Vessels

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Bernhard Schulte has christened its newest Commissioning Service Operation Vessel to work in the offshore energy sector.

8th September 2025

Second CSOV christened for Bernhard Schulte

8th September 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

India is to build its first electric tug under the Green Tug Transition Program (GTTP), a milestone in the country’s vessel electrification programme.

8th September 2025

India to build its first electric tug

8th September 2025

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VESSELS

An Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) is on its way from Europe to Australia to carry out inspection, maintenance and repair operations with new onboard monitoring technology.

4th September 2025

Down Under within Reach: USV sets sail for Australia

4th September 2025

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VESSELS

Swedish fleet operator Northern-Offshore-Services has ordered a record number of CTVs in a sign of confidence in the offshore wind sector.

4th September 2025

N-O-S orders record number of CTVs

4th September 2025

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VESSELS

Poland’s Maritime Search and Rescue Service has ordered six new SAR vessels to strengthen safety in the Baltic Sea.

3rd September 2025

Poland orders six SAR vessels for Baltic Sea

3rd September 2025

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VESSELS

Port Houston has announced plans for a new hybrid electric ferry, marking a major step forward for its progress in sustainable vessel design.

1st September 2025

Houston unveils next-gen hybrid electric ferry

1st September 2025

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VESSELS

A new chapter in Arctic towage has begun as a newly delivered ice-class tugboat built by Damen Shipyards officially entered service at the Port of Luleå.

29th August 2025

Damen tug debuts with Steerprop CRP

29th August 2025

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VESSELS

Dutch vessel owner and operator Windcat Workboats says it has officially presented Windcat Rotterdam, the first of a series of six CSOV Elevation vessels developed with Damen and CMB.Tech.

28th August 2025

Windcat presents first H2-capable Elevation series CSOV

28th August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

High-tech robotics and autonomous navigation firm Exail is building on its success with its USVs with another sale, this time to an unnamed ‘global hydrographic authority’.

28th August 2025

Exail expands sales with autonomous USV order

28th August 2025

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VESSELS

Saildrone’s Surveyor class of Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) has been given full classification by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), the first for a deep-sea unmanned platform, it says.

27th August 2025

VIDEO: Saildrone’s ‘Surveyor’ USV wins classification

27th August 2025

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VESSELS

Hopes are high that a major maritime environmental disaster involving a fire on a container ship has been averted following rapid intervention by both the vessel’s crew and professional salvors.

27th August 2025

Major ship fire threat averted by quick response

27th August 2025

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VESSELS

Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar has begun building a RAmparts 2400SX-MKII tug for Ultratug in Mexico.

22nd August 2025

Sanmar starts build of tug for Mexico

22nd August 2025

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Two Southampton-based companies have trialled an electric vessel for a marine civil engineering project in one of the UK’s busiest ports.

22nd August 2025

VIDEO: Autonomous, electric cargo delivery

22nd August 2025

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VESSELS

ACUA Ocean’s unmanned surface vessel has completed reportedly the world’s first continuous, remote 24-hour offshore operation powered entirely by hydrogen.

22nd August 2025

WATCH: Hydrogen USV completes historic mission

22nd August 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Finland’s National Prosecution Authority has filed charges against a tanker suspected of severing five submarine cables by dragging its anchor on the seabed for 90 kilometres.

21st August 2025

Finland files charges for submarine cable sabotage

21st August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

The UK’s University of Plymouth will deliver a C-Enduro Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) to the Royal Navy, with maritime autonomy and smart shipping applications firm Robosys retrofitting it with its VOYAGER AI Autonomous Navigation…

21st August 2025

Royal Navy orders USV and automation technology

21st August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

The Service Operation Vessel (SOV) market is going through a period of rapid expansion driven by two main factors: a growing demand for wind-specific offshore support and more commercial opportunities in the…

21st August 2025

OPINION: Can the growing SOV fleet meet demand?

21st August 2025

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To maintain its global leadership in subsea rock installation (SRI) and support the offshore energy transition, Van Oord has announced the construction of two new state-of-the-art vessels.

21st August 2025

Van Oord invests in methanol vessels

21st August 2025

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VESSELS

Seawork exhibitor Parkol Marine Engineering, which brought an aluminium fisheries patrol vessel to the pontoons this year, has won a £5.6 million contract to build a new ferry for a tiny island…

20th August 2025

New ferry and wind expansion plans for remote islands

20th August 2025

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The global maritime industry is undergoing a quiet revolution as battery technology takes hold, and one of the leading voices in this shift is Syb ten Cate Hoedemaker, managing director of the…

20th August 2025

PODCAST: Battery tech is coming – but there are challenges

20th August 2025