News

EVENTS

EVENTS

Join delegates at the second Rotterdam Get Set for Workboat 2050, opening its doors a week tomorrow at the beautiful Wereldmuseum.

18th March 2026

Last chance to book – Get Set for Workboat 2050 in Rotterdam

18th March 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The next and largest UK government’s renewable energy auction will open in July, with reforms including a new category for deep-water wind and a stronger focus on industrial strategy.

18th March 2026

Largest UK offshore wind auction set for July

18th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Walker Marine Design (WMD) and Mainprize Offshore have revealed a new 33-metre Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) based on their semi-SWATH hull design, with the first two vessels currently under construction and scheduled…

18th March 2026

Walker Marine Design & Mainprize unveil 33m Supa-SWATH CTV

18th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

It’s a very bold ambition: to change the entire mindset of the offshore survey sector so that in the future, vessels will be entirely unmanned.

17th March 2026

Ocean Infinity: To boldly go where no man will go again

17th March 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A new partnership aims to advance the scale-up and drive the cost down for floating offshore wind projects through joint technology development and global standards alignment.

17th March 2026

A global push to scale up floating wind

17th March 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Seawork exhibitors Hefring Marine and Ecomar Propulsion have struck a partnership that they say will improve safety and operational efficiency at sea.

17th March 2026

Seawork exhibitors partner up for electric marine safety

17th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

The Swedish Sea Rescue Society (SSRS) is introducing three new classes of purpose-built rescue vessels designed by Birger Kullmann Design, strengthening its operations along Sweden’s coastline and archipelagos with entirely new technical…

16th March 2026

Sweden launches three classes of high-speed rescue boats

16th March 2026

SAFETY & TRAINING

SAFETY & TRAINING

Inadequate tug power, poor communication, lack of joint risk assessment and a failure to coordinate simultaneous operations led to the death of a welder in Rotterdam’s Botlek harbour, a report has found.

16th March 2026

How a fatal allision exposed unseen risks of complex docking

16th March 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The US offshore wind market has reached another milestone with the Vineyard Wind 1 project installing its final turbine and the Revolution Wind project now delivering power to the grid. 

16th March 2026

US offshore wind flies in the face of veto attempts

16th March 2026

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The eye-watering cost of floating offshore wind was laid bare at Oceanology International last week, with scientists admitting it was at least six times more expensive than conventional fixed-bottom turbines.

16th March 2026

Floating wind’s eye-watering costs laid bare at Oceanology

16th March 2026