News

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The UK’s early move to expand the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) to offshore vessels could raise port costs and weaken the UK’s competitiveness.

30th July 2025

New carbon rules threaten UK offshore edge

30th July 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Three multi-million-euro dredging projects have issued tenders in Italy, from the west to the south and back up to the east.

30th July 2025

Italy issues €multi-million dredging tenders

30th July 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The second phase of major works to expand the Port of Rotterdam to accommodate larger and an increasing number of vessels has begun.

30th July 2025

Phase B of Yangtzekanaal widening begins

30th July 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The Norwegian offshore wind transporter and installer Fred. Olsen Windcarrier will transport and install 63 wind turbines for the Gennaker wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.

30th July 2025

Installation deal signals untapped Baltic Sea potential

30th July 2025

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Call for applications for bathymetric survey services for the Commercial Ports of Bastia and Ile-Rousse. 

30th July 2025

Bathymetric surveys tender

30th July 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The UK’s busiest Roll-On, Roll-Off (Ro-Ro) port, Dover, is grappling with the challenge of decarbonising its operations amid national and global climate goals.

30th July 2025

UK’s largest Ro-Ro port faces decarbonisation challenge

30th July 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Mitsui & Co. Europe Ltd and MOL have completed a landmark port acquisition, taking ownership of Scotland’s Port of Nigg and two key energy services firms.

30th July 2025

Mitsui acquires Scottish offshore renewables port

30th July 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Inyanga Marine Energy Group has announced it is taking over the joint operational management of the newly built hybrid utility vessel Tor Boreas, in partnership with Tor Group.

29th July 2025

Inyanga’s cutting-edge vessel for offshore ops

29th July 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Three maritime firms have joined up to ramp up navigation and tracking tools in response to what they call ’an urgent need’ in high-risk maritime environments.

29th July 2025

Three firms collaborate to tackle growing cyber threats

29th July 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Italian engineering giant Saipem and Luxembourg-domiciled offshore engineers and construction firm Subsea7 have officially merged to create ‘a global leader in energy services’.

28th July 2025

€Multi-billion offshore firms complete merger

28th July 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Nokia’s selection to power the Medusa subsea cable system signals a major step forward for better connectivity and communications, but it could also bring new commercial subsea opportunities.

28th July 2025

Medusa subsea cable boost for the industry

28th July 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

A new UK Government-backed project is using AI prediction to improve vessel performance and offshore operations while cutting carbon emissions and costs.

28th July 2025

AI powers predictive CTV maintenance

28th July 2025

SAFETY & TRAINING

SAFETY & TRAINING

Crew fatigue, poor watchkeeping and underused navigational tech are contributing to serious – and avoidable – accidents at sea, a recent UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report warns.

28th July 2025

Fatigue, collisions and understaffed crews – MAIB report

28th July 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

A battery energy storage system (BESS) has been tested on a ferry destined for Scotland in a second set of sea trials on the vessel in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey.

28th July 2025

Battery hybrid ferry takes second sea trial

28th July 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Acteon, through its marine foundations business line, Menck, has won a major deal to provide advanced pile-driving equipment and services for the construction of the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the…

25th July 2025

Menck secures Hornsea pile-driving contract

25th July 2025

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Construction work for the renovation of the quay wall at Gutleuthafen, Frankfurt am Main.

25th July 2025

Quay wall construction tender

25th July 2025

OPINION

OPINION

Without more leases, infrastructure or investor confidence, the UK’s floating wind ambitions look highly unlikely, says Theo Cleave, commercial manager at marine construction specialist MintMech.

25th July 2025

Floating wind: An impossible target?

25th July 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

NSSLGlobal is equipping one yacht with advanced GMDSS technology to enhance marine safety and communications during the 2025 Tall Ships Races.

24th July 2025

NSSLGlobal powers safety at sea

24th July 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK government has released an interim response to a consultation it sent out in November 2024 on the expansion of its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).

24th July 2025

UK ETS warning: smaller vessels will be not be immune

24th July 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Dutch company U-Boat Worx has announced a major strategic overhaul with the formation of three new core divisions deisgned to further its reach in the subsea sector.

24th July 2025

U-Boat Worx targets global subsea market

24th July 2025