News

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

As more vessel operators and owners seek alternative means of propulsion, new fuels and battery options are mounting up.

18th December 2024

INTERVIEW: Leading the charge in marine batteries

18th December 2024

EVENTS

EVENTS

Get Set for Workboat 2050, Series 5, Session 2 is your must-attend 1-day conference in Rotterdam. Partnered with the Workboat Association and Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners (KVNR). Learn about the latest in…

17th December 2024

Get Set for Workboat 2050 – Live from Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam!

17th December 2024

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Equinor and Fugro have agreed to develop a pipeline to transport up to 27 million tonnes to a permanent storage location on the Norwegian continental shelf.

17th December 2024

Offshore giants combine to form ‘CO2 highway’

17th December 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New Inheritance Tax laws introduced by the UK’s Labour government could be crippling for British family marine businesses, trade association British Marine has said.

17th December 2024

British Marine slams ‘crippling’ new UK taxes

17th December 2024

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Italian geosciences company Next Geosolutions has secured a €43 million contract to carry out surveys in the North Sea to look at offshore wind grid connections.

17th December 2024

New contract signed for subsea survey

17th December 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A report into the engine room fire on Ro-Ro passenger ferry Stena Express in February 2023 has concluded bad repair and inadequate modifications led to the incident.

16th December 2024

Engine fire linked to poor state of repair

16th December 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

An electric hydro-foiling ferry has joined New Zealand’s largest ferry operator after Maritime New Zealand awarded the vessel commercial certification.

13th December 2024

INTERVIEW: Vessev on its electric hydrofoiling ferry

13th December 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The world’s longest and deepest subsea tunnel is being built in Norway at a cost of around $36 billion.

13th December 2024

World’s longest subsea tunnel gathers pace

13th December 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Daniel Winter has been named president of the Danish Danfoss Power Solutions, replacing Eric Alström, who is stepping down after 12 years.

13th December 2024

Danfoss Power Solutions appoints new president

13th December 2024

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Naval Architecture Services for the provision of General Naval Architecture, vessel licensing, vessel inspection & refurbishment and IMDG cargos/ INF Cargo.

13th December 2024

£1.8 million naval architecture tender

13th December 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

The first electric tug in South America has been launched by SAAM Towage for operations with the Chilean Oil Company ENAP.

13th December 2024

First electric tug launched in South America

13th December 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The tragic consequences of failing to equip crew with Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) were laid bare before delegates at the IMCA global summit last week.

12th December 2024

PLBs: The difference between survival and tragedy

12th December 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A six-year construction project to connect roads on both sides of a river near the Port of Rotterdam has finally been opened to traffic.

12th December 2024

Six-year Rotterdam underwater motorway completed

12th December 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The UK’s third largest port operator, Forth Ports, has put £50 million (€60.6 million) into its Port of Leith to build the port infrastructure essential for installing the 1.1GW Inch cape offshore…

12th December 2024

Forth Ports spends £50m after ‘game changer’ contract

12th December 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

RWE and TotalEnergies have chosen the port of Eemshaven in the northern Dutch province of Groningen as the hub for turbine assembly and construction work for their joint offshore wind project, OranjeWind.

12th December 2024

Eemshaven named as OranjeWind base port

12th December 2024

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Design and construction of a lock and fairway in a new location in Lilla Edet.

11th December 2024

€154 million canal construction tender

11th December 2024

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

With all kinds of uncertainties facing marine contractors today, not least environmental legislation and taxation in the pipeline, the value of a common voice cannot be exaggerated, Iain Grainger, CEO of the…

11th December 2024

IMCA interview: The value of the common voice

11th December 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Oil giant BP has teamed up with Japan’s largest power generation firm JERA Nex to create a ‘top-tier’ global offshore wind joint venture.

11th December 2024

BP joint venture could revolutionise offshore wind industry

11th December 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Tugdock and Sarens have successfully secured funding from The Crown Estate’s Supply Chain Accelerator to develop a heavy lift Operations and Maintenance (O&M) hub at ABP’s Port Talbot, Wales.

11th December 2024

Crown Estate backing for floating offshore wind O&M hub

11th December 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Svitzer has contracted Cheoy Lee Shipyards in Hong Kong to construct four TRAnsverse tugs, expected to be delivered by the end of 2026.

11th December 2024

Svitzer continues to decarbonise its towing fleet

11th December 2024