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Welcome to the MarRI-UK weekly digest and roundup, which includes the latest maritime news, events and publications from both UK and worldwide. Please feel free to share this link with your network.

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UK Maritime

  • (10/04) Supply chain constraints push back UK’s $3B subsea electricity superhighway by 16 months Read more
  • (10/04) Scottish firm wraps up ‘challenging’ job for Canadian oil & gas player’s Baltic Sea drilling ops Read more
  • (10/04) Wake Media and Thetius sign a Strategic Marketing Partnership to Enhance Maritime Services Read more
  • (10/04) Babcock awarded Capability Insertion Period contract by UK MOD for Type 31 frigates Read more
  • (10/04) Bibby unit lines up $25m in vessel finance for smaller ownersRead more
  • (09/04) NOC Launches New Innovation Hub to Power Ocean Tech and Blue Economy Read more
  • (09/04) Flying colors as UK’s first CO2 injection test crosses finish line Read more
  • (09/04) US axes Shell and BP’s licenses for cross-border gas fields Read more
  • (08/04) European Research Institute to Acquire NOC Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Read more
  • (08/04) Successful Collaboration between Planet Ocean Ltd and Sonardyne International Ltd Read more
  • (08/04) ScottishPower, HSM Offshore Energy Sign East Anglia Two Substation ContractRead more
  • (08/04) ‘Offshore industry’s first’ vessel geometry assurance software comes to market Read more
  • (08/04) Regional Container Lines Partners With Lloyd’s Register OneOcean To Drive Fleet Optimisation And Emissions Reduction Read more
  • (08/04) Human Rights at Sea charity closes down Read more
  • (07/04) Celtic Sea Floating Wind Seabed Leasing Round Moves to Final Stage Read more
  • (07/04) All Turbines Up at 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm in Scotland Read more
  • (07/04) First Hornsea 3 Offshore Converter Station En Route to Europe Read more
  • (07/04) UK green lights RWE’s 1.2GW offshore wind farm Read more
  • (04/04) CMAL, Remontowa sign shipbuilding contract for electric ferry fleet Read more
  • (04/04) GHD Wins FEED Deal for 2 GW Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm Read more
  • (04/04) Benthic survey underway at SSE Renewables’ Berwick Bank wind farm site Read more
  • (01/04) Babcock supporting one in every 550 jobs in the UK Read more

UK Maritime Political Update

  • (03/04) UK seeks business views on response to US tariffs Find out more

Publications

  • IMO MEPC 83 – The LR Summary ReportDownload
  • IMO’s Green House Gas Mid-Term Reduction Measures – ISWG-GHG 19 Update Download
  • Foundations for environmentally sustainable AI Download
  • Rapid decarbonisation of the GB electricity system Download

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European & World Maritime News

Alternative Fuel & Battery

  • (10/04) Wärtsilä targets up to 75% methane slip cut with new dual-fuel engine solution Read more
  • (10/04) Azane Fuel Solutions sets up bunkering infrastructure subsidiary Read more
  • (10/04) Honeywell launches AI-powered tech to optimize hydrogen production Read more
  • (09/04) HydePoint joins forces with Nel to scale up offshore and nearshore hydrogen projects Read more
  • (09/04) Sembcorp and BPCL to collaborate on renewable energy and hydrogen projects in India Read more
  • (09/04) India’s DPA Kandla comes onboard Methanol Institute Read more
  • (08/04) $7.2 billion project cleared for takeoff to unlock more gas and LNG offshore Mozambique Read more
  • (08/04) Near-term investments, supportive policies to ensure bankability of green hydrogen projects, report finds Read more
  • (08/04) MHI expands presence in Australia to boost developments in hydrogen, ammonia and CCUS Read more
  • (08/04) XFuel gets EU funding to scale up its fuel-from-waste tech Read more
  • (08/04) Sustainable Maritime Fuels Collaborative launched to drive maritime transition in Pacific Northwest Read more
  • (08/04) Wärtsilä’s €50M R&D investment to support development of future fuel-ready engines Read more
  • (08/04) Titan and K Line kick off long-term partnership with first LNG fuel delivery Read more
  • (08/04) E-methanol from ‘world’s largest’ commercial PtX plant gets EU green fuel certification Read more
  • (08/04) Spanish LNG firm reaches new heights with operations in 30 countries Read more
  • (07/04) EPS completes 350th ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation Read more
  • (07/04) EU, EIB and KfW to back renewable hydrogen projects in Chile with up to €216.5M Read more
  • (04/04) MOL conducts biofuel bunkering on Capesize bulker for BHP Read more
  • (04/04) Mabanaft and HIF Global shake hands on e-methanol purchase for shipping industry Read more

