OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

French engineering and offshore services group Aventa has snapped up Irish Sea Contractors (ISC) in a deal that will add a raft of capabilities to the company and give it a bridge to the Irish market. ISC has been operating…

Today

Aventa expands operations with Irish Sea Contractors purchase

Today

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Construction is set to begin on a £19.8 million scheme to protect the UK's Torcross in Devon after devastating storms in January and February stripped away protective shingle, flooded homes and damaged coastal infrastructure. Almost 90,000 tonnes of rock armour…

Today

Europe battens down the hatches ahead of storm season

Today

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

All four dry docks at the former Smith's Dockyard on Teesside were full this week under one operator for the first time since the 1980s after a major spend from UK Docks…

Today

Historic Tees dockyard at full capacity for first time since 1980s

Today

VESSEL BUILD & REPAIR

VESSEL BUILD & REPAIR

A free programme open to marine businesses looking to clean up their act has been launched for the third time, thanks to funding from former Google CEO’s Eric Schmidt’s family foundation. MarineShift360…

Yesterday

Ex-Google CEO’s charity opens aid applications for marine businesses

Yesterday

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

From a redesigned acoustic sensor gondola to upgraded winches, laboratories and deep-sea systems, a special look inside France’s flagship research vessel has revealed the engineering behind a ship built to investigate some…

Yesterday

FEATURE: New horizons for France’s flagship deep-research vessel

Yesterday

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

HamiltonJet has appointed Sam Hamilton as chairman of its board of directors, marking the fourth generation of the founding Hamilton family to lead the New Zealand waterjet propulsion manufacturer.

Yesterday

Fourth generation takes the helm at HamiltonJet

Yesterday

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

Volvo Penta’s IPS Professional Platform combines assisted docking with intelligent power management. Aboard the Penta 40, Isabelle Bylett experiences what the system could mean for the crew workload and operating efficiency of…

Yesterday

“Making stressful situations calm”: Volvo Penta’s approach to assisted docking

Yesterday

FUTURE FUELS

FUTURE FUELS

Hailed as the world’s first battery-electric methanol tug, Svitzer’s Balder has had its methanol gensets replaced with traditional diesel. “After comprehensive testing and review, we have decided to remove the methanol engines…

13th October 2026

World-first methanol tug stripped of methanol gensets

13th October 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Three million cubic metres of sand will be placed across 261 hectares of tidal flats in the Eastern Scheldt, the Netherlands, in a major replenishment project designed to counter erosion and preserve…

13th October 2026

3 million m³ sand replenishment to raise 261 hectares of tidal flats

13th October 2026

FUTURE FUELS

FUTURE FUELS

Dutch offshore support vessel owner Acta Marine has formally christened its methanol dual-fuel offshore wind vessel Acta Hercules. The construction service operation vessel (CSOV) was christened in IJmuiden, the Netherlands ahead of…

12th October 2026

Methanol dual-fuel CSOV christened in the Netherlands

12th October 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Bibby Marine has launched what it is calling a ‘first of a kind’ electric commissioning service operation vessel (eCSOV). The vessel Staffordshire was launched at Armon Shipyard in Vigo, Spain and will…

12th October 2026

Bibby Marine launches battery-first eCSOV in Spain

12th October 2026