Sweden-based clean energy firm, CorPower Ocean, has signed an agreement to build a 5-MW wave energy plant at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland. The project, which will have 14 wave energy converters (WECs) designed for 15…

Atlas Elektonik, the marine electronics division of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), is to become consortium leader in the GhostPlay@SEA research project. This is an extension of the original GhostPlay project which created a ‘Defense Metaverse’…

Four multipurpose ships to be built at India’s Chowgule shipyard for Netherlands-based Vertom group, will be equipped with fully electric cranes from MacGregor. Each vessel will have two cranes with a safe working load of 80 tonnes at 18m.

The crane…

Spain’s Gondan Shipbuilders has delivered the first unmanned vessel to be built at its facilities. The USV Challenger has been developed in a joint venture project with Solstad Offshore, Østensjø Rederi and DeepOcean. It represents a key development…

Taiwanese offshore energy contractor Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) has declared an option for a third commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) at Fincantieri-owned Vard. The vessel will be built to a Vard 4 39 design, developed jointly by DFO and…

The largest battery-electric ship in the world has been launched at Incat’s shipyard in Hobart, Tasmania. The ferry China Zorrilla is being built for the South American ferry operator, Buquebus, and will operate across the River Plate between Buenos…

Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has joined the NavHyS project, a European initiative aiming to develop liquid hydrogen technology for maritime applications. With funding from the Clean Hydrogen Partnership, NavHyS already has 14 partners…

Netherlands-based solar power specialist, Wattlab, has launched its SolarDeck technology for oceangoing ships. The deck-mounted solar panels have been successfully tried and tested on the 119m-long general cargo vessel, Anette, owned and operated by…