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Dredging

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Maritime Tourism

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Tankers

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Salvage

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Naval Auxiliary/Support

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Ferry

VESSEL REVIEW | Bindy II – Catamaran ferry used as military personnel shuttle in France's Brest Harbour

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Unmanned Security Systems

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Inland Tug Operations

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Ro-Pax

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Harbour Tugs and Operation

VESSEL REVIEW | Isla Popa & Isla Uva – Svitzer's new tugs to support ship transits through Panama Canal

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Harbour Tugs and Operation

VESSEL REVIEW | RB-2256 – Russian Navy acquires harbour tug for ship assist duties

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Zhejiang Port Inland River 060 at the Port of Jiaxing in Zhejiang province

Container Shipping

VESSEL REVIEW | Zhejiang Port Inland River 060 – Electric container vessel for operation in China's Zhejiang province

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AWARDS 2025 | Best Medium Research Vessel – North Wind – Teknicraft Design

VESSEL REVIEW | Sardine – Russian-built compact USV for surveys in harsh environments

VESSEL REVIEW | Zhuangyuanfang – Large-capacity electric tour boat for operation on China's Pearl River

OPINION | Crisis in Middle East exposes Australia's maritime vulnerability

Chinese yard lays keel of new heavy lift ships for Chipolbrok

Captain dead, four others missing after tug capsizes in Romania's Midia Port

China's second locally-built cruise ship enters harbour trials

Virgin Islands Port Authority awards harbour dredging works to Orion Marine Construction

CNOOC christens newest 174,000cbm LNG carrier

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Vessel Reviews

VESSEL REVIEW | Sardine – Russian-built compact USV for surveys in harsh environments

VESSEL REVIEW | Zhuangyuanfang – Large-capacity electric tour boat for operation on China's Pearl River

VESSEL REVIEW | DHT Antelope & DHT Addax – DHT Holdings welcomes low-emission VLCCs to fleet

VESSEL REVIEW | Chongqing Emergency No 012 – Chinese crane vessel built for salvage and construction duties

VESSEL REVIEW | Matilda 1 – New stern landing vessel boasts long-distance navigation capability

VESSEL REVIEW | Bindy II – Catamaran ferry used as military personnel shuttle in France's Brest Harbour

VESSEL REVIEW | Optionally-crewed maritime security craft boasts reconfigurable layout

VESSEL REVIEW | John Paul Eckstein – Marquette Transportation welcomes new pusher tug to Mississippi River fleet

VESSEL REVIEW | Jantar Unity – Hybrid LNG-powered ferry for overnight Baltic Sea trips between Poland and Sweden

VESSEL REVIEW | Isla Popa & Isla Uva – Svitzer's new tugs to support ship transits through Panama Canal

VESSEL REVIEW | RB-2256 – Russian Navy acquires harbour tug for ship assist duties

VESSEL REVIEW | Zhejiang Port Inland River 060 – Electric container vessel for operation in China's Zhejiang province

The Latest From Our Columnists

COLUMN | Dark times for the dark fleet (and for seafarers generally) [Offshore Accounts]

COLUMN | There are weeks where decades happen: CBO and OceanPact in Brazil; Edda Wind Chopped; Ferguson Marine [Offshore Accounts]

COLUMN | Remember the poor bloody infantry: seafarers in the crossfire of the latest US-Iran hostilities [Grey Power]

COLUMN | The irrationality of markets: Tidewater and Wilson Sons; Saipem, Deep Value Driller and Eldorado; Bourbon Evolution 805 and 807 [Offshore Accounts]

COLUMN | When harbour tugs respond to emergencies, every second counts [Tug Times]

COLUMN | No big deal: the fate of officers of the dark tanker fleet (part two of two) [Offshore Accounts]

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