News

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

“Wavelab” is the ground-breaking autonomous boat set to be an advanced testbed for sustainable urban mobility technologies. The contract to supply a complete electric drive train for the vessel is a vital…

22nd February 2022

Testbed drive contract awarded

22nd February 2022

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The port of Beirut, devastated by a massive explosion shortly followed by a warehouse fire, will be restored by a French firm over 10 years.

22nd February 2022

French firm hired to repair and maintain Beirut Port

22nd February 2022

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Work to lay three 66kV submarine cables between Bahrain mainland and its Hawar Islands will begin this month.

22nd February 2022

Herbosch-Kiere to lay cables for Bahrain and archipelago

22nd February 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

 The Portuguese Navy confirmed it had rescued 22 crew members from the burning 650ft Felicity Ace when it caught fire around 170 km southwest of the Azores, on its way to the…

21st February 2022

Container ship with 4,000 luxury cars on fire

21st February 2022

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The project, which was originally announced in 2019 by Finnish data networks and software firm Cinia and the Russian telecommunications company MegaFon, was put on ice in May 2021. Initially named the…

21st February 2022

Pan-Arctic cable project resurrected after delay

21st February 2022

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

The safety feature was first used in Thordon’s TG100 workboat and SeaThigor naval vessels, and has now been designed for use in merchant fleets. The new BlueWater Seal has been designed to…

21st February 2022

Thordon Bearings unveils shaft seal with SRTP

21st February 2022

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A water injection dredger has been launched at the Neptune Marine shipyard near Dordrecht in the Netherlands.

21st February 2022

Neptune Marine launches water injection dredger

21st February 2022

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Plans have been approved for a freeport development in Southampton on the UK’s south coast.

18th February 2022

Solent Gateway

18th February 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Wilhelmsen has acquired a 21% stake in Reach Subsea ASA. This further positions Wilhelmsen in the renewable value chain along with recognising the substantial potential in Reach’s innovative remote subsea concept.

17th February 2022

Remote renewables vessel fleet investment

17th February 2022

MARINE CIVILS NEWS

MARINE CIVILS NEWS

A new 30m CTV pontoon to service Scotland’s largest windfarm has been installed for the Montrose Port Authority.The new CTV pontoon ensures safe working conditions for workers and crews all year round,…

17th February 2022

Pontoon key to renewable energy provision

17th February 2022

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The last phase of the commissioning of the first of Damen’s ground-breaking Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 7011 class – the Aqua Helix - is now underway with its Ampelmann gangway installed and…

17th February 2022

Gangway! FCS in final phase

17th February 2022

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

 Shipbuilding capabilities are to be scaled up and product offering expanded thanks to the acquisition of a significantly larger shipbuilding facility.The new acquisition will represent a significant upgrade in Strategic Marine’s offering…

17th February 2022

Strategic boost to capacity acquired

17th February 2022

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Two Saab Sabertooth robots will go under the Antarctic ice in the hunt for the wreck of the Endurance, sunk during Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated expedition to establish a base on Antarctica’s…

17th February 2022

Hunt for Endurance

17th February 2022

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

ScaffFloat, from Seawork exhibitors WorkFloat, a system of patented plastic floats that allows pontoons, barges and workboats to be built from standard scaffold components, has just launched its first pontoon in Australia…

16th February 2022

ScaffFloat down under

16th February 2022

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A Finnish boatbuilder, known for its high specification emergency, military, law enforcement and pilot vessels has delivered a new ambulance boat to Austevoll near Bergen, Norway.

16th February 2022

State-of-the-art ambulance boat for Austevoll

16th February 2022

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The signing of a new 15-year lease has paved the way to further investment in the infrastructure and the vessels required to operate and provide marine services for Pembroke Port.Philip Williams (L)…

16th February 2022

New lease shows commitment

16th February 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A British firm has manufactured specialised load monitoring and data logging equipment for a sustainable R&D project

16th February 2022

Custom monitoring of kelp

16th February 2022

OCEAN SCIENCES

OCEAN SCIENCES

OceanWise has won the tender to supply, install and maintain marine environmental monitoring systems (MEMS) for the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO).

16th February 2022

Marine monitoring deal

16th February 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New guidance for underwater radiated noise aims to protect marine ecosystems

15th February 2022

Tackling underwater noise

15th February 2022

OCEAN SCIENCES

OCEAN SCIENCES

A marine technology company is aiming to improve the safety and efficiency of unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance during offshore energy projects with the introduction of a secure, wireless underwater initiation capability.

15th February 2022

New wireless seabed unexploded ordnance disposal capability

15th February 2022