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VESSELS

VESSELS

The International Salvage Union (ISU) has published its annual review for 2023, reporting increased revenues for members from a reduced number of Lloyd’s Open Form cases and revenues, and a significant increase…

25th July 2024

Highs and lows of salvage in 2023

25th July 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Passage planning risks were not considered before a motor vessel escorting a swim relay team around the Isle of Wight grounded, the MAIB has found.

25th July 2024

Flawed navigation led to grounding – report

25th July 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Maritime IT firm AST Networks is moving into the navigation and communication sector with a range of new products and a consultancy service.

25th July 2024

AST Networks expands into NavComs

25th July 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Teledyne Gavia’s brand new Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Service Center has been opened by Enamor Ltd in Gdynia, Poland.

24th July 2024

Teledyne’s new European service centre for AUVs

24th July 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Huisman has chalked up another contract for the delivery of a Knuckle Boom Crane for a client in the offshore energy market.

24th July 2024

Huisman secures offshore energy crane win

24th July 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Autonomous drones have been demonstrated at the Spanish Port of A Coruña in a bid to use them to improve safety, surveillance and infrastructure supervision in a port.

24th July 2024

A Coruña demonstrates autonomous port drones

24th July 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Titanic builder Harland & Wolff could be heading for the rocks now that the UK government has rejected a loan guarantee application that would have kept the company afloat.

24th July 2024

‘Titanic’ builder in trouble as loan backing refused and CEO leaves

24th July 2024

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Harbour dredging and removal and transport of silt.

24th July 2024

€500,000 for dredging works

24th July 2024

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Up to 20% of the UK’s electricity could well come from tidal and wave generation by 2030, says Leask Marine commercial director John Macleod, who says the nation is far ahead of…

24th July 2024

PODCAST: Making waves in tidal energy

24th July 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

The long-established expertise of the Dutch salvage industry has been demonstrated recently with two of the Netherlands leading contractors reporting diverse operations close to and not so close to their home bases.

23rd July 2024

Salvors step in to save groundings, sinkings and fires

23rd July 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A civil engineering firm has retained its place as the sole contractor for one of the UK’s largest resource and waste management companies.

23rd July 2024

A circular partnership in civil engineering

23rd July 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

A new 40kW (53hp) electric outboard engine provides boatbuilders with a rich seam of options for small planing and semi planing craft writes Jake Frith.

23rd July 2024

FEATURE: 40kW outboard offers mid-size electrification

23rd July 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Failure rates of offshore wind cables and interconnectors could result in costs of up to €6.1 billion by 2035, a report by energy data firm TGS says.

23rd July 2024

OSW cable failures could cost €billions – report

23rd July 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The EU says it will invest a record €7 billion in transport infrastructure, including around 20 European ports.

22nd July 2024

EU pledges record funding for port infrastructure

22nd July 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Lloyd’s of London has published a new edition of what is believed to be one of the oldest commercial contracts in existence.

22nd July 2024

Lloyd’s publishes new salvage contract

22nd July 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Financial help for the maritime sector is being strengthened by Bibby Financial Services with the appointment of six additional staff in its Marine Finance arm.

22nd July 2024

Bibby boosts maritime finance provision

22nd July 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Navigation systems manufacturer Anschütz has upgraded the MV Fionia Sea ferry with autopilot systems that also offer fuel-saving benefits, it says.

19th July 2024

Automation and fuel saving for Ro-Ro ferry

19th July 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Tidal Transit commercial director Leo Hambro says the shrinking supply of maritime professionals is the most worrying of many challenges currently facing the sector.

19th July 2024

Opinion: Bridging the maritime skills chasm

19th July 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Caledonian Maritime Assets (CMAL) has begun the tender process for the supply of seven new electric ferries for the Clyde and Hebrides network.

19th July 2024

CMAL issues electric ferry tender

19th July 2024

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Early information for offshore civil works for Denmark’s ’Princess Elisabeth’ energy island 

18th July 2024

Early info for Danish energy island

18th July 2024