Vessels

VESSELS

VESSELS

Spectrum Aeromed, which specialises in air medical equipment and solutions, has completed its first venture into the maritime sector in a project with Damen Shipyards.

8th May 2024

Air medical equipment supplier enters marine market

8th May 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Danish towage provider Svitzer has taken delivery of the final vessel in a series of six tugs intended to boost its towage operations in Brazil.

8th May 2024

Svitzer completes Brazil tug series

8th May 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

All around the world, new regulations are coming into force that will require maritime operators to report – and reduce – the carbon impact of their fleets. To say this presents a…

7th May 2024

Damen wades in to the future fuels debate

7th May 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

The growth of the offshore wind industry has led to a relatively new breed of vessel, the Service Operations Vessel and its upgraded sister, the Construction Service Operation Vessel. MJ  examines the development…

7th May 2024

IN DEEP: How OSW has shaped today’s vessels

7th May 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

A tug fleet claimed by its operator to be ‘the greenest in the world’ is now complete, with the delivery of five Sanmar-built tugs to Canada.

3rd May 2024

Final tug joins ‘greenest tug fleet’ in the world

3rd May 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Volvo Penta will replace the diesel engines on a crew transfer vessel (CTV) with fully electric propulsion in a first-of-a-kind retrofit, the company claims.

3rd May 2024

Volvo Penta claims world first with E-CTV retrofit

3rd May 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Finnish tug owner Alfons Håkans and propulsion manufacturer Steerprop have devised an innovative way of coping with a typical Baltic Sea hazard – crushed ice in the propulsion unit during winter months.

2nd May 2024

Ice problems solved for tugs in winter

2nd May 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Seventy years after the steam tug ST Cervia capsized with the loss of five lives, a group dedicated to preserving the vessel has appealed for donations to help with the restoration.

2nd May 2024

SOS call for steam tug with a tragic past

2nd May 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

A Spanish shipbuilder will build the first electric Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (eCSOV)for UK-based Bibby Marine.

1st May 2024

Bibby hires builder of first electric CSOV

1st May 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

National Historic Ships UK (NHS-UK) has appointed four historic vessels from around the UK to act as its Flagships of the Year for 2024 and ‘fly the flag’ for maritime heritage.

1st May 2024

Historic ships fly the flag for vessel conservation

1st May 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Port of Antwerp-Bruges has marked another milestone on its road to carbon neutrality by 2050 with the launch in Vietnam of its Damen RSD-E Tug 2513, the second example of the fully…

1st May 2024

Damen’s second fully electric tug sets sail

1st May 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Dundee, UK-based Targe Towing is increasing its Sanmar-built tug fleet to eight vessels with the arrival of a powerful Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) designed vessel built to withstand the harshest conditions in…

30th April 2024

​Targe expands its Sanmar-built tug fleet

30th April 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Van Oord has launched the latest additions to its fleet with the christening of two hybrid water injection dredgers and an unmanned survey vessel.

29th April 2024

Van Oord launches dredgers and survey vessel

29th April 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

The future fuel frenzy shows no sign of letting up in the maritime industry as naval architects and boat builders seek the Holy Grail for their vessels. Farra Marine CEO Martin Farra…

26th April 2024

CTV builder calls time on future fuel ‘greenwashing’

26th April 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

UK-based Jenkins Marine has announced that two of its vessels are now under the commercial management of Ridderkerk, Netherlands-based ship management company Landfall Marine Contractors BV.

26th April 2024

New managers for Jenkins Marine vessels

26th April 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Berths at the Port of Tilbury have been upgraded to accommodate the biggest ships after a five-day dredging project was completed by Cemex.

25th April 2024

Cemex completes dredging at London’s largest port

25th April 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Damen Shipyards is taking another step towards sustainable tugs with a pilot project to dismantle and recycle an almost 100-year-old vessel.

23rd April 2024

Circular shipbreaking launched by Damen

23rd April 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Turkey’s Uzmar Shipyard is launching what vessel designer Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) describes as “the world’s first Voith-propelled tractor tug with LNG dual-fuel propulsion”.

22nd April 2024

World’s first LNG Voith tractor tug launched

22nd April 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Marine autonomous technology specialist Sea Machines Robotics has unveiled its last innovation in unmanned surface vessels (USV).

18th April 2024

Autonomous USV marks milestone for Sea Machines

18th April 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Chartwell Marine has announced that a new Chartwell Brevity Class Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) entered build in March at the Diverse Marine shipyard in Cowes, UK.

17th April 2024

Chartwell Marine expands its CTV build programme

17th April 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Wärtsilä has launched a high-performance thruster and propulsion package for tugs, offshore vessels and ferries.

16th April 2024

Wärtsilä launches propulsion system for tugs & ferries

16th April 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

EST-Floattech will provide a battery system for the purpose-built Electric-Landing Utility Vessel (E-LUV) to be built at Coastal Workboats new yard in Stornoway.

15th April 2024

EST-Floattech power for Electric-Landing Utility Vessel first

15th April 2024

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Corporate insolvency firm Leonard Curtis has been appointed to look after the sale of Lymington Boat Makers – formerly Scorpion RIBs – after the Hampshire-based company went into administration.

12th April 2024

Scorpion RIBs goes into administration

12th April 2024