Offshore Renewable Energy

  • (10/04) Industry Calls for Europe to Auction 100+ GW of New Offshore Wind Capacity in Next Decade, Commits to Lowering LCOE by 30 Pct Read more
  • (10/04) Valorem becomes partner in 1GW wind farm off Estonia Read more
  • (10/04) Aker Solutions introduces new floating wind foundation designs Read more
  • (09/04) Fugro, Spoor to Jointly Develop New AI Bird-Monitoring Solution for Offshore Wind Read more
  • (09/04) ZTT wins submarine cable contract for 1 GW Chinese offshore wind farm Read more
  • (08/04) EOLOS to Carry Out Site Surveys Offshore Portugal Read more
  • (08/04) NKT’s power cable factory expansion named EU’s first net-zero strategic project Read more
  • (08/04) GKinetic Energy heads to France for waterpower generator testing Read more
  • (08/04) Seaturns opens fundraising round to scale wave energy technology Read more
  • (07/04) ELWIND Opens Tender for Metocean Survey Campaigns at Estonia, Latvia Offshore Wind Sites Read more
  • (07/04) Accelerated Deployment Needed to Meet France’s 18 GW Offshore Wind Target by 2035, Study Says Read more
  • (07/04) Commerce pulls plug on Puget Sound tidal energy project after tribal pushback Read more
  • (06/04) US Offshore Wind Projects Slow Read more
  • (04/04) IDOM turbine undergoing tests at Mutriku wave power plant Read more
  • (04/04) Carnegie Clean Energy locks in €600K contract for CETO wave tech deployment in Spain Read more
  • (04/04) Addressing Manufacturing Challenges in Wind Energy: Faccin’s Tailored Solutions for Wind Towers and Foundations Read more

Nuclear

  • (10/04) US DoE prepares to distribute HALEU to advanced reactor developers Read more
  • (09/04) IAEA, NEA call for boost in uranium production Read more

Wind Propulsion

  • (10/04) MOL and Tokyo Gas plan to install Wind Challenger on newbuild LNG carrier Read more
  • (08/04) bound4blue: ‘World’s largest’ suction sails installed on LDC juice carrier Read more
  • (04/04) RMK Marine clinches order to construct ‘world’s first’ sail-assisted boxship Read more

Carbon

  • (10/04) ClassNK okays Mitsubishi Shipbuilding’s onboard carbon capture and storage system Read more
  • (07/04) TGS nets shallow-water survey contract off Trinidad, wraps up Gulf Coast CO2 storage assessments Read more
  • (07/04) Universal carbon levy unlikely at this week’s IMO green gathering Read more
  • (04/04) Partners testing feasibility of CO2 storage at mature oil field off Australia Read more

Ports

  • (09/04) MSC’s cruise division officially opens new sustainable terminal in Barcelona Read more
  • (08/04) APM Terminals and Hateco inaugurate Haiphong terminal in Vietnam Read more
  • (08/04) WindPort, Port of Esbjerg Enter Strategic Partnership on Norwegian Offshore Wind Read more
  • (08/04) Chinese operator of Darwin port faces the boot Read more
  • (07/04) Panama Canal looking to reduce emissions with Stillstrom’s offshore charging solutionRead more
  • (07/04) Contractor picked for offshore portion of Poland’s first FSRU Read more
  • (04/04) John T. Essberger wraps up first bio-LNG bunkering at Hamina LNG terminal Read more
  • (04/04) China’s first fully digitalized bunkering op completed using eBDN Read more
  • (04/04) ‘World’s first net-zero LNG export facility’ shaping up in Canada as $5.1B project forges ahead Read more

