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Xue Xu

Welcome to the MarRI-UK weekly roundup!

Last week’s maritime news highlighted significant progress across UK defence, offshore wind, clean energy, and maritime innovation. Offshore wind continued to expand through new projects, grid infrastructure, manufacturing, and skills investment across the UK and internationally. Naval modernisation gathered pace with advances in hybrid fleets, autonomous systems, additive manufacturing, and new defence programmes. Decarbonisation remained a priority, supported by progress in alternative fuels, carbon capture, offshore renewables, and small modular reactor technologies. Digitalisation advanced through AI, subsea robotics, and autonomous operations, while geopolitical tensions and disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz reinforced the importance of resilient maritime supply chains, energy security, and operational resilience.

This week’s highlight

MarRI-UK Member’s and Partner’s News

  • (26/06) QinetiQ welcomes UK Defence Officials and the NATO Industry Advisory Group to Portsdown Technology Park Read more
  • (25/06) QinetiQ speeds up UK submarine maintenance using additive manufacturing technology Read more
  • (23/06) Royal Navy puts ‘unusual’ wing-like underwater system through sea trials Read more
  • (23/06) BMT to support the Royal Navy’s transition to a hybrid fleet Read more
  • (22/06) Babcock announces preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2026 Read more
  • (17/06) NOC to co-lead REV Ocean Sargasso Sea Expedition Read more

UK Maritime

  • (26/06) Crown Estate’s Revenue from Existing Offshore Wind Farms 20 Pct Higher, Operating Profit Dips as Round 4 Projects Enter Construction Phase Read more
  • (26/06) UK completes return of high-level waste to Germany Read more
  • (26/06) Seized tanker tests the limits of shadow fleet enforcement Read more
  • (25/06) ScottishPower Renewables Submits Application for 2 GW MachairWind Offshore Wind Farm Read more
  • (25/06) UK’s specialist minehunting ship arrives in Middle East Read more
  • (25/06) UK fusion sector poised for industrial scale-up Read more
  • (25/06) Navantia UK Switches All Sites to 100% Renewable Energy Read more
  • (24/06) Public feedback to help minimize impacts of new 2 GW Scotland-Wales interconnector Read more
  • (24/06) DP World Southampton receives Europe’s largest quay cranes Read more
  • (24/06) Holtec and EDF submit UK SMR project proposal Read more
  • (23/06) Modernising the fleet Read more
  • (23/06) Consent Granted for Substation to Connect Three New Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farms to UK Grid Read more
  • (23/06) Haizea Starts Manufacturing Norfolk Vanguard West Monopiles Read more
  • (23/06) Scotland Invests GBP 1.7 Million in Offshore Wind Skills Development Read more
  • (22/06) Norwegian and UK Offshore Wind Groups Forge North Sea Partnership Read more
  • (22/06) OEG clearing seabed at East Anglia Two OWF site Read more
  • (19/06) Smart Sound multi-robot demo showcases new Plymouth test range Read more
  • (19/06) UK’s testbed on the lookout for partners after spotlighting subsea range with multi-robot demo Read more

Newly added Funding Opportunities – access the full list via MarRI-UK: Maritime Funding Opportunities

Events Highlight

Publication

  • LR Summary Report: IMO Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue Thirteenth Session (NCSR 13) Read more
  • LR Class News 12/2026: Changes to Machinery Planned Maintenance and Condition Monitoring Read more
  • ICS Maritime Barometer Report 2025-2026 Download
  • Low-GHG methane’s role in keeping LNG-capable ships compliant Read more

Global Maritime News

Offshore Renewable Energy

  • (26/06) Orient Cable installs ‘China’s first’ 66 kV dynamic line for floating wind Read more
  • (26/06) Skyborn Nets Another PPA for Gennaker Offshore Wind Farm Read more
  • (26/06) Dutch floating power hub for remote subsea assets secures €3.2M gov’t push Read more
  • (25/06) RWE Opens New Offshore Wind Control Centre in Germany Read more
  • (25/06) Preliminary Findings Shed More Light on Brave Tern Collision in Esbjerg Read more
  • (25/06) Swedish county backs offshore wind after policy reversal Read more
  • (25/06) California prepares legal challenge over offshore wind buybacks Read more
  • (24/06) RWE to Become Majority Owner of Amprion After EUR 3.6 Billion Deal Read more
  • (24/06) Norwegian, Japanese Geotechnical Firms Ink Offshore Wind Cooperation Agreement Read more
  • (24/06) Turkey unveils draft rules for first 1GW offshore wind auction Read more
  • (23/06) BSH Proposes Revisions to German Offshore Wind Sites, Auction Schedule Read more
  • (22/06) German offshore wind groups call for urgent tender overhaul Read more

Clean Maritime

  • (26/06) New EU project to cut emissions and fuel costs through wind propulsion in shipping Read more
  • (26/06) Local company to carry out soil investigations for Malaysian CCS developments Read more
  • (25/06) Dutch hybrid, biofuel-ready vessel christened, starts charter with N-Sea Read more
  • (25/06) Navigating the clean fuel transition in complex shipping markets Read more
  • (24/06) First of five Hapag-Lloyd dual-fuel retrofits completed by Everllence Read more
  • (24/06) IMO backs mineralisation pathway for onboard carbon capture Read more
  • (23/06) Shipowners and airlines call for ETS revenues to fund green transition Read more
  • (22/06) Methanol-ready subsea vessel traveling from Vietnam to Norway for completion Read more
  • (22/06) Fortescue lines up dozen ammonia-capable newcastlemaxes from CMB.TECH Read more

Nuclear Energy

  • (26/06) Sogin begins re-encapsulation of uranium-thorium fuel Read more
  • (26/06) US uranium production up again Read more
  • (25/06) Swedish state taking majority stake in Videberg Kraft Read more
  • (25/06) Canadian repository put forward for federal support Read more
  • (24/06) China is designing a floating, nuclear-powered shipping port of the future Read more
  • (24/06) AtkinsRéalis kicks off US licensing for CANDU technology Read more
  • (23/06) Fusion supply chain spend up, but challenges remain Read more
  • (23/06) Canada aims to grow nuclear and uranium capacity, at home and abroad Read more
  • (23/06) Nuclear powered shipping – a golden future or unrealistic claims? Read more
  • (22/06) Agreement secures management of Canadian low-level legacy waste Read more
  • (22/06) IAEA produces global mapping tool of used nuclear fuel Read more

Ports

Navy

  • (26/06) Construction of Australia’s first Hunter-class frigate advances as second ship nears fabrication start Read more
  • (26/06) German duo targets containerized mission modules for autonomous naval ops Read more
  • (25/06) Spanish Navy’s S-82 submarine begins sea trials Read more
  • (25/06) Spanish Navy trials new interceptor from Santa Maria-class frigate Read more
  • (25/06) Belgian Navy christens new minehunter Oostende Read more
  • (24/06) Poland orders Shield AI’s V-BAT drones for naval operations Read more
  • (24/06) Navantia floats out sixth Avante 2200 corvette for Saudi Arabia Read more
  • (24/06) Construction begins on US Coast Guard’s new Arctic security cutter Read more
  • (24/06) Hellenic Navy’s third FDI frigate kicks off sea trials Read more
  • (24/06) Philippines receives four autonomous underwater and surface vehicles from US Read more
  • (24/06) Germany cancels F126 frigate program, plans to acquire eight MEKO A-200 frigates instead Read more
  • (23/06) HII secures $418M US Navy contract to support fleet readiness Read more
  • (23/06) Indian Navy commissions three GRSE-built warships Read more
  • (23/06) NASSCO lays keel for US Navy’s ninth John Lewis-class oiler Read more
  • (23/06) Naval Group partners with Croatian firms to support Gowind corvette program Read more
  • (22/06) Terma, MBDA to collaborate on European defense capabilities Read more
  • (22/06) Thales to expand radar manufacturing capacity in Netherlands Read more

Global Shipping & Newbuild

  • (25/06) Jinjiang Shipping ramps up intra-Asia container ship fleet Read more
  • (25/06) HMM moves on $1.1bn bulker and gas carrier haul Read more
  • (25/06) Container Shipping Market Overview & Outlook Read more
  • (24/06) Asiatic Lloyd signs up for three LR2 tankers Read more
  • (24/06) Yasa tipped for debut VLCC order Read more
  • (24/06) Container shipping is thinking small again Read more
  • (23/06) Petrobras orders four new tankers for $427 million Read more
  • (23/06) Shanghai Changxing Ocean Lab for marine equipment inaugurated Read more
  • (23/06) Transpetro inks $427m MR1 tanker order Read more
  • (23/06) Pan Ocean fixes VLCC newbuilds in $1.62bn deal Read more
  • (23/06) SBM Offshore and Solstad unveil Chinese yard for newbuild project Read more
  • (22/06) Trio of owners emerge behind 13-ship Huangpu Wenchong boxship haul Read more

Smart Maritime

  • (27/06) New global study warns maritime workforce is not keeping pace with digital change Read more
  • (25/06) First AI-powered walking island rig enters ADNOC Drilling’s fleet months ahead of schedule Read more
  • (23/06) Dark side of AI exposes maritime cyber training gap, warns SmartSea Read more

Other news

  • (27/06) Tanker hit in Hormuz, threat level raised Read more
  • (26/06) Shipyards compete with AI for engines Read more
  • (26/06) TotalEnergies and Petronas embark on ‘major’ oil & gas search in Oceania Read more
  • (26/06) France boards another Russian shadow fleet tanker off Sicily Read more
  • (26/06) What Bunkering Operators Need to Know About the EU’s 21st Sanctions Package Read more
  • (25/06) Officer shortage deepens as seafarer demand jumps 35% Read more
  • (25/06) Equinor eyes final call on Norway’s largest undeveloped oil discovery by 2027-end Read more
  • (25/06) Troubled shadow VLCC closes in on endgame Read more
  • (25/06) Landlocked Kyrgyzstan readies ship registry Read more
  • (25/06) VLCC rates near $470,000 a day for fixtures through Hormuz Read more
  • (24/06) Investigation into tragic incident ongoing: 13 dead, 66 injured in explosion and fire at QatarEnergy’s gas asset Read more
  • (24/06) $125bn trapped by Hormuz overshadows improving ship safety record Read more
  • (24/06) It’s time to put the S back into ESG Read more
  • (24/06) IMO and Oman orchestrate phased reopening of Hormuz Read more
  • (23/06) Green light for Prysmian to construct first interconnector between Europe and Africa Read more
  • (23/06) Prysmian lands €910 million job for Greek island grid interconnections Read more
  • (23/06) Hormuz daily vessel transits hit highest level since end Feb Read more
  • (23/06) John Denholm appointed Chairman of ICS Read more
  • (22/06) Shipyard fire losses and blind spot underwriting still cannot see Read more
  • (22/06) Washington and Tehran issue conflicting messages on Hormuz transits Read more
  • (22/06) Venezuelan crude exports more than double Read more
  • (22/06) Black Sea tensions escalate as bulker hit and ports burn Read more
  • (22/06) Hanwha Ocean signs up for $15.7bn Canadian FLNG project Read more
  • (20/06) Strait of Hormuz ship transits – two routes, two sets of rules Read more
  • (19/06) Up to $420 million investment in North Sea subsea project unleashing more European gas Read more
  • (19/06) Regulatory setback puts appraisal of gas discovery at risk in Southeast Asia Read more

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