecast by the designers.

4th April 2025

New patrol boats complete sea trials

4th April 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has christened the new Sea Ranger Service ship SRS Janet Taylor in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with more than 300 maritime sector, government, conservation and social financing representatives watching.

3rd April 2025

Dutch royalty launches Sea Ranger sailing work vessel

3rd April 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Chartwell Marine, a trusted pioneer of next-generation vessel design, has announced the launch of its electric foiling high-speed trimaran demonstrator.

1st April 2025

Chartwell’s fast ferry triFoiler enters sea trials

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

VESSELS

VESSELS

Cadeler has successfully delivered its latest jack-up wind turbine installation vessel, marking a significant milestone in the company’s fleet expansion.

28th March 2025

Cadeler delivers second P-class WTIV

28th March 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

With more than 850GW of offshore wind capacity predicted to be installed over the next 25 years, the need for support vessels should prompt a major opportunity for vessel builders worldwide.

21st March 2025

€42 billion global market will need ‘hundreds’ of SOVs

21st March 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Germany has launched the first of four ‘state-of-the-art’ customs vessels, each powered by Rolls-Royce’s mtu gas engines.

18th March 2025

First of 4 Rolls-Royce-powered customs vessels launched

18th March 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

The latest fully-electric ElectRA Series tug built by SANMAR for SAAM Towage has successfully completed sea trials.

17th March 2025

Sea trials for third SAAM electric tugboat

17th March 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Remote island communities in Scotland will benefit from seven new electric ferries as the fleet operator Caledonian Maritime Assets (CMAL) plans to replace a quarter of its fleet.

17th March 2025

Seven new electric ferries for Scotland

17th March 2025