Netherlands-based Nauplius Workboats has completed conducting sea trials of a new shallow-draught, fish farm support workboat ordered by UK aquaculture support company Inverlussa Marine Services. Arthur Douglas is a near-identical sister of Geraldine Mary, which was delivered to Inverlussa in 2022....
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Green light for Ignazio Messina to purchase Terminal San Giorgio in Genoa
Terminal San Giorgio, a terminal operator of the Port of Genoa controlled by the Gavio Group and the home port for Grimaldi Group’s motorways of the seas to and from Northern Italy, is to be purchased by Ignazio Messina & C. The green light to close the deal has just been given by the Italian...
Scotland: Clyde and Hebrides ferry contract extension
The Scottish Government has extended the current contract for the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services (CHFS) by one year. This extension allows more time to complete the due diligence process necessary for the proposed direct award to CalMac. The final decision on the contract award is pending...
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UK’s Haventus secures £100 million credit facility for port development
UK-based energy transition facilities company Haventus has secured a £100 million (US$127 million) joint credit facility from the Scottish National Investment Bank and UK Infrastructure Bank with £50 million (US$63 million) investment from each. The financing follows a £300 million (US$380 million) capital commitment announced in 2023 by energy investment firm the Quantum Capital Group, […]
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VESSEL REVIEW | Charlie Knight – Compact hybrid workboat for Scottish fish farm support duties
Norwegian shipbuilder Salthammer Båtbyggeri (SHB) has completed construction of a new workboat optimised for supporting operations at offshore fish farms in Scottish waters. Built to a design by Norwegian naval architecture firm Tomra Engineering, the 18.5-metre (60.7-foot) Charlie Knight was developed in response to its owner’s need for a “Norwegian-style” vessel capable of environment-friendly operations. […]
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Report reveals crew fatigue led to ferry grounding on Scotland’s Pentland Firth
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published its investigation report into a grounding mishap involving a passenger vessel in the Pentland Firth near Scotland’s Orkney Islands on July 5, 2022. At 14:00 local time on the said date, the UK-registered Ro-Pax ferry Alfred grounded...
UK firm proposes hydrogen as fuel for fishing vessels
UK-based fisheries technology company Fisheries Innovation and Sustainability (FIS) has released a report on the possibility of utilising hydrogen as fuel for fishing vessels in the UK. Developed in partnership with local naval architecture firm Macduff Ship Design, and with support from Marine...
Scotland’s Montrose Port opens shore charging facilities for OSVs
The Port of Montrose has become the first port in Scotland to provide a shore power service for offshore support vessels (OSVs). The new facility is the result of a £1 million (US$1.25 million) investment and collaboration between Montrose Port Authority and Plug Shore Power, the UK-based branch of...
EDITORIAL | Cook Strait checkmate: new Solutions for safer New Zealand ferries
Nearly 900 people were on KiwiRail Interislander’s 29-year-old ferry Kaitaki when it lost power in a storm in January 2023 whilst entering Wellington Harbour en route from Picton on the South Island. Thankfully, nobody died and in the end, the passengers remained safely on the ship rather than...
COLUMN | Looking to the future: Petrobras newbuilds; James Fisher; Saudi Arabia’s NEOM plans; TotalEnergies and Sapura; wind bust timing [Offshore Accounts]
“Brazil is the country of the future,” goes the cliché that the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig declared in 1941 as the opening line of his book Brazil, Land of the Future. Zweig wrote in exile there, and a year later, he and his wife deliberately killed themselves with a drug overdose. Brazilians then began joking […]
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