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ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has secured a 960MW order for 64 turbines in the German North Sea.

29th September 2023

Vestas wins order for 64 offshore wind turbines

29th September 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A 150-year-old viaduct is being restored in Wales - and with no time to lose, as engineers discovered the state of the bridge was far worse than anticipated.

29th September 2023

VIDEO: Work begins to restore 150-year-old viaduct

29th September 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

An offshore floating wind farm will be assembled using a transportable dry dock technology by UK-based Tugdock.

29th September 2023

Mobile drydock assists in floating wind project

29th September 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

The keel laying of a new hybrid maintenance support vessel for Briggs Marine has taken place.

29th September 2023

Keel laying of ‘game-changing’ CTV

29th September 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Testing and certification firm Bureau Veritas (BV) has invested in a New York-based maritime software company to speed up the development of data-driven solutions in maritime with a focus on addressing new…

28th September 2023

BV invests in New York maritime software firm

28th September 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Maritime safety start-up Zelim is celebrating an agreement with the US Coast Guard that will trial artificial intelligence (AI) in search and rescue.

28th September 2023

Zelim signs trial agreement with US Coast Guard

28th September 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

German coastal states and the port industry have called on the government to boost sea port funding, which they say has remained unchanged for the past two decades.

28th September 2023

German sea ports release ‘Bremen Declaration’

28th September 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

A British-built hybrid crew transfer vessel is completing sea trials ahead of handover.

28th September 2023

Hybrid CTV on sea trials ahead of handover

28th September 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

As a £420 million (€486 million) expansion at the Port of Aberdeen is completed. funding has been confirmed for a multi-million pound project to design and deliver a large-scale land-side and vessel-side…

28th September 2023

Aberdeen crowned Scotland’s largest port

28th September 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A recent paper refutes what it says are misleading claims that battery electric vehicle (BEV) fires are more dangerous and frequent than those in vehicles with internal combustion engines (ICE).

27th September 2023

Fire and myth: exploring EV battery dangers in shipping

27th September 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Advent Technologies Holdings Inc has launched its Serene Power Systems range, innovative clean power solutions combining fuel cell and hydrogen technology.

27th September 2023

Advent’s new methanol clean power solution

27th September 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Global Underwater Hub (GUH) is leading the charge to tackle failures in underwater cables which could derail global offshore wind ambitions.

27th September 2023

Subsea cable failures could derail offshore wind ambitions

27th September 2023

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

The assignment of the executive design and implementation of the works for the deepening of the Seab through dredging and consolidation of the river quay.

27th September 2023

€11 million for dredging services

27th September 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Japanese shipping giant Mitsui OSK Ltd (MOL) has become a minority shareholder in the Netherlands-based floating wind start-up TouchWind.

27th September 2023

VIDEO: Mitsui OSK puts money into floating wind

27th September 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The decaying oil tanker FSO Safer could have been a humanitarian and environmental disaster. For once, though, the ultimate outcome was one of success rather than failure. Peter Barker reports on how a tragedy…

26th September 2023

Salvage success of a ‘ticking time bomb’

26th September 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Despite recent apparent misgivings within the US offshore wind industry – a recent auction received just one bid – there are many signs that the sector is still emerging and it is…

26th September 2023

SMST to deliver first 3D crane to US SOV

26th September 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Because fire is so dangerous onboard vessels, ship builders once used asbestos throughout vessel structures to try and mitigate the risk.

26th September 2023

Shipyard workers warned of deadly asbestos

26th September 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Ulstein Verft has signed a new shipbuilding contract to construct a large DP3 cable laying vessel for Nexans.

26th September 2023

Ulstein inks new cable laying vessel contract

26th September 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received an order worth more than €25 million for general cargo cranes for 10 multipurpose vessels built in Asia.

26th September 2023

€25 million order welcomed for cargo cranes

26th September 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Unions from 100 countries have signed a letter in support of US maritime unions, claiming offshore wind giant Ørsted has violated its own Code of Conduct with seafarers and dockers.

26th September 2023

Maritime unions stand together against Ørsted US

26th September 2023