Damen Shipyards Group reports that it has delivered its latest Combi Freighter (CF) 3850 type newbuild to German short-sea shipping firm Reederei Gerdes. Christened Holger G, and designed to carry both bulk and breakbulk cargoes, the vessel marks the 11th Damen delivery to Reederei Gerdes, and follows the handover of sister vessel Helga G in […]
A new initiative, dubbed the Digitally Enabled Efficient Propeller (D.E.E.P.) project, aims to combine additive manufacturing (AM) with digital twin technology to produce a series of ‘smart propellers’ that can monitor their own performance throughout their operational lifecycles. Funded by the sixth round of Innovate UK’s Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC6), and led by Enki […]
The past few years have seen regulators warm to nuclear power’s potential, but a major challenge remains: persuading investors to fund nuclear-powered commercial ships. This was the main theme of the roundtable Is Nuclear the Missing Piece in Maritime Decarbonisation?, hosted by classification society IRClass during London International Shipping Week in September. Gihan Ismail, director […]
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has issued generic interim training guidelines for seafarers tasked with handling and managing zero-emission/near-zero-emission fuels, including hydrogen, ammonia, fuel cells, battery packs and methyl/ethyl alcohol. The interim training guidelines, which come under STCW7/Circ.25, will be debated further by the IMO’s Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping in February 2026 […]
Ship design agency BMT unveiled the latest evolution of its ELLIDA multi-role naval platform at the 2025 Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibition in London in September 2025. The ELLIDA series of concept designs was launched by BMT in 2019, and has evolved significantly as UK Royal Navy (RN) requirements have changed in recent […]
For the past five to six years, cruise ships have come under renewed scrutiny, with critics citing their levels of in-port emissions as some of the worst in the maritime sector. “Sustainability is the main driving force of the Port of Barcelona”, that Spanish cruise hub states on its website. However, in 2022, Barcelona recorded […]
The threat posed to global maritime trade by rogue states and terrorists has not changed much over the past 10 years, but the tools they use have. Mines, missiles, IED-ladened skiffs and RIBs are being replaced by drones – and, in little over three years, the drone has evolved from a flying camera used to […]
New York State is about to breathe a tad easier, following the launch of the appropriately named public ferry Harbor Charger – a 58m-long, double-ended, hybrid diesel-electric ro-pax with the capacity for up to approximately 1,200 passengers. Ordered for a reported US$33 million, the vessel was built domestically by Conrad Shipyard and delivered to […]
The US and Finland have signed a memorandum of understanding that will see Bollinger Shipyards lead an industry team comprising Rauma Marine Construction, Seaspan Shipyard and Aker Arctic Technology to build six Arctic Security Cutters (ASCs) for the US Coast Guard (USCG). The team will leverage the production-ready Multi-Purpose Icebreaker (MPI) design developed by Seaspan […]
UK-based autonomy software developer Marine AI has launched a project in the hope of granting uncrewed vessels the ability to “communicate naturally” with other ships, in the manner of a human operator. The project has received the backing of the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), a branch of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) created […]
Anemoi Marine Technologies has undertaken the retrofit installation of its Rotor Sail technology onboard U-Ming’s Grand Pioneer, a 325,000dwt ore carrier, at COSCO Zhoushan Shipyard. The four 35m-tall, 5m-diameter Rotor Sails were delivered fully assembled and dynamically balanced from Anemoi’s production base on the Yangtze River and transported by barge to COSCO Zhoushan shipyard. The […]
P&O Ferries has announced that its passenger cargo and ro-ro ferry Pride of Hull has become the first vessel in its fleet to run entirely on biofuel B30, a blend of 30% biodiesel and 70% conventional diesel. As a result of the fuel swap, the 215m x 32m vessel, which services a route linking Hull, […]