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ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A lobby group has made five ‘key asks’ to the UK government to support tidal stream energy as it gathers pace around the world.

21st June 2024

Lobby group sets out key asks for tidal energy

21st June 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Warsash Maritime School at Solent University, Southampton, UK has teamed up with the Centre for Factories of the Future (C4FF) to develop safety training using virtual reality.

21st June 2024

Using VR to boost maritime safety

21st June 2024

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Onsite-simulator for simulation of navigation and simulation of the engine on board boats/vessels for the Austrheim Sixth Form College

21st June 2024

€350,000 tender for navigation simulators

21st June 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Offshore charging concepts are beginning to head towards commercialisation – despite a few doubts being raised.

21st June 2024

Offshore charging: Are we there yet?

21st June 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

European inland waterways could be facing an insurance crisis as operation licence extension ends, placing more than 7,900 vessels at risk, warns Armand Lans, senior broker at FDR.

20th June 2024

Insurance crisis looms for Europes inland waterways

20th June 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

SMST has won a deal with Cochin Shipyard for the delivery of a gangway and crane for a North Star hybrid-electric service operation vessel (SOV).

20th June 2024

SMST to equip hybrid SOV

20th June 2024

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

Marine contractor Van Oord says it ‘regrets’ an incident in which its Vox Maxima dredger allided with the bunker vessel Marine Honour, rupturing an oil cargo tank and spilling the contents overboard.

20th June 2024

Van Oord ‘regrets’ oil spill after dredger hits tanker

20th June 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

UK marine and offshore services company Star International has won a contract to provide safety maintenance for three cruise ships.

20th June 2024

Star International wins cruise liner contract

20th June 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Inyanga Marine Energy Group and New York and Ireland-based joint venture Verdant Morlais have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to deliver a 4.9MW tidal stream energy project at Morlais in Wales.

19th June 2024

WATCH: Tidal turbines on cusp of commercial success

19th June 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Norway has named its newest coast guard vessel KV Hopen, the third vessel in the Vard built Jan Mayen class, ordered to strengthen the country’s control and surveillance in the northern area.

19th June 2024

Norway names its new coast guard vessel

19th June 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

SF Marina is playing an important role in the Femern Link tunnel development by supplying floating concrete dock pontoons for the project’s tugboat pier.

19th June 2024

Denmark’s largest infrastructure project progresses

19th June 2024

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Port concession analysis, recommendations and strategies for retaking and operation of specific port concessions for the development of (integrated) offshore wind and/or hydrogen infrastructure.

19th June 2024

Early info on offshore wind consultancy project

19th June 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Less than two months after the de-merger of Svitzer from parent company A.P. Moller-Maersk, the Danish towage company has announced a joint investment for modernisation of tug provision in the Port of…

19th June 2024

Collaboration enhances tug provision at Halifax

19th June 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A joint venture between Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners will build an electrolyser at the Port of Rotterdam to create ‘green hydrogen’.

19th June 2024

Rotterdam plans 1GW electrolyser for ‘green hydrogen’

19th June 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fincantieri has published an emotional tribute to chairman and president Claudio Graziano, who was found dead at his home on Monday.

19th June 2024

Fincantieri chairman Claudio Graziano dies suddenly

19th June 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Vattenfall has sold 49% of its ownership in Germany’s 1.6GW offshore wind farm to BASF.

18th June 2024

Vattenfall sells half of German OSW project to BASF

18th June 2024

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

At Seawork 2024, Strategic Marine signed an MoU with Mainprize Offshore for the acquisition of six state-of-the-art Supa Swath vessels.

18th June 2024

A Strategic vessel move with MainPrize Offshore

18th June 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The maritime industry has always been at the forefront of technological advancements. With the increasing demand for efficiency and safety in tug operations, the rise of advanced autonomous deck machinery systems is…

18th June 2024

AI is key for deck machinery in tugs: Opinion

18th June 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Italian civil engineering group Webuild has completed the under-river segment of a tunnel that will one day connect Innsbruck in Austria with Verona in Italy.

18th June 2024

Webuild completes under-river section of 64km tunnel

18th June 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch report has found that mismatched propulsion pitch levers on a moored fishing vessel led to its collision with an unmanned tug and the release of about…

18th June 2024

Engine control issue leads to collision

18th June 2024