Early collaboration with satcom providers in the OSV design process helps optimise onboard networks to meet growing demands for high-speed, low latency, robust communications, says leading sat com executive

Alaska Marine Highway System to boost fleet with hybrid newbuild

25 Feb 2026by Rebecca Moore

Designer selected for diesel-electric shuttle ferry

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Brim Explorer orders what it claims are the ‘world’s most efficient battery-powered vessels’

24 Feb 2026by Rebecca Moore

Battery-powered passenger vessel pair will have trimaran design, with vessel build and outfitting done entirely in Norway

Air Pollution & GHG Emissions Shipbuilding & Design

New York’s first hydrogen fuel cell-electric ferry hits design stage

23 Feb 2026by Rebecca Moore

SWITCH Maritime and Incat Crowther advance 150-passenger hydrogen fuel-cell electric fast ferry

Fuels & Lubricants Shipbuilding & Design

GTT: 2025's LNG FIDs will require 150 new LNG carriers

20 Feb 2026by Jamey Bergman

France’s LNG tank developer Gaztransport & Technigaz says the final investment decisions it is aware of are ’solid and firm’

Business & Finance Shipbuilding & Design

Methanol-fuelled tugs to begin operations in 2026

19 Feb 2026by Martyn Wingrove

Finally, the tug and towage sector will discover how methanol can become a credible alternative fuel to diesel

Fuels & Lubricants Shipbuilding & Design

Construction begins on electric tugboat for Chinese port

19 Feb 2026by Martyn Wingrove

Shandong Port Group has cut steel on the first of two battery-powered tugs for zero-emissions towage

Hybrid Electric & Fuel Cells Shipbuilding & Design

Amaggi invests in biofuelled pusher newbuilds

18 Feb 2026by Martyn Wingrove

Two 30-m vessels will be built in Brazil for sustainable barge towage in the Amazon basin

Shipbuilding & Design

IMO secretary-general attends launch of Thun Resolve

16 Feb 2026by Craig Jallal

Thun Resolve is methanol-ready and earmarked for northern Europe

Shipbuilding & Design

First of new series of Chinese-built, high-spec PSVs delivered to CSM Energy

13 Feb 2026by John Snyder

DP2-class PSV newbuild is the first delivered from a series of SPP40 vessels from Sinopacific Engineering & Contracting

Offshore Contractors Offshore Support Vessels Shipbuilding & Design

KCC takes delivery of next-generation combination carrier

13 Feb 2026by Craig Jallal

Balder’s delivery signals the start of KCC’s CABU III series, adding a larger-capacity combination carrier and taking the operated fleet to 17 vessels

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GTT gains second AiP for cubic LNG fuel tank

12 Feb 2026by Craig Jallal

Cubic LNG fuel tank concept receives class AiP, including 1-barg design-pressure verification, with a focus on a simpler build and installation

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Methanol-fuelled tugs to begin operations in 2026

Finally, the tug and towage sector will discover how methanol can become a credible alternative fuel to diesel

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Electric propulsion: powering the decarbonisation of close-to-shore shipping

17 Feb 2026by Luciano Santos

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Take care if local laws govern contract terms

16 Feb 2026by Simon Tatham

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Can Europe’s new e-fuel strategy for maritime help solve the fuel availability conundrum?

29 Jan 2026by Valentina Keys

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2026 in marine environmental protection: rules tighten to reduce ship discharges post-2026

13 Jan 2026by Craig Jallal

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2026 in dry bulk: more ships, lower average earnings

09 Jan 2026by Craig Jallal

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2026 in tanker shipping and trade: deliveries, decarbonisation, shifting geopolitics

07 Jan 2026by Craig Jallal

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2026 in tug and salvage: electric and methanol-fuelled tugs arrive

31 Dec 2025by Martyn Wingrove

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2026 in maritime optimisation and communications: key digitalisation technologies to transform shipping

31 Dec 2025by Martyn Wingrove

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Maritime Regulations Webinar Week

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Floating energy: successfully unlocking stranded gas using FLNGs and FSRUs

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