News

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Support in the American state of New Jersey for building offshore wind turbines off the coast has plummeted over the past four years, according to a new poll.

9th October 2023

Poll shows popularity slumping for US offshore windfarms

9th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Marine civils firm Land & Water has teamed up with marine conservation organization Project Seagrass to design and build an automated seagrass planter (ASP).

9th October 2023

​Automated machine developed for seagrass planting

9th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The marine and offshore technical advisory component of Bureau Veritas Group (BV Solutions M&O) has expanded an existing agreement with the Spanish noise and vibrations solutions firm TSI (Técnicas Y Servicios De…

9th October 2023

Bureau Veritas expands subsea noise-cutting agreement

9th October 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

More fears have been raised about the transport of electric vehicles after a container believed to contain a used one caught fire off the coast of Greece.

9th October 2023

EV suspected of causing container fire

9th October 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The UK’s Forth Ports has set out its ambitions for net zero carbon operation by 2042.

9th October 2023

Forth Ports sets out net zero ambitions

9th October 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Since the UK’s departure from the European Union on 31 December 2020, there have been notable changes in working opportunities for seafarers.

6th October 2023

Seafarers post Brexit: Navigating the changes

6th October 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Turkish tug builder Med Marine is experiencing busy times, reporting deliveries to owners in Italy, Greece and Libya and a significant three-vessel order for Denmark’s Svitzer Towage.

6th October 2023

Busy times for Med Marine

6th October 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Excess speed probably caused the grounding of a tug that was connecting a towline to an LNG tanker in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel last year, the US National Transportation Safety Board…

6th October 2023

Tug grounding probably caused by excess speed

6th October 2023

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Transport of 1,000 tonnes of shingle and placement in harbour for breeding and roosting shore and sea birds

6th October 2023

Shingle transport and placement for sea bird protection

6th October 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Jan De Nul has ordered a new extra-large cable-laying vessel to help with installations in ever deeper waters.

5th October 2023

Jan De Nul orders 28,000t cable-layer

5th October 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

No expense was spared by US-based engine manufacturer Cummins on the opening of its new $10 million master rebuild centre (MRC) in Krakow, the former capital of Poland, this week.

4th October 2023

EXCLUSIVE: Cummins $10m master engine rebuild centre opens

4th October 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Chartwell Marine and VARD have joined forces to deliver a ‘Midi-SOV’ vessel design for offshore wind which aims to fill a new operational role between CTVs and SOVs.

4th October 2023

Chartwell and Vard team up on new CTV design

4th October 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Four men have appeared in an Irish court after the Irish Army Ranger Wing, Gardai and Naval Service brought a container into the port of Cork carrying more than two tonnes of…

3rd October 2023

Irish patrol vessels seize cocaine worth €160 million

3rd October 2023

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

The International Maritime Rescue Federation has appointed Sir Timothy Laurence, the husband of the British Princess Anne, as patron.

3rd October 2023

Sir Timothy Laurence appointed IMRF patron

3rd October 2023

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Converter and substations required for connecting electricity from offshore wind to the French grid.

3rd October 2023

Offshore substations and onshore converter stations

3rd October 2023

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Desk study on implementation of nature-based solutions in coastal and transitional waters in Ireland to address multiple challenges including eutrophication, biodiversity loss, climate change.

3rd October 2023

Study into coastal and transitional waters

3rd October 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

As a result of a change to the widespread use of less robust materials such as reinforced concrete and steel piles commencing around 100 years ago, a lot of the UK’s port…

3rd October 2023

OPINION: The UK’s dilapidating port infrastructure

3rd October 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Britoil Offshore Services has bought 30 vessels from Vroon Offshore Services following the Dutch firm’s decision to divest itself of most of its offshore support fleet.

3rd October 2023

Britoil snaps up bulk of Vroon’s offshore support fleet

3rd October 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Prysmian PowerLink has been awarded a €1.1 billion contract by a German transmission grid operator as part of the country’s overall goal to reach a capacity of 70 GW for offshore wind by 2045.

3rd October 2023

Prysmian to power up German offshore wind supply

3rd October 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

State-backed export credit agency Export Finance Norway (Eksfin) is providing NOK 2bn in loan financing to the Hai Long wind park in the Taiwan Strait.

2nd October 2023

Taiwan offshore wind wins Norwegian financial backing

2nd October 2023