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EVENTS

EVENTS

Entries are flooding in for the celebrated Seawork Awards, offering maritime businesses, teams and individuals the chance to showcase innovations on one of the industry’s biggest stages.

10th April 2026

DON’T MISS OUT: Get your Seawork Award entry in NOW

10th April 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The maritime battery sector is rapidly evolving, with more approvals, different chemistries and greater vessel electrification, a report by the Maritime Battery Form has shown.

9th April 2026

Latest Maritime Battery report shows evolving sector trends

9th April 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Salvors were called in to clear up a protected stretch of coast after a spilled cargo of onions alerted them to lost containers.

9th April 2026

Spilled onions prompt salvors’ response

9th April 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Global ship classification body RINA (Registro Italiano Navale) has pledged to work with the South Korean group Hanwha on greater adoption of advanced battery-hybrid propulsion systems in the maritime sector.

9th April 2026

RINA signs MOU to promote battery-hybrid propulsion

9th April 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

A Swedish ferry operator has signed an agreement to install a large-scale battery system on a new hybrid high-speed vessel as part of efforts to reduce fuel use and emissions on a…

9th April 2026

Electric shift for Baltic ferry as hybrid vessel deal signed

9th April 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The UK’s communications regulator has opened a consultation on Maritime Spectrum Licences to align them with international practice and simplify processes, it says.

8th April 2026

OfCom opens consultation for clearer signals, safer seas

8th April 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

With the demand for offshore wind components predicted to surge in the coming years, getting them to where they’re needed could become an issue, analysis by maritime data analytics company Spinergie has…

8th April 2026

​Offshore wind surge risks transport bottlenecks, data warns

8th April 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A contract has been agreed to power fast ferries with pure electricity in a UNESCO World Heritage site in Norway.

8th April 2026

UNESCO Heritage fjord to run battery fast ferries

8th April 2026

THE SEAWORKER CHRONICLES

THE SEAWORKER CHRONICLES

In our latest podcast we talk to Karel Roozen, the CEO of NextOcean, which has developed a motion radar technology that can predict the unpredictable and prevent the worst from happening. Maritime Journal editor…

8th April 2026

PODCAST: Three minutes – the difference between ‘close call’ and catastrophe

8th April 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Alewijnse and Damen have joined forces to develop the largest tugs that Alewijnse has ever worked on.

7th April 2026

Damen-Alewijnse tug design boasts higher power

7th April 2026