Shipbuilding

  • (11/04) LNG-fueled Car Carrier “TRITON HIGHWAY” with a 7,000-vehicle Capacity Delivered Read more
  • (10/04) MAN ES and COSCO eye new decarbonization retrofit projects with latest deal Read more
  • (10/04) Trump signs Make Shipbuilding Great Again executive order Read more
  • (10/04) Nigeria’s Temile Development signs for South Korean VLGC newbuilds Read more
  • (09/04) LDA’s liquid hydrogen-based SOV concept gets Bureau Veritas approval Read more
  • (09/04) Grimaldi pours $1.3 billion into new methanol-ready Ro-Pax fleet Read more
  • (09/04) SF Bay Ferry taps NBBB to build new battery-electric ferry duo Read more
  • (09/04) Newbuilding Orders Shifting From China to S.Korea Read more
  • (08/04) Fincantieri and Viking launch ‘world’s first’ hydrogen-powered cruise ship; ink deal for two new units Read more
  • (08/04) ‘World’s first’ biomethanol-powered crew transfer vessel ready to work in offshore wind Read more
  • (08/04) ZIM fixes Economou and Ofer 11,500 teu newbuild series in $2.3bn deal Read more
  • (08/04) Marinakis readies $1.6bn boxship series in South Korea Read more
  • (07/04) Nichols Brothers to Build Hybrid San Francisco Bay Ferries Read more
  • (07/04) NYK finalizes construction and charter deals for methanol-powered VLCC Read more
  • (07/04) AIDA Cruises books multi-fuel cruise ships at Fincantieri Read more
  • (07/04) Meyer Werft unveils climate-neutral cruise ship concept for people aged 80+ Read more
  • (07/04) NYK orders its first methanol dual-fuel VLCC Read more
  • (07/04) Odfjell eyes up to a dozen newbuilds in fleet renewal drive Read more
  • (06/04) Steel Cut for USACE Eco Dredgerv Read more
  • (04/04) BYD: One LNG-powered RoRo newbuild launches, another sets on maiden voyage Read more
  • (04/04) VARD building 121-meter Taiwan-bound subsea construction vessel Read more
  • (04/04) WATCH: First of three Agalas subsea vessels launches in Türkiye Read more
  • (04/04) Icebreaker duo boost for Canadian Coast Guard Read more

Other news

  • (11/04) World’s largest ECA to stretch from Portugal to Greenland Read more
  • (11/04) The dangers of sea blindness Read more
  • (10/04) EU clamps down on shipping of plastic pellets Read more
  • (10/04) Chinese university develops system to give ships 360-degree vision Read more
  • (10/04) Ship Recycling Market Remains Quiet Read more
  • (09/04) Jan De Nul adopts real-time cable monitoring tech across fleet Read more
  • (09/04) US looks set to water down penalties on Chinese tonnage Read more
  • (09/04) How Trump’s new economic order risks sinking green shipping Read more
  • (09/04) Container bookings into the US slump by two-thirds in the space of one ‘explosive’ tariff week Read more
  • (08/04) OCP and Maersk ally on sustainable supply chain solutions Read more
  • (08/04) 6PAC+ alliance representative: MEPC 83 is a defining moment for shipping’s future Read more
  • (08/04) Trump’s ‘economic revolution’ leaves US energy industry at tariff wars’ mercy Read more
  • (08/04) Tight budgets and shrinking pool of oil & gas prospects reshape search for more hydrocarbons Read more
  • (08/04) How the IMO Can Take Action for the Arctic: Cutting Atlantic Shipping Emissions and Banishing Scrubbers Read more
  • (08/04) Why we need a global levy on international shippingRead more
  • (07/04) TotalEnergies to restore full gas production at North Sea field next week after operational hiccup Read more
  • (07/04) IMO takes steps to uphold seafarers’ rights Read more
  • (07/04) CMA CGM to transform shipping, logistics activities through generative AI Read more
  • (07/04) US eyes June 2025 lease round to reclaim ‘energy dominance’ with fresh Gulf of America acreage Read more
  • (07/04) Tankers: Can oil escape a global trade war? Read more
  • (07/04) CMA CGM signs five-year $110m AI deal Read more
  • (07/04) LPG pipeline crossing Panama planned Read more
  • (04/04) Equinor’s Norwegian activity across energy and decarbonization realms remaining ‘robust’ up to 2035 Read more
  • (04/04) Reversal of EU’s energy playbook on Russian oil barrels cannot be ruled out, MSI warns Read more

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