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ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The French government is to furnish the tidal energy pilot farm FloWatt with €65 million of funding, setting a benchmark for others in Europe to follow.

17th July 2023

France boosts its tidal sector with €65m funding

17th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has announced the appointment of Rear Admiral Angus Essenhigh OBE as the United Kingdom’s new national hydrographer. 

17th July 2023

UKHO appoints new national hydrographer

17th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Siemens Financial Services is helping Orkney-based Green Marine to grow its business whilst focusing on its sustainability commitments.

14th July 2023

Green Marine cash injection boosts growth

14th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

German press has reported that a car carrier in the port of Bremerhaven tore lose from its moorings and crashed docks before knocking over a crane, causing hundreds of thousands of euros’…

14th July 2023

Car carrier causes thousands of euros’ damage

14th July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Oil giants BP and Total Energies have been awarded offshore wind projects totalling 7GW in the German North Sea.

14th July 2023

Oil giants dig deep to win massive offshore wind projects

14th July 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Towage giant Svitzer has signed a 15-year agreement to provide services for LNG operations at a new import terminal in Greece, the company has announced.

13th July 2023

Svitzer tugs contracted for first Greek project

13th July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Specialist shipping, navigation and maritime risk consultancy NASH Maritime has been commissioned to undertake a package of shipping and navigation studies for two offshore wind projects that are being developed by Thistle…

13th July 2023

Navigation studies under way for ScotWind projects

13th July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Ørsted’s Hornsea offshore wind farms project has been given a boost with consent given for a fourth, bringing the total generating capacity of all of them to more than 8GW when they…

13th July 2023

Hornsea 4 offshore wind farm gets go-ahead

13th July 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A five-year Dutch research project is investigating the technologies and engineering required to build floating structures big enough to hold entire cities as a way of responding to possible future sea level…

13th July 2023

Project embraces sea level rises with floating cities

13th July 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

An EcoTow agreement between Svitzer and an LNG Terminal in the UK will see a five-tug fleet switch from using marine gas oil (MGO) as fuel to hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO).

12th July 2023

Five tugs signed up to EcoTow fuel solution

12th July 2023

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Maintenance of mooring equipment and underwater interventions at St Tropez

12th July 2023

€2.4 million port maintenance contract awarded

12th July 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

North Star shipping is expanding its team to help leverage its expertise beyond the UK and into Europe as it seeks to galvanise its offshore wind growth ambitions.

12th July 2023

North Star expands into Europe to chase offshore wind growth

12th July 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

A new UK consortium being led by hydrogen developer Tower Group aims to build two new hydrogen powered marine vessels in conjunction with the University of Exeter.

12th July 2023

Powering the offshore sector with hydrogen vessels

12th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Boluda Towage boss Vicente Boluda Fos has been awarded the Gold Medal of the City of Bruges in recognition of his contribution to the towage industry, which has lasted more than six…

12th July 2023

Boluda boss wins gold medal in Bruges

12th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Reports have been coming in on the deaths of two sailors on a trailing suction hopper dredger off the Port of Varna in Bulgaria last week.

12th July 2023

Two crew found dead in dredger in Bulgaria

12th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Pilot decisions were ‘not in line with best marine practice’ when the Ever Given ran aground in the Suez Canal more than two years ago, a report has finally concluded.

11th July 2023

Pilot errors caused ‘Ever Given’ grounding – report

11th July 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS) has awarded Fugro a new hydrographic survey contract for the 2023 MAREANO seabed mapping programme.

11th July 2023

Fugro continues Norway seabed mapping

11th July 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

What would you say to a 24 passenger CTV that could reach a top speed of 52 knots – but could be run in economy mode at 40kn drinking only 11.4 litres…

11th July 2023

Aircat CTV design promises comfort and efficiency

11th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

In the week following Seawork 2023, Southampton laid out the red carpet again as one well-known local marine logistics company celebrated its 50th birthday.

11th July 2023

​Champagne corks pop at Peters & May

11th July 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Bernhard Schulte Offshore has contracted Ulstein Verft to design and built two commissioning service operations vessels (CSOV) of type ULSTEIN SX22, with the option for a further four.

7th July 2023

Ulstein Verft to build twin stern CSOV duo

7th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A recent panel discussion hosted by the IMCA has reiterated calls to standardise contracts and allocate risk more fairly within the offshore wind industry.

7th July 2023

Panel calls for offshore contract standardisation

7th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Dutch marine repair services firm Aegir-Marine has opened an office in Turkey with seven service engineers now stationed there ‘to better serve customers in rthe region and reduce the need for flights…

7th July 2023

Aegir-Marine opens office in Turkey

7th July 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Personal and vessel safety beacons that were unveiled at Seawork have now been launched on the market.

7th July 2023

Ocean Signal launches equipment unveiled at Seawork

7th July 2023