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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Almost half of the ship owners surveyed by Hamburg shipping trade fair organiser SMM did not think IMO emissions targets could be hit.

20th October 2023

IMO targets cannot be hit, say 46% of ship owners

20th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Van Oord has completed the installation of 62 jacket foundations at a new wind farm off the coast of Brittany.

20th October 2023

Van Oord in French jacket foundation installation first

20th October 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Another 15m Interceptor 48 pilot boat has been launched for operations in Morocco, making it the fourth one for Svitzer by Safehaven Marine.

20th October 2023

VIDEO: New pilot boat navigates Storm Agnes on launch

20th October 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

As offshore wind farm developers struggle to find installation vessels to help complete their orders, progress in a deal to combine two vessel giants should provide some optimism.

20th October 2023

Deal on track to form world’s largest jack-up fleet

20th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Volvo Cars and wind and solar energy firm Eolus have signed a letter of intent that could see the Västvind offshore wind farm off the coast of Gothenburg powering the car maker’s operations,…

19th October 2023

Offshore wind to power Volvo car manufacturing

19th October 2023

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Construction and delivery of a pilot transfer ship with the option for another identically constructed ship 

19th October 2023

Pilot transfer ship needed for Port of Hamburg

19th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Insiders are beginning to question wind energy targets because of unreliability concerns and supply chain bottlenecks, a recent report has claimed.

19th October 2023

Supply chain and unreliability plague wind farm sector: report

19th October 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Anchoring solutions firm Maxwell Marine has inked a deal for the design and supply of an anchoring system for the first uncrewed surface vessels to be used for surveying in the offshore…

19th October 2023

Maxwell anchoring system for new offshore USVs

19th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Surveys will begin on what will be Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm, energy firm RWE has confirmed.

19th October 2023

Surveys begin for Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm

19th October 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

A UK boatbuilder has launched a zero-emission vessel that responds to the increasing need for plastic and debris collection on the water.

18th October 2023

Tackling plastic pollution the zero emissions way

18th October 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

New software has been launched as a direct response to helping the shipping sector meet obligations under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS).

18th October 2023

A one-stop shop for emissions trading

18th October 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Remarkable 3D imagery has been published showing precise details of ships wrecked as they tried to evacuate troops from Dunkirk during World War II.

18th October 2023

Dunkirk shipwrecks pictured in new 3D images

18th October 2023

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Berth and mooring spine refurbishment survey and design works at the Port of Ramsgate.

18th October 2023

Port construction and refurbishment

18th October 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the support arm of the Royal Navy (RN), has dedicated a new ship drawing on the experience of the offshore oil and gas (O&G) industry to protect…

17th October 2023

Ships converted to protect subsea infrastructure

17th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The PivotBuoy project, developed by X1 Wind in collaboration with nine industry partners, has completed its offshore demonstration project successfully with plenty of lessons learned for the future.

17th October 2023

VIDEO: New platform could revolutionise floating wind

17th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A project is looking to overcome the effects of strong winds and extreme wave loads on floating turbines.

16th October 2023

Project seeks answers to harsh seas in floating wind

16th October 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Macduff Ship Design has been undertaking some interesting development work on future tug technology, in addition to its latest ASD tug deliveries.

16th October 2023

Delivering future electric tug technology

16th October 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The International Salvage Union (ISU) has appointed John Witte Jr. as ISU president, succeeding Captain Nicholas Sloane, who will continue as a member of ISU’s Executive Committee.

16th October 2023

ISU appoints new president

16th October 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A specialised giant multi-purpose pontoon (MPP) will be built to lay a gravel bed under the tunnel element of the Fehmarnbelt project connecting Germany to Denmark.

16th October 2023

WATCH: unique 130m pontoon ordered for Fehmarnbelt Link

16th October 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Two almost 30-year-old ferries will get a refit to go fully electric.

13th October 2023

Swedish ferries to undergo electric conversion

13th October 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The maritime industry is facing huge challenges.

13th October 2023

Opinion: How exhaust scrubbers can bridge the fuel gap

13th October 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

With its location on the Moray Firth in Aberdeenshire, it will be no surprise that Macduff Ship Design describes fishing vessels as “the foundation on which the company was built”.

13th October 2023

Tug order boost for Macduff

13th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

What will be the world’s largest wind farm has started to produce electricity.

13th October 2023

First turbine switches on at world’s largest offshore wind farm

13th October 2023