Launches & Boat Building

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Fincantieri subsidiary Vard has won its largest single-vessel order in the company’s history in a contract worth nearly €700 million, and says it’s also the largest ever awarded to a Norwegian shipbuilder.

5th June 2026

Vard wins record-breaking vessel order

5th June 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Port of Klaipėda has taken delivery of three new electric and hybrid vessels as part of a drive to modernise its fleet and cut emissions, with Dutch battery specialist EST-Floattech supplying…

3rd June 2026

​Electric pilot boats and waste tanker delivered to Lithuanian port

3rd June 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A fully electric remote-controlled boat launching system will be unveiled at Seawork in what its manufacturer claims to be the world’s first.

2nd June 2026

Remote electric boat launcher to be unveiled next week

2nd June 2026

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Australian manufacturing and robotics firm Hyperion Systems has highlighted the ‘transformative potential’ of 3D printing in vessel building with an entire hull produced in 40 hours.

28th May 2026

WATCH: 3D printing ‘in a box’ produces USV hull in 40 hours

28th May 2026

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Seawork regular Damen has been contracted to build a Multi Cat 2712 workboat for Netherlands-based maritime services company Protunus.

26th May 2026

New order shows growing market for multi-purpose vessels

26th May 2026

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The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) has begun laying the keel for MODULARIS, a new research vessel designed to accelerate maritime technology testing and certification. 

21st May 2026

WATCH: DLR’s new research vessel targets marine innovation

21st May 2026

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Seawork exhibitor Strategic Marine has secured an order from offshore wind vessel operator Mainprize Offshore for two 33-metre Supa Swath crew transfer vessels (CTVs), marking the latest phase in a long-running partnership…

19th May 2026

Strategic Marine wins repeat Supa Swath vessel order

19th May 2026

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Volvo Penta and Aus Ships are developing Australia’s first fully electric passenger ferry, with commissioning scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2026.

14th May 2026

WATCH: Australia’s electric ferry market emerges

14th May 2026

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Incat, Wärtsilä and Molslinjen are advancing one of the world’s largest vessel electrification projects with three high-speed electric ferry vessels under construction in Tasmania.

13th May 2026

WATCH: Breaking new ground in electric ferries

13th May 2026

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China has built what it says is the world’s largest and ‘first built pure electric high-end intelligent seagoing vessel’.

7th May 2026

China claims world’s first battery seagoing vessel

7th May 2026

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Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract from Cochin Shipyard (CSL) to deliver an integrated equipment and technology package for four of Svitzer’s next-generation full-electric TRAnsverse tugs, with options for four more vessels.

7th May 2026

Kongsberg Maritime wins four-tug tech contract

7th May 2026

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Aberdeen-based offshore services company North Star has bought four service operation vessels (SOVs) from Edda Wind to expand its fleet and presence in the European offshore wind sector.

29th April 2026

North Star expands offshore wind business with 4 vessels

29th April 2026

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Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with UK Dredging (UKD), a subsidiary of Associated British Ports (ABP), to build a trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). 

24th April 2026

Damen agrees TSHD build for Associated British Ports

24th April 2026

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Maersk Offshore Wind’s first WTIV, Maersk Viridis, has been delivered by Seatrium in Singapore and is currently sailing to the US, where she will install the Empire Wind offshore wind farm, a 2GW project…

24th April 2026

Maersk Offshore Wind delivers first WTIV with docking system

24th April 2026

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Europe is entering a new cycle of icebreaker demand, driven by both climate variability and strategic needs in northern waters.

24th April 2026

Korea steps up to growing European icebreaker demand

24th April 2026

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Nexans chose WindEurope to launch its third iteration of cable-laying vessel, the Nexans Electra, which can lay subsea cable at a record-breaking 3,000 metres deep.

22nd April 2026

Nexans launches record-breaking cable layer

22nd April 2026

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UK-based boatbuilder RIB-X International says it is about to finish a secretive contract with BAE Systems for six new SOLAS Fast Rescue Craft RIBs.

16th April 2026

Hush-hush RIB contract nears completion for BAE

16th April 2026

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Three new multi-purpose vessels being built for the German Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV) is another sign of the growing trend in the building of multi-purpose vessels.

13th April 2026

Germany backs multi-purpose vessel trend with 3 newbuilds

13th April 2026

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Alewijnse and Damen have joined forces to develop the largest tugs that Alewijnse has ever worked on.

7th April 2026

Damen-Alewijnse tug design boasts higher power

7th April 2026

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Windcat Amsterdam has arrived in Europe, the first Elevation-series CSOV in the region and a new type of offshore vessel built for wind farm construction and maintenance.

27th March 2026

Windcat and Damen launch first European Elevation series CSOV

27th March 2026