MJ Business Access

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Subsea tunnels connecting the Channel Islands to France have become a very real possibility, says Martyn Dorey, a Guernsey local who founded an impact group to assess the potential of such a…

15th March 2024

Channel Islands tunnel to France – dream or reality?

15th March 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Subsea equipment manufacturer SMD has signed the first contract for its new electric ROV with one of the world’s biggest marine contractors, Jan De Nul.

14th March 2024

SMD’s first E-ROV signed up by Jan De Nul

14th March 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that hydrodynamic forces between vessels in a channel and speed during harbour-assist manoeuvres were lessons learned following the collision between a tug and…

7th March 2024

Tug collisions and lessons learned

7th March 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The OSV sector stands at a critical crossroads, with various factors driving the industry towards heightened fuel efficiency, says Opsealog business director Damien Bertin.

7th March 2024

​OSV sector picks up pace on digitalization

7th March 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) has celebrated the christening of the research vessel Wim Wolff from Netherlands-based Thecla Bodewes Shipyards, marking the entry of the latest component in the institute’s three-vessel…

28th February 2024

Latest of three Dutch vessel renewals christened

28th February 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Operations were delayed to salvage a tug that ran aground because of conditions that have been much colder and icier this winter than previous years, said the Swedish Coast Guard.

28th February 2024

Iciest conditions in years hamper tug rescue

28th February 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

An invite to tender for €6.2 million work has been issued to build a breakwater and artificially feed a section of beach on Spain’s popular Costa del Sol.

22nd February 2024

Beaches at risk on Spain’s Costa del Sol

22nd February 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Baltic Workboats has signed a contract to supply an biomethane-fuelled workboat for the Estonian State Fleet.

6th February 2024

Biomethane-fuelled workboat ordered for Estonia

6th February 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

The foils under the new ‘flying’ boats are very different from those that focus on greater efficiency and better handling. Being able to lift the hull entirely out of the water offers…

30th January 2024

Focus on today’s foiling, ‘flying’ vessels

30th January 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

With Europe’s decades-long experience in offshore wind, it comes as no surprise that the fledgling US sector is reaching out for help.

23rd January 2024

European offshore expertise exported to US

23rd January 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Denmark-based offshore wind turbine installation company Cadeler has rung the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) bell to mark its listing and partnership with Eneti, the Monaco-based company operating in the same market.

3rd January 2024

Cadeler rings NYSE bell for newbuild future

3rd January 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Tsavliris Salvage Group owner George Tsavliris has spoken out against the dash to alternative fuels, which he says is farcical, hypocritical, and above all, unachievable.

20th December 2023

Future fuels: ‘Farcical, hypocritical, unachievable’ – George Tsavliris

20th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Space rockets will be transported on a carrier built by workboat builder Neptune Marine, which has won an award for the vessel.

15th November 2023

Neptune builds Ariane 6 rocket-transport ship

15th November 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

A UK company has launched a pair of capable electric RIBs capitalising on the latest automotive propulsion and fast DC charging technology.

13th November 2023

Motorsport knowhow delivers usable electric RIBs

13th November 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

News from Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards illustrates how advances in technology are influencing the design of ship-handling tugs and how the world’s leading shipyards are meeting the challenges of turning ideas into reality.

30th October 2023

Tug development: evolution or revolution?

30th October 2023

FEATURES & VIDEOS

FEATURES & VIDEOS

When Harland & Wolff CEO John Wood took the helm at the historic but failing Belfast shipyard in 2019, he was greeted by around 70 workers standing outside the gates, with little…

11th October 2023

Interview: Harland & Wolff CEO John Wood

11th October 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Excess speed probably caused the grounding of a tug that was connecting a towline to an LNG tanker in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel last year, the US National Transportation Safety Board…

6th October 2023

Tug grounding probably caused by excess speed

6th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Stevie Knight has a further look at the potential for methanol in the workboat sector.

25th September 2023

Methanol Part II: Is the workboat sector ready?

25th September 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

’Great British Green Tugs: How do we get there?’ was the title of a seminar held during London International Shipping Week (LISW) - and it was answered overall by ‘not for a…

15th September 2023

LISW tugs seminar throws up more questions than answers

15th September 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Artemis Technologies’ 100% electric foiling workboat Pioneer of Belfast made its debut in the UK capital during London International Shipping Week (LISW), and Maritime Journal editor Debbie Mason was given a quick spin down the Thames,…

14th September 2023

‘Pioneer of Belfast’ makes debut in London

14th September 2023