Navaids

VESSELS

VESSELS

Vard has won its first-of-a-kind €220 million contract for two multi-function buoy and lighthouse maintenance vessels from British charity Trinity House.

22nd July 2026

Vard wins €220 million first-of-a-kind contract

22nd July 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The removal of the Royal Sovereign Lighthouse combined heavy lifting, diamond wire cutting and real-time engineering adaptation to deliver one of Britain’s most technically demanding marine decommissioning projects, offering lessons for a rapidly emerging offshore decommissioning market.

24th June 2026

Royal send-off for a decommissioned lighthouse

24th June 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, Patron of the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), has officially named the organisation’s newest vessel during a ceremony at Forth Ports Cruise Terminal in Leith on 21…

23rd January 2026

Princess Royal names lighthouse support ship

23rd January 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan has won an international tender to build two advanced hydrographic research vessels for the German government.

11th December 2025

Gondan wins German vessel contract after 3-year tender

11th December 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

SmartOcean AS has launched near-real-time wave indication across all its marine monitoring buoys, enhancing safety and decision-making for vessel operations worldwide.

23rd October 2025

Real-time ocean data boosts vessel operations

23rd October 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

The UK’s lighthouse authority has called for tenders for two multi-functional buoy-handling vessels to replace two of its ageing fleet.

15th July 2025

WATCH: Trinity House launches £200 million vessels tender

15th July 2025

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Briggs Marine has inked a landmark £182 million contract with the UK Ministry of Defence, which will help strengthen the country’s defence capabilities and strengthen national security.

26th June 2025

Briggs chalks up its largest ever UK Defence contract

26th June 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Danish navigation light systems company Lopolight has been selected to shine its lights on potentially 11 US Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs).

27th February 2025

Danish firm lights up the US Coast Guard

27th February 2025

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Two marine technology companies have joined up to deliver systems for Maersk Offshore Wind for vessels that will work at Empire Offshore Wind off New York.

18th September 2024

Partnership struck to deliver systems for Maersk offshore

18th September 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new generation of Blue Meadows ‘smart’ buoys has been deployed in Falmouth Harbour to protect sensitive seagrass and maerl habitats from seabed scouring.

4th September 2024

Smart buoys protect Falmouth seagrass

4th September 2024

SEAWORK

SEAWORK

Isle of Wight based workboat and special vehicle and plant charter company Rebel Marine recently completed a critical and time-sensitive project in Cowes Harbour: replacing a lost navigation mark.

17th May 2024

Tight turnaround for navigational mark replacement

17th May 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Engineering specialist Spencer Group has completed work to create a new permanent home for an iconic vessel, with some of its emerging young talent playing a key role in the project.

4th March 2024

Safeguarding the future of the Spurn Lightship

4th March 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

New exhibitor to Seawork JEL Products, which specialises in industrial lighting, will showcase its fully stainless steel housing for LEDs that it says are a first for the market.

14th February 2024

New exhibitor plans to light up Seawork

14th February 2024

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Exail has won a deal with Brazilian subsea firm Sapura for eight units of its inertial navigation systems.

1st February 2024

European autonomy for Brazilian subsea navigation

1st February 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

The keel laying of a new hybrid maintenance support vessel for Briggs Marine has taken place.

29th September 2023

Keel laying of ‘game-changing’ CTV

29th September 2023

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Since 1994, Hydrosphere has been providing reliable, high-quality and cost-effective AtoN solutions to the marine industry and beyond. Managing director John Caskey shares some pointers.

28th April 2023

Aids to Navigation: A word from Seawork exhibitor Hydrosphere

28th April 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

VESSELS

VESSELS

Marine services provider Briggs Marine will enhance its maintenance support vessel provision following an order for a 40m addition to its fleet from Spain’s Freire Shipyard.

26th April 2023

Vessel ordered to maintain navaids

26th April 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Researchers are exploring whether hybrid mooring lines show promise for use on floating windfarms.

30th March 2023

Windfarm hybrid mooring explored

30th March 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Almarin has launched its new EVO buoy, the evolution of its Balizamar product which is made out of rotomolded polyethylene modular components.

21st February 2023

Almarin evolves Balizamar buoy offering

21st February 2023