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TUGS, TOWING & SALVAGE

TUGS, TOWING & SALVAGE

From tackling multiple wind turbine blade failures to responding to a damaged jack-up rig off Trinidad, global salvage operations demonstrate how salvors’ expertise stretches far beyond towing disabled vessels to a safe…

28th May 2026

Groundings and broken turbines among jobs for salvors

28th May 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Maritime artificial intelligence specialist SEA.AI will supply seven of its monitoring systems to a Spanish government department specifically to monitor marine animals such as whales.

28th May 2026

VIDEO: Spain taps AI to reduce whale strikes at sea

28th May 2026

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Three UK ports have piloted a government-backed shorepower project aiming to circumvent grid limitations and high connection costs.

28th May 2026

Batteries: Missing link in shorepower’s grid problem

28th May 2026

SAFETY & TRAINING

SAFETY & TRAINING

Novatug, the innovation and R&D arm of Multraship Towage & Salvage, has opened an advanced simulator and training centre at the group’s headquarters in Terneuzen, the Netherlands, built around technology from Wärtsilä.

28th May 2026

Multraship launches tug simulator training centre with Wärtsilä

28th May 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Australian manufacturing and robotics firm Hyperion Systems has highlighted the ‘transformative potential’ of 3D printing in vessel building with an entire hull produced in 40 hours.

28th May 2026

WATCH: 3D printing ‘in a box’ produces USV hull in 40 hours

28th May 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Few cities witness the arrival of a 3,000-tonne bridge deck by river. But in Nantes, residents watched as a steel span 150 metres long and eight storeys high was floated into position…

27th May 2026

Engineers use tide as a tool to install city bridge

27th May 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

One of the largest floating docks in the Baltic Sea is being built at Poland’s Wulkan Shipyard, where two sections have now been launched by Norwegian offshore services company BOA.

27th May 2026

Floating dock on track to becoming Baltic Sea’s biggest

27th May 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

It’s the biggest Seawork yet – with more than 100 new exhibitors and more halls, award entrants, conferences and vessels than ever before, writes Debbie Mason, editor of partner publication Maritime Journal.

27th May 2026

Looking forward to seeing you at Seawork 2026!

27th May 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

DeepOcean has begun operational use of a remote launch and recovery system for remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) developed by Evotec, enabling subsea operations to be conducted from shore through an automated process.

26th May 2026

DeepOcean deploys remote ROV launch and recovery system

26th May 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

RWE and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC (Masdar) have won planning permission for the 3GW Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind development, marking a major milestone for one of the UK’s…

26th May 2026

Planning nod given for 3GW offshore wind farms

26th May 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Seawork regular Damen has been contracted to build a Multi Cat 2712 workboat for Netherlands-based maritime services company Protunus.

26th May 2026

New order shows growing market for multi-purpose vessels

26th May 2026

SAFETY & TRAINING

SAFETY & TRAINING

The rapid expansion of offshore wind farms and wave energy devices around the UK coastline is creating serious hazards for shipping, navigation systems and emergency rescue operations, according to guidance published by…

26th May 2026

Offshore wind surge sparks safety warnings at sea

26th May 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

UK ocean engineering company DEEP is on the verge of deploying the first subsea human habitat for 40 years.

22nd May 2026

Subsea human habitat on cusp of deployment

22nd May 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Next Geosolutions has secured a contract worth approximately €9 million from TenneT to deliver marine survey activities for the offshore wind area Voordelta – Nederwiek 3 in the Netherlands.

22nd May 2026

NextGeo wins TenneT survey deal

22nd May 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Belfast Harbour has announced a £1.3 billion (€1.5 billion) spending programme that will reshape the city’s port infrastructure over the next 25 years, with major engineering projects aimed at expanding freight capacity,…

22nd May 2026

Belfast Harbour Masterplan looks to new horizons

22nd May 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Even the most advanced multibeam echosounder is only as good as the motion data behind it. Survey vessels pitch, roll and heave with every wave, and while this movement may seem subtle…

22nd May 2026

Why motion matters: From MRUs to INS in bathymetric survey

22nd May 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Boskalis aims to bring a new cable-lay vessel (CLV) into its fleet to target growing demand for long-distance cable installation as the offshore wind and interconnector sector soars.

21st May 2026

Boskalis announces new cable-lay vessel order

21st May 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) has begun laying the keel for MODULARIS, a new research vessel designed to accelerate maritime technology testing and certification. 

21st May 2026

WATCH: DLR’s new research vessel targets marine innovation

21st May 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Estonian State Fleet has signed a contract with and LMG MarinPoland’s CRIST S.A. shipyard to design and build Estonia’s first fully electric ferry for Baltic island services.

21st May 2026

Estonia’s first fully electric ice-class ferry

21st May 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

UK-based SubSea Craft will set up a base in the US to work with defence and maritime customers on specialist technologies including diver delivery systems.

21st May 2026

UK subsea craft company offers defence across the Pond

21st May 2026