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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The MCA’s controversial new workboat code has gone in force today – with many of its problems eliminated or watered down thanks to hours of work by the Workboat Association (WA) and…

13th December 2023

Controversial Workboat Code enforced

13th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Forum Energy Technologies (FET) is to supply a Comanche remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC).

13th December 2023

Cutting-edge ROV for Japanese deep sea exploration

13th December 2023

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Investigation Works to  inform design of proposed deep water facility to service the offshore wind industry and cargo.

13th December 2023

Deep water investigation works

13th December 2023

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

To build a CO2 terminal at Esbjerg Harbor for receiving/dispensing CO2 from trucks and possibly rail 

13th December 2023

€10 million to build CO2 terminal

13th December 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Argentine reports and footage of a non-fatal tug sinking have been coming in since the incident happened on Friday.

13th December 2023

VIDEO: ‘Urano’ tug sinks while undocking

13th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

The sole remaining historic Scottish lightship will have to be destroyed unless there is a miracle, the charity that looks after her has confirmed.

12th December 2023

Time could soon be up for historic lightship

12th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Meyer’s Neptun Werft shipyard has laid the keel for 10 new river ships, continuing the successful series of 65 ships for Viking.

12th December 2023

Neptun Werft ramps up Viking Longship production

12th December 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The International Maritime organisation is marking 75 years since the adoption of the IMO Convention by publishing a book on safer shipping and cleaner seas.

12th December 2023

IMO publishes book to mark 75 years

12th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Dutch marine contractor Van Oord is upgrading its heavy-lift installation vessel Svanen to cope with the ever-increasing size of offshore wind turbines.

12th December 2023

Higher and heavier for Van Oord’s ‘Svanen’

12th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

The final delivery of Sanmar Shipyards’ three ElectRA class electric propulsion tugs and the first of two LNG-fuelled RAstar tugs leaves just one piece of the jigsaw to complete for Canada’s HaiSea…

12th December 2023

Sanmar’s double delivery for Canadian owner

12th December 2023

EVENTS

EVENTS

Decarbonising operations to reduce emissions and costs remains top of the agenda at Seawork. 

11th December 2023

Seawork Conferences – The Future Fuel Matrix & OPEX Reduction

11th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Jifmar Offshore Services and Acta Marine have concluded an agreement where Jifmar will acquire all workboat activities of Acta Marine.

11th December 2023

Jifmar acquires Acta Marine workboats

11th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

UK based maritime equipment specialist Marine Components International (MCI) is growing its exports footprint in Asia after winning a multiple CTV supply contract.

11th December 2023

MCI expands its exports footprint in Asia

11th December 2023

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

As we reach the end of another tumultuous year in the offshore wind industry, stakeholders must be wondering what the true picture looks like. Among the news of auctions finding no bidders…

11th December 2023

PODCAST: ​Offshore wind: A global overview

11th December 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

To make the most of new technologies, ports need to go beyond buzzwords and look under the hood.

11th December 2023

AI, digitalisation and green corridors – hype or true change?

11th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Steerprop has won a deal with Meyer Turku shipyard to supply tunnel thrusters and retractable combi thrusters for two newbuild multi-purpose patrol vessels for the Finnish Border Guard.

8th December 2023

Steerprop thrusters for Finnish border force

8th December 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

€250 million engineering works at Scandinavia’s biggest port have been given the green light by the EU.

7th December 2023

EU gives go-ahead for major works at Gothenburg

7th December 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Panamanian national Dominguez Velasco has taken over as secretary-general of the International Maritime Organisation, replacing Kitack Lim.

7th December 2023

IMO officially appoints new chief

7th December 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The Hollandse Kust offshore wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands is the latest to come online, generating enough electricity for more than a million Dutch households.

7th December 2023

Newest Netherlands OSW farm powers up

7th December 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Vaarst has developed the world’s first real-time data collection system capable of building live 3D reconstructions in deep waters.

7th December 2023

Vaarst unveils deepest subsea 3D camera yet

7th December 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A study carried out by the university of Plymouth has found that shipwrecks are sustaining and protecting marine life, particularly in areas that are still trawled by fishermen.

6th December 2023

Shipwrecks provide safe haven for sea life

6th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

A new pair of primarily LNG fuelled ro-pax ferries will be built in China to sail between Corsica and Sardinia for operator La Méridionale.

6th December 2023

Two new LNG ro-pax vessels ordered for Corsica

6th December 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The largest tidal turbine farm project in the world will be installed in seas off the far north of Scotland, with 16 turbines initially.

6th December 2023

World largest tidal turbine array earmarked for Scotland

6th December 2023