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Ship&Offshore
23.10.2025
Offshore

Boxed ballast water system deployed in floating wind farm

French ballast water treatment system manufacturer, BIO-UV Group, has completed the first commercial deployment of its containerised Bio-Sea ballast water treatment system (BWTS) in support of the first floating offshore wind farm in the French…

Ship&Offshore
22.10.2025
Shipbuilding

DNV releases report on nuclear power

Classification society DNV has released a new white paper examining possible applications and challenges for nuclear-powered merchant vessels. The development comes more than four decades after the first prototypes were unveiled.  

Its latest…

Ship&Offshore
21.10.2025
Ship Operation

New ‘human-to-human’ voyage optimisation service

NAPA, a global provider of maritime software, and voyage optimisation specialist, Interoutes, have joined forces to launch a new Expert Route Monitoring service. Unlike most other systems, the new setup will be based on direct communications between…

Ship&Offshore
21.10.2025
Regulations

Global decarbonisation strategy on hold for a year

The extraordinary session of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee, held in London last week, failed to agree a deal on the UN Agency’s Net-Zero Framework, which has now been delayed for a year. Many maritime decarbonisation experts are…

Ship&Offshore
20.10.2025
Ship Operation

LR issues nuclear guidance for maritime applications

A new publication from Lloyd’s Register (LR) provides what is claimed to be the first guidance for the application of nuclear technology in the commercial and offshore sectors. The publication coincides with announcements on various projects relating…

Ship&Offshore
16.10.2025
Shipbuilding

Bureau Veritas to class its first hydrogen-powered hybrids

Norwegian shipowner Møre Sjø has chosen Bureau Veritas (BV) to class two, option two, hydrogen-powered cargo vessels. The 89m-long vessels, with a capacity of about 3,750gt, are to be built at Gelibolu Shipyard in Turkey and will be the first general…

Ship&Offshore
14.10.2025
Shipbuilding

MPC Container Ships orders boxships in China

Oslo-based MPC Container Ships (MPCC) has signed up for two 1,600-TEU container ships at Fujian Mawei Shipyards in China. The contract, worth USD 66 million, includes options for more vessels if market conditions remain favourable.

The two ships…

Ship&Offshore
13.10.2025
Shipbuilding

Bollinger Shipyards and partners win icebreaker deal

President Trump’s strategy to rebuild US polar capacity and secure a long-term presence in the Arctic has resulted in a six-ship icebreaker deal at Louisiana-headquartered Bollinger Shipyards. The US shipbuilder, with 13 yards on the US Gulf coast,…

Ship&Offshore
10.10.2025
Offshore

BV certifies Provence Grand Large floating wind farm

Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) has completed the certification of the Provence Grand Large floating wind farm off the French Mediterranean coast west of Marseilles. The wind project development has been managed by Électricité de France (EDF)…

Ship&Offshore
09.10.2025
Offshore

ABB to provide automation for green energy FPSO

ABB has signed a term sheet with Netherlands-based green energy developer, SwitcH2, detailing the supply of automation and electrification systems for a green ammonia floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) plant.

A 300-MW electrolyser on…