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MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Van Oord subsidiary Paans Van Oord will use natural fascine mattresses to reinforce banks along the Kerkvaart River in the Netherlands for the first time.

9th September 2024

Mattress reinforcement for riverbanks

9th September 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Cochin Shipyard in India is building two more Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for North Star’s offshore wind farm operations.

6th September 2024

Two more SOVs destined for North Star

6th September 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A five-and-a-half-year wave energy project has been given almost €20 million by the European Union.

6th September 2024

€19m funding secured for Portuguese wave energy

6th September 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Work on the fifth and final phase of the North Portsea Coastal Scheme is set to start in the first week of September along Ports Creek, the northern shore of Portsea Island…

6th September 2024

Final phase begins for Portsea flood defences

6th September 2024

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Planning services for renovation of jetties for the object planning of civil engineering structures.

6th September 2024

€250k technical planning for jetty renovation

6th September 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A study by scientists predicts that thousands of wind turbines being installed along the North American Atlantic continental shelf will cause ‘the largest regional change in marine substrates since the retreat of…

5th September 2024

Offshore wind and impact on seabed: study

5th September 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Damen Shiprepair has hired five robots to carry out hull restoration works including washing, grit/hydro blasting, painting and final inspections.

5th September 2024

Damen hires hull maintenance robots

5th September 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Candela’s ground-breaking flying electric ferry is set to begin operations in Berlin.

5th September 2024

Electric hydrofoil ferry begins operations in Berlin

5th September 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

More than 40 passengers and crew were injured when a master fell asleep at the helm of a ro-ro passenger ferry,  investigators have found.

5th September 2024

String of errors causes ferry grounding – report

5th September 2024

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Volvo Penta top management talk to Maritime Journal about the issues facing commercial marine – and what the company is doing to prepare for it.

5th September 2024

PODCAST: Sit-down with Volvo Penta CEO and Marine president

5th September 2024