VIDEO: Topsides removal marks ten years of Allseas’ single-lift tech
Ten years after its first commercial single-lift operation, Allseas' Pioneering Spirit has safely removed and delivered TAQA UK's North Cormorant topsides to Shetland. Here, the structure will be dismantled and recycled. Weighing more than 17,000 tonnes, the former...
‘Autonomy is key to secure critical subsea infrastructure’
Autonomy must be at the heart of our reaction to growing threats to subsea critical national infrastructure, states Matthew Ratsey, the founder of a UK marine tech firm. He points out that as adversaries become more adept at exploiting weaknesses in existing systems,...
New European Maritime Skills Forum to tackle skills gap
The digital and green transition require new skills from seafarers. At the same time, there is a shortage of maritime professionals and limited mobility between land and on-board positions. The European Maritime Skills Forum, a joint initiative of ECSA and ETF, seeks...
SWZ|Maritime’s January 2025 issue: Tideman special and optimistic 2025
SWZ|Maritime is not so much a historical, but primarily a technological journal. But if there is any sector to which the adage applies that ‘he who does not know the past, cannot understand the present and cannot shape the future’, then perhaps it is shipbuilding....
US and Canada Coast Guard free cargo ship from ice
US Coast Guard cutters Bristol Bay (WTGB 102), Neah Bay (WTGB 105), and Canadian Coast Guard ship Samuel Risley broke the Manitoulin free from the ice on 25 January after arriving on scene. The vessel had been stuck since 22 January in Lake Erie, but is now continuing...
ABS approves HD KSOE’s hydrogen vacuum insulation system
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) has received ABS approval in principle (AiP) for a tank design that enables large-scale hydrogen transport and storage. The vacuum insulation system from HD KSOE is designed to reduce the time required to...
De Haas completes upgrade of Dutch navy landing craft
De Haas Shipyards in Rotterdam handed over the first two of four refurbished landing craft to the Royal Netherlands Navy on 23 January. The so-called Landing Craft Utilities (LCUs) have undergone modernisation. Thanks to the operation, the vessels will now last until...
Eastern Navigation orders 100mt Huisman crane
Huisman has won a contract from Zhenjiang Jiangsu Shipyard for the delivery of a 100mt Pedestal Mounted Crane to Eastern Navigation. This marks the fifth Pedestal Mounted Crane Huisman will supply for Eastern Navigation's fleet. Eastern Navigation provides maritime...
VIDEO: Heesen launches 55-metre superyacht Solemates
Heesen Yachts has launched the 55-metre steel yacht YN 20655, now officially named Solemates. The yacht will now enter the commissioning phase in preparation for its maiden voyage to the North Sea, where it will undergo rigorous sea trials. The yacht, previously...
‘Trump’s America First trade policy is hurting US shippers’
Donald Trump has not immediately followed through with his election vow of sweeping import tariffs, but uncertainty in his trade policy leaves US shippers braced for supply chain chaos. Xeneta analysts warn the uncertainty makes it impossible to manage supply chain...
Thyssenkrupp develops new guided missiles for submarines
At the end of last year, the Procurement Office of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior (BAAINBw) signed a contract for the development and qualification of a guided missile system for the active self-defence of submarines. Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and Diehl...
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