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VESSELS

VESSELS

A new chapter in Arctic towage has begun as a newly delivered ice-class tugboat built by Damen Shipyards officially entered service at the Port of Luleå.

29th August 2025

Damen tug debuts with Steerprop CRP

29th August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Dutch vessel owner and operator Windcat Workboats says it has officially presented Windcat Rotterdam, the first of a series of six CSOV Elevation vessels developed with Damen and CMB.Tech.

28th August 2025

Windcat presents first H2-capable Elevation series CSOV

28th August 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) is investigating an incident in which a passenger on a commercial RIB broke her back, leaving her permanently paralysed.

28th August 2025

Passenger paralysed on commercial RIB investigated by MAIB

28th August 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

DNV has revised its Maritime Simulator Systems Standard to strengthen vessel simulation, vessel training and vessel safety in a rapidly evolving maritime sector.

28th August 2025

DNV updates Maritime Simulator Standard

28th August 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A subsea equipment repair base has been opened in Florida by Drift Offshore, a UK firm that says it is answering a shortfall of such facilities in the US.

28th August 2025

UK firm opens subsea repair firm in US

28th August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

High-tech robotics and autonomous navigation firm Exail is building on its success with its USVs with another sale, this time to an unnamed ‘global hydrographic authority’.

28th August 2025

Exail expands sales with autonomous USV order

28th August 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A seabed lease has been finalised to allow the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank, to be expanded, even though the UK grid cannot cope with existing wind power generation.

28th August 2025

Plans agreed to make world’s biggest OSW farm even bigger

28th August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Saildrone’s Surveyor class of Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) has been given full classification by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), the first for a deep-sea unmanned platform, it says.

27th August 2025

VIDEO: Saildrone’s ‘Surveyor’ USV wins classification

27th August 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Marine contractor Van Oord is to breathe life into thousands of oysters to mitigate the damage caused to the North Sea bed by the growing scale of wind farms, cables and other…

27th August 2025

Van Oord lays foundations for North Sea oyster revival

27th August 2025

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Structural remediation, corrosion protection, pavement upgrades and the reinstatement of critical maritime infrastructure elements. 

27th August 2025

EARLY INFO: Maritime infrastructure

27th August 2025