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Aberdeen’s first steam-powered fishing vessel was an unsuccessful experiment. Yet within 15 years, steam had begun to transform the city’s fishing fleet, bringing prosperity to local shipbuilders and changing the way fishermen worked.

New research suggests microplastics may interfere with the growth of microscopic algae involved in the ocean carbon cycle

Extraction industries seeking to reduce their Scope 3 emissions are looking to maritime for help. Could new ethanol-powered Guaibamax vessels play a role?

Offshore wind, tidal power and wave energy are familiar parts of the renewable-energy landscape. Now a new concept has emerged – autonomous energy-harvesting ships, designed to sail into the open ocean, harvest energy from the wind and return carrying green fuel.

When a crewman was crushed on a ro-ro vessel, it again highlighted lessons are still to be learned

November 2026 sees the return of the IMarEST’s International Naval Engineering Conference and International Ship Control Systems Symposium (INEC/iSCSS). Here’s a taster of what's to come this Autumn...

For Professor Deborah Greaves OBE (FIMarEST), the strength of the IMarEST lies in its breadth. As the Institute’s 123rd President, she wants to build on that multidisciplinary foundation to bring more people together around the marine challenges of the future

The Pakistan Joint Branch (PJB), a joint IMarEST/RINA branch, is due to be revived while taking inspiration from the Aberdeen (Scotland) model. We explore how Syed Ahmed (CEng, CMarEng, FIMarEST), together with Jo Lewis of IMarEST, is supporting the revival based on its unique challenges

Triceratops, a platform design to solve issues confronting the ultra-deep water oil and gas industry, also shows promise as a novel solution to help harvest diverse sustainable energy sources offshore.