- Register to attend the MarRI-UK events at the LISW2025 and we looking forward to seeing you in a week!
- Register to join the MarRI-UK webinar on the 26th of September – Ensuring Reliability in Composite Vessels: The role of Laser Shearography in inspection and approval
- A funded PhD opportunity at University of Strathclyde Find out more
- Submit your speaker proposal by 30 September 2025 to join the 2026 SMI Annual Conference
UK Maritime
- (04/09) AquaVentus and Hydrogen Scotland partner on hydrogen development in the North Sea Read more
- (04/09) SpecTec Appoints New Chief Product Officer Read more
- (03/09) Inter-Array Cable Installation Starting at Dogger Bank C Read more
- (03/09) CWHI Sends Off First Inch Cape Monopiles Read more
- (03/09) Scotland eyes global leadership in marine science and technology Read more
- (03/09) UK-Dutch interconnector in limbo after developer requests and gets license revocation Read more
- (03/09) Wood to continue supporting Equinor’s Mariner assetsRead more
- (03/09) Altrad workers on EnQuest platforms to be balloted on strike actionRead more
- (02/09) Babcock and PGZ to Expand Relationship Across Sea and Air Domains Read more
- (02/09) North Sea oil & gas emissions cut by a third but further efforts required for UK’s net zero goals Read more
- (01/09) Is combo with floating wind and hydrogen road to commercial-scale wave energy in Wales? Read more
- (01/09) Boost for UK Growth and Security as Norway Selects UK Warships in £10 Billion Partnership Read more
- (01/09) UK authorities give approval to 1.5GW offshore wind farm Read more
- (29/08) ‘Largest Drone Cargo Delivery Programme Ever Done Outside Military’ Underway at UK Offshore Wind Farms Read more
- (29/08) BMT Unveils ELLIDA® STRIKE Concept Read more
- (29/08) OWC Wins Green Volt Cable Engineering Contract Read more
UK Maritime Political Update
- (29/08) Thriving Japan defence partnership boosting UK jobs and investment Read more
Newly added Funding Opportunities – access the full list via MarRI-UK: Maritime Funding Opportunities
- Nominations are now open for the 2026 Royal Academy of Engineering Awards and Medals Nominate before 14 October 2025
- COSMIC 1st Open Call: AI & Data Solutions to Boost the Green Transition Apply before 27 October 2025
- Exchange Schemes Open Call (oc4-2025-TES-02) Apply before 31 October 2025
- Addressing nuclear fission challenges for a prosperous future Apply before 15 January 2026
- Reliable data and practices to measure and calculate transport emissions in multimodal transport chains (HORIZON-CL5-2026-01-D6-09) Apply before 20 January 2026
- Accelerating freight transport and logistics digital innovation (HORIZON-CL5-2026-01-D6-08) Apply before 20 January 2026
- Development of sustainable and design-to-cost batteries with (energy-)efficient manufacturing processes and based on advanced and safer materials (Batt4EU Partnership) (HORIZON-CL5-2026-01-D2-01) Apply before 20 January 2026
- Integrating inland waterway transport in smart shipping and multimodal logistics chains (HORIZON-CL5-2026-01-D6-10) Apply before 20 January 2026
- Real time monitoring of regulated and non-regulated emissions from all types of vessels and other port activities in order to enforce emission limits in waterfront cities (HORIZON-CL5-2026-01-D5-17) Apply before 20 January 2026
- Competitiveness, energy security and integration aspects of advanced biofuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin value chains (HORIZON-CL5-2026-02-D3-02) Apply before 17 February 2026
- New CO2 capture technologies (HORIZON-CL5-2026-02-D3-24) Apply before 17 February 2026
- De-risking wave energy technology development through transnational pre-commercial procurement of wave energy research and development (HORIZON-CL5-2026-02-D3-13) Apply before 17 February 2026
- Understand and minimise the environmental impacts of offshore wind energy (HORIZON-CL5-2026-02-D3-08) Apply before 17 February 2026
- Improved reliability and optimised operations and maintenance for wind energy systems (HORIZON-CL5-2026-02-D3-07)Apply before 17 February 2026
- Large-scale production of liquid advanced biofuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin (HORIZON-CL5-2026-02-D3-01)Apply before 17 February 2026
- Development of innovative solutions strengthening the security of renewable energy value chains (HORIZON-CL5-2026-02-D3-14) Apply before 17 February 2026
- Innovative solutions for a generative AI-powered digital spine of the EU energy system (HORIZON-CL5-2026-02-D3-19) Apply before 17 February 2026
- Innovative tools and services to manage and empower energy communities (HORIZON-CL5-2026-02-D3-20) Apply before 17 February 2026
Events Highlight
- 8-12 September 2025 – Gastech 2025 – Milan, Italy
- 10 September 2025 – Sensing & Data in Smart Shipping – Online
- 16 September 2025 – LISW 2025: Powering Maritime Innovation: Towards a UK Research Roadmap— Why this matters now? – London, UK
- 16 September 2025 – LISW 2025: Role of international collaboration and research for the transition to net zero shipping –London, UK
- 17 September 2025 – LISW2025: Demonstration: Hydrogen fuel cells for powering uncrewed vessels – London, UK
- 18 September 2025 – Clean Maritime Day 2025 – London, UK
- 23 September 2025 – Defence Procurement & Supply Chain Summit – Manchester, UK
- 26 September 2025 – MarRI-UK Webinar: Ensuring Reliability in Composite Vessels: The role of Laser Shearography in inspection and approval – Online
- 8 October 2025 – DNV – Launch of the Energy Transition Outlook 2025 – Online
- 4 November 2025 –Future Fuels Safety Event – Cumbria, UK
- 16-18 February 2026 – 2026 SMI Annual Conference – Glasgow, UK
Publication
- Marine Civil Nuclear Propulsion Download
- DNV Updated Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1533 amending the MED in force from 23 September 2025 Find out more
Global Maritime News
Offshore Renewable Energy
- (05/09) EU grants $755m for Bornholm offshore energy hub Read more
- (05/09) Ørsted sues US over offshore wind project stop-work order Read more
- (04/09) South Korea awards 689MW in offshore wind tender Read more
- (04/09) Trump looking to pull permit for 2.4GW project off Nantucket Read more
- (03/09) Dongfang Installs ‘World’s Largest Single-Capacity’ Offshore Wind Turbine for Testing Read more
- (03/09) SPIE lands offshore cable work for TPC Phase II project in Taiwan Read more
- (03/09) Singapore awards 86 MWp floating solar project to Sembcorp Read more
- (02/09) Verti-Go Project Awarded EUR 15 Million for 2 MW Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Demo Read more
- (02/09) Seaway7 Signs Cable Installation Contract for Formosa 4 Offshore Wind Farm, Secures Work on Formosa 6 Read more
- (02/09) Full Production Ramp-Up at Sif’s New Monopile Mega-Factory Delayed Until First Half of 2026 Read more
- (02/09) Foundation, Inter-Array Contractors Selected for Gennaker Offshore Wind Farm Read more
- (02/09) Equinor injects nearly $1bn into Ørsted amid Trump offshore wind crackdown Read more
- (01/09) Danish Energy Agency Re-Rejects Applications for Feasibility Study Permits Under ‘Open-Door’ Scheme Read more
- (01/09) US Department of Transportation pulls $679m in offshore wind funding Read more
- (29/08) First US floating solar tracker under construction in ColoradoRead more
- (29/08) Vattenfall Secures Eemshaven O&M Site for New German Offshore Wind Farms Read more
- (29/08) Danish Company to Supply TP Covers for Vattenfall’s Nordlicht 1 Offshore Wind Farm Read more
Clean Maritime
- (04/09) Wallenius Marine, Knud E. Hansen reveal new dual-fuel electric RoRo vessel concept Read more
- (04/09) K Line: Automated kite system development enters next phase Read more
- (04/09) MoU signed for Singapore-India green and digital shipping corridor Read more
- (04/09) EmissionPassport launched to map hidden emissions in shipping supply chains Read more
- (03/09) Green Bunkers launches to strengthen sustainable bunkering industry, drive green corridors development Read more
- (03/09) ABS: Advanced battery technologies could support alternative fuels, reduce fuel costs Read more
- (03/09) Hybridising operations on the high seas with innovative battery technology Read more
- (02/09) German and Korean institutes expand cooperation in hydrogen safety Read more
- (02/09) ‘World’s first’ lower-emission engine for LNG carriers unveiled by Hanwha and WinGD Read more
- (02/09) SHI once again selects Wärtsilä technology for dual-fuel VLEC quintet Read more
- (02/09) EU mulls decade-long fuel tax holiday for shipping Read more
- (01/09) Hydrogen associations team up to drive uptake of hydrogen value chains Read more
- (01/09) WinGD joins MAMII to help cut methane slip from shipping Read more
- (01/09) Yara Clean Ammonia puts pen to paper for long-term charter of dual-fuel gas carrier pairRead more
- (01/09) Damen splashes BC Ferries’ new fully electric-ready ferry Read more
- (01/09) Can watered-down fossil fuel and tidal power decarbonise shipping? Read more
- (01/09) Furetank moves ahead with biogas fleet and new carbon trading arm Read more
- (01/09) Japan delivers world’s first commercial ammonia-fuelled engine Read more
- (29/08) CMA CGM secures bio-LNG supplies from Vanguard Renewables Read more
Ports
- (04/09) AAL Shipping completes heavy-lift deliveries for INEOS’ Project ONE Read more
- (02/09) SOHAR Port and Freezone’s container terminal to get shore power infrastructure Read more
- (29/08) Methanol and LNG bunkering approved at Hamburg’s Waltershofer Hafen Read more
Nuclear Energy
- (05/09) Open Group initiative to standardise nuclear solutions for industry end-users Read more
- (05/09) PSA Mumbai poised to become India’s largest container terminal Read more
- (03/09) Historic year for nuclear as global output climbs to record high Read more
- (02/09) MOL invests in US firm developing commercial-scale fusion reactor Read more
Global Shipping & Newbuild
- (05/09) Ernst Russ and Eimskip team up for boxship newbuilds in China Read more
- (05/09) OVP Shipping pens debut boxship order Read more
- (05/09) Second-hand container ship prices jump 17% YoY despite weaker freight rates Read more
- (04/09) TB Marine, Ektank order two methanol-ready chemical tankers for IceChem pool Read more
- (04/09) Neoliner Origin, ‘world’s first’ commercial sailing RoRo ship, wraps up second sea trials Read more
- (04/09) Chengxi Shipyard wins order for self-unloading clean fuel-ready bulker duo Read more
- (04/09) Turkey’s Stella Gemi orders chemical tankers in China Read more
- (03/09) CMA CGM orders up to 10 LNG dual-fuel boxships in China Read more
- (03/09) Oman to build green ship recycling yard Read more
- (03/09) Interasia in for up to eight boxship newbuilds Read more
- (03/09) Inmarsat Maritime: ‘Digital infrastructure isn’t optional, it’s foundational’ Read more
- (03/09) Rising yard days could tighten supply ahead Read more
- (03/09) Newbuilding Activity Ramping UpRead more
- (02/09) JMU completes delivery of new future-fit 159,097 dwt Suezmax tanker Read more
- (02/09) HD Hyundai Philippines kicks off first vessel construction Read more
- (02/09) Yangzijiang Shipbuilding inks 22 vessel contracts Read more
- (02/09) China-India axis is key to new economic order Read more
- (02/09) Marcos hails Subic relaunch as Philippines seeks shipbuilding comeback Read more
- (01/09) New Container Route from Asia to Europe: A “Child” of Geopolitics Read more
- (01/09) Hapag-Lloyd tackles huge fleet upgrade programme with DNV support Read more
- (01/09) Northern Offshore Services boosts CTV orderbook Read more
- (01/09) Eastern Pacific lines up another boxship spree at Chinese yards Read more
Other news
- (05/09) Procurement leaders in shipping form global council Read more
- (05/09) Shipping heavyweights invest in AI safety firm Captain’s Eye Read more
- (05/09) Austrian oil company to slash 2,000 jobs worldwide Read more
- (05/09) US visa crackdown creates turmoil for shipmanagers Read more
- (04/09) Petrobras employee dies after falling from FPSO at Korean yard Read more
- (04/09) ConocoPhillips to lay off up to 25% of its workforce Read more
- (04/09) US threatens tariffs and port levies to sink IMO green deal Read more
- (04/09) Swedish wave energy firm on the hunt for financial head Read more
- (03/09) Russia inks Siberia–Mongolia mega-pipeline deal with China, sidelining seaborne LNG Read more
- (02/09) Fugro tasked with helping safeguard Brazil’s deepwater exploration activities Read more
- (02/09) Asbestos scandal engulfs Italian ferry after controversial Croatia refurbishment plan Read more
- (02/09) 19 seafarers stranded on UAE-owned shadow tankerRead more
- (02/09) Dark fleet doubles down with false flags as regulators left chasing shadows Read more
- (01/09) ABB, Wallenius Marine establish joint venture for sustainable fleet support Read more
- (01/09) DNV renews maritime collab with Singapore Institute of Technology Read more
- (01/09) Houthis launch northernmost attack on commercial shipRead more
- (01/09) Shipping: Environmental Regulations Adding to Costs Read more
- (01/09) Tanker and bulker collide off Singapore Read more
- (01/09) Eastern Pacific chemical tanker attacked by the Houthis Read more
- (30/08) Tankers: China’s Crude Oil Imports Retreating Read more
- (30/08) How regs and tech are reshaping bulk carrier operations Read more
- (29/08) Stepping up oil & gas game key for Norway to stave off ‘steep’ drop in production Read more
- (29/08) WoodMac deems recent US oil find as Gulf of America’s biggest discovery in eight years Read more
Maritime Events Archive
- 7-11 September 2025 – The 16th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference – Madeira, Portugal
- 8-11 September 2025 – 2025 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo – Atlanta, US
- 9-11 September 2025 – TIDALITES 2025 – Liverpool, UK
- 9-12 September 2025 – DSEI UK 2025 – London, UK
- 11-12 September 2025 – Coast-R Annual Forum 2025: Co-creating Resilient Coasts – Glasgow, UK
- 15 September 2025 – Navigating Maritime Decarbonisation – Powering the Big Shift – London, UK
- 15-19 September 2025 – London International Shipping Week – London, UK
- 15 September 2025 – Next steps for UK offshore energy and priorities for the North Sea – Online
- 16 September 2025 – Virtual launch event for the new Maritime Forecast to 2050 report – Online
- 16 September 2025 – LISW 2025: Powering Maritime Innovation: Towards a UK Research Roadmap— Why this matters now? – London, UK
- 16 September 2025 – Navigating the Future: Maritime Autonomy, Innovation & Opportunity – London, UK
- 16-17 September 2025 – 11th International Conference on Smart Energy Systems – Copenhagen, Denmark
- 17 September 2025 – Green growth or Greenwash in the transport sector – Glasgow, UK
- 17 September 2025 – LISW: Demonstration: Hydrogen fuel cells for powering uncrewed vessels – London, UK
- 18 September 2025 – Clean Maritime Day 2025 – London, UK
- 23 September 2025 – Sesam User Conference in Milan – Milan, Italy
- 23-25 September 2025 – CfAA Symposium 2025 – Centre for Assuring Autonomy – York, UK
- 24 September 2025 – Webinar: Scottish Defence Growth Deal – Online
- 24 September to 29 October 2025 – Horizon Europe: UK–EU CCAM Collaboration Webinar Series 2025 – Online
- 25 September 2025 – ARGO: New Nuclear for Greek Maritime – Athens, Greece
- 26 September 2025 – Ensuring Reliability in Composite Vessels: The role of Laser Shearography in inspection and approval – Online
- 30 September 2025 – Masterclass on Optimising Offshore Renewable Energy Array Design and Locations for Safety, Fisheries Co-location and Environmental Aspects – Aberdeen, UK
- 30 September-1 October – MATS 2025 – Southampton, UK
- 30 September 2025 – Hydrogen Showcase – Hydrogen South West – Taunton, UK
- 15 October 2025 – Engineering & Technology Solutions Exhibition 2025 – Bristol, UK
- 16 October 2025 – New Nuclear for Maritime: A new era for the United States – Washington, US
- 16 October 2025 – ADS Toulouse 2025 Annual Event – Toulouse, France
- 17 October 2025 – South West’s flagship business conference to focus on leading the delivery of the UK Industrial Strategy – Exeter, UK
- 21-23 October 2025 – Carbon Capture Technology Conference & Expo Europe 2025 – Hamburg, Germany
- 21-24 October 2025 – KORMARINE 2025 – Busan, Korea
- 23 October 2025 – DPRTE Defence Procurement & Supply Chain Summit 2025 – Manchester, UK
- 28 October 2025 – Procurex Scotland 2025 – Glasgow, UK
- 28-30 October – HYDRO 2025 – Liverpool, UK
- 25-26 November 2025 – Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference – Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 27 November 2025 – SMI Annual Dinner 2025 – London, UK
- 2-5 December 2025 – Marintec China 2025 – Shanghai, China
- 20-21 January 2026 – Switzerland Defence Trade Mission 2026 – Berne, Switzerland
- 25-27 March 2026 – Asia Pacific Maritime 2026 – Singapore
- 31 March – 1 April 2026 – Ocean Connect Asia 2026 – Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore
- 18-21 May 2026 – TRA2026 ReGeneration in transport – Budapest, Hungary
- 19-21 May 2026 – NAVALIA 2026 International Shipbuilding Exhibition – Vigo, Spain
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