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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