Vessels

Maritime Journal’s expert editors cover commercial marine vessel technologies such as electronics, navigation, monitoring & autonomy, along with ship & boatbuilding, financing, insuring and operating vessels safely. This section also features the latest news covering propulsion equipment as well as tugs, towing, and salvage.

Emergency response vessel

Three teams enter race to build emergency towing vessels

2026-07-02T12:24:00+01:00

Three industry teams have been chosen to develop competing designs for a new generation of low-emission emergency response towing vessels (ERTVs) under a Dutch government programme aimed at protecting the North Sea’s growing offshore wind sector.