News

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Rotterdam-based Smit Salvage has reported on eight incidents it has responded to globally, illustrating the broad spectrum of skills and assets required for this specialist sector of the maritime world.

2nd January 2024

Smit to the rescue globally in 2023

2nd January 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Two announcements appear to signal growing confidence in what has become a slightly beleaguered offshore wind industry in the UK.

20th December 2023

Announcements raise confidence in UK offshore wind

20th December 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Floating wind developer Gazelle Wind Power has signed an MOU with Tugdock to develop a new assembly system that it says will ‘to dramatically drive down costs and increase production of floating…

20th December 2023

MOU signed to install Italy’s largest OSW farm

20th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Denmark-based CBED has acquired two former oil and gas industry vessels for conversion into Service Operations Vessels (SOVs) for the offshore wind industry.

20th December 2023

CBED acquires two new SOVs from oil and gas

20th December 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Tsavliris Salvage Group owner George Tsavliris has spoken out against the dash to alternative fuels, which he says is farcical, hypocritical, and above all, unachievable.

20th December 2023

Future fuels: ‘Farcical, hypocritical, unachievable’ – George Tsavliris

20th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

A new tug has been delivered to the port of London as part of towage giant Svitzer’s operations on the River Thames and the River Medway.

19th December 2023

Port of London welcomes new tug

19th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Sanmar has sold two tugs to new customer Boluda Towage. Both boats, VB Horus and VB Amon, were delivered at the beginning of December. VB Horus and VB Amon are based on…

19th December 2023

Sanmar delivers first two tugs to new customer

19th December 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Damen Shipyards has created a new position for Martin Bloem, who starts with the firm as group director corporate affairs on the first day of next year.

19th December 2023

Damen creates new director position

19th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Marine product systems firm Vetus has broken ground on it’s 9,500m2 facility in the Netherlands, a new waterfront and purpose-built headquarters to expand its warehouse space.

19th December 2023

Ground broken on new marine products HQ

19th December 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Mingyang has left wind turbine manufacturers in the shade of its new 20MW mammoth, with an even larger one to come in the next couple of years.

18th December 2023

Chinese firm unveils latest upsized wind turbine

18th December 2023

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Contracting of the service corresponding to the stranding and afloat maintenance of fisheries and oceanographic research vessel

18th December 2023

Vessel repair & maintenance

18th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

A study has Identified three potential “turn-up-and-go” pedestrian and cycling-friendly electric ferry routes for the River Thames in East London.

18th December 2023

Study examines electric ferry options for London

18th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

The first of six identical commissioning service operation vessels, specifically built to work at offshore wind farms, has been delivered  for Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS) through its wholly owned subsidiary, IWS Fleet AS.

18th December 2023

First of six ‘Skywalker’ CSOVs delivered

18th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Svitzer has selected Kongsberg Digital to supply tug training simulators as the Denmark-based towage operator’s Port of Newcastle, Australia operation prepares for the arrival of the innovative TRAnsverse tug in early 2025.

15th December 2023

Training tug masters of the future

15th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Turkish tug builder Med Marine has won a significant order for six Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) designed tugs to operate in the ports of Tunisia.

15th December 2023

Six vessel Tunisian tug order for Med Marine

15th December 2023

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Vessels for rescue and flood works, evacuation of people, animals and material, ecological accidents and other extraordinary events,

15th December 2023

Rescue lifeboats with fire accessories

15th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

The news that Port of Antwerp-Bruges has introduced the world’s first hydrogen-powered tug after an earlier order for new vessels is the latest signal to tug operators that ports are heading for…

15th December 2023

Antwerp-Bruges grows its green tug agenda

15th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Fincantieri shipbuilding firm Vard will design and build a customised hybrid cable-lay and construction vessel for Japanese construction company Toyo Construction for $200 million, it has announced.

14th December 2023

$200m vessel ordered to help kickstart Japan’s OSW

14th December 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Two of the world’s three largest wind turbine manufacturers have agreed to work together in standardising equipment used in installing offshore wind.

14th December 2023

Wind competitor giants agree to join forces

14th December 2023

AUTONOMOUS VESSELS & TECHNOLOGY

AUTONOMOUS VESSELS & TECHNOLOGY

Marine propulsion technology firm HamiltonJet has launched what it is calling a triumph in water jet innovation.

14th December 2023

HamiltonJet launches HJ215 waterjet

14th December 2023