Workboats

OPINION

OPINION

Specialist vessels and equipment are attracting investment as offshore wind developers face increasingly complex projects. But a large development pipeline is no guarantee of investor appetite, highlighting the widening gap between physical demand and financial confidence.

19th August 2026

FEATURE: Offshore wind’s two-speed economy

19th August 2026

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Handling the unique properties of HVO requires specialised software and equipment onboard, and ongoing improvements may lead to increased adoption of the renewable fuel. Michael Nash reports.

29th April 2026

Suppliers optimise onboard management for HVO

29th April 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

UK Docks Marine Services has won £80m Royal Navy fleet support contracts while also undertaking its first international refit, restoring former HMS Enterprise for the Bangladesh Navy. 

14th April 2026

UK Docks lands major Navy deal and restores ‘HMS Enterprise’

14th April 2026

OPINION

OPINION

Fire risk during maintenance and refit is under renewed scrutiny across the maritime sector, writes Morgan Davis, Business Development manager at Ramtech, which designs and develops industry-leading end-to-end Internet of Things and innovative…

20th February 2026

Ahead of the spark: Fire safety for workboats and offshore fleets

20th February 2026

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Autonomy in the maritime sector is often talked about as an end-state: vessels operating with minimal or no crew, navigating complex waterways without human intervention, writes SEA.AI CEO Marcus Warrelmann.

23rd January 2026

Machine vision: A critical layer in autonomy

23rd January 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

For decades, GPS and other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) have formed an invisible foundation for maritime operations, writes Alastair MacLeod, CEO, Ground Control, a PNT resilience provider.

7th January 2026

GNSS isn’t enough to protect workboats from jamming and spoofing

7th January 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The Cornwall UK marine contractor, Mylor Mooring Services, has expanded its operations to include pontoon installation, vessel towing and logistics.

24th November 2025

Cornish marine contractor expands its operations

24th November 2025

OPINION

OPINION

With carbon penalties looming, there’s a lot of work going on to find alternatives to diesel, which still has no real competitor when it comes to cost, availability or performance.

17th September 2025

Is the maritime industry ready for the hydrogen era?

17th September 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Damen Shipyards and Folla Maritime have launched a joint venture shipyard, Damen Folla, that aims to deliver vessels for the aquaculture sector.

19th August 2025

Damen launches aquaculture vessel shipyard joint venture

19th August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Across Europe’s maritime sector, operational agencies are rethinking the way they specify and deploy high-performance rigid inflatable boats (RIBs).

13th August 2025

Multi-role vessels: Shift in requirements for marine agency craft

13th August 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The UK’s Falmouth Harbour in the southwest of England has created an HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) re-fuelling facility for its workboat fleet.

1st August 2025

Falmouth rolls out HVO for workboat fleet

1st August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

PowerCell’s Marine System 225 has received Type Approval from Lloyd’s Register, helping advance the use of hydrogen for vessel propulsion and alternative fuels at sea.

23rd June 2025

Lloyds Type Approval for hydrogen fuel cell system

23rd June 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Proteus Energy has unveiled a cutting-edge hydrogen fuel cell system aimed at transforming workboat propulsion and vessel power using alternative fuels.

19th June 2025

A milestone in hydrogen fuel power cell development

19th June 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Building relationships and networking is central to Seawork and there’s nothing more satisfying than watching them bloom and blossom as the years go by. 

13th June 2025

A winning partnership in marine civils

13th June 2025

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Delegates were treated to a Rotterdam conference against the backdrop of the beautiful Wereld Museum as part of the series of Seawork Get Set for Workboat 2050 conferences last week. During the breaks, Maritime…

2nd April 2025

PODCAST: Get Set for Workboat 2050 in Rotterdam

2nd April 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Composites have a lot to offer the commercial maritime world, but haven’t there been issues with strength, size, weight and above all, cost? Stevie Knight has found some straightforward answers alongside some…

31st March 2025

Composite workboats: Fact, fiction and form

31st March 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Macduff Ship Design has announced delivery of two vessels to its design to SAAM Towage Canada.

6th February 2025

Two Macduff designs delivered to Canada

6th February 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Alicat Workboats has won a financial package and a contract to build two offshore wind vessels for Turkey.

8th October 2024

Workboat builder wins contract with £2m finance

8th October 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new digital workboat finder tool which allows users to find and charter workboats within an 800 nm radius has been unveiled at SMM.

10th September 2024

A digital solution to streamline fleet management

10th September 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Lives at are risk if operators try to ‘cut corners’ on davit inspection, says the boss of Vestdavit.

17th May 2024

Cutting corners on davit checks risks lives

17th May 2024