Good times for yacht building – What Royal Huisman is up to
Yacht building is in a comfortable market position. Various shipyards are reporting a good first quarter. Royal Huisman in Vollenhove has already chosen a specialisation and has a healthy order book containing at least six projects. Royal Huisman's innovation team...
Ulstein develops installation vessel that can handle 5000-tonne foundations
To provide for tomorrow’s needs in offshore wind and building on decades of proven track record in heavy-lift vessel design, Ulstein has expanded its portfolio with the Ulstein HX122 design. The design features an Ulstein X-Bow and an ultra-high-capacity crane,...
Port of Rotterdam Authority presents future scenarios 2050
Understanding what the future might look like is important so that the Port Authority can respond. What investments are needed to attract new flows of goods, activity and clean energy carriers? Where should adjustments be made? The Port of Rotterdam Authority...
In pictures: Heerema sets heaviest crane lift at sea record
Heerema Marine Contractors' Sleipnir safely installed TotalEnergies' biggest Tyra II topside on the last remaining bare jacket at the Tyra field on 4 October. The lift of the 17,000-metric-tonne heavy process module broke a world record as the heaviest crane lift ever...
OS 35 wreck to be removed before 30 May 2023
Gibraltar's Captain of the Port has issued a Wreck Removal Notice to the owners of the partially sunk and heavily damaged bulk carrier OS 35, which dictates that the wreck needs to be removed no later than 30 May 2023. Following this notice, the salvors have provided...
Damen Yachting sells Amels 60 and 80 superyacht in one week
Damen Yachting has sold both its first Amels 80 and its sixth Amels 60 superyacht in one week. The 80-metre and 60-metre Amels Limited Editions will be delivered to their owners in 2025 and 2024 respectively. The Amels 80, which features exterior design by Espen Øino...
Heerema’s Thialf enters the Baltic Sea for the first time
Heerema Marine Contractors' semi-submersible crane vessel Thialf has crossed the Storebaelt Bridge, known as the "gate to the Baltic Sea". This crossing is the first time a Heerema crane vessel has accessed the region and is the result of innovative crane alterations...
Samskip fits Value Maritime’s CO2 capture system on two container ships
Samskip is making carbon capture a part of its integrated plan for decarbonising shipping, after choosing the Value Maritime Filtree gas cleaning solution for the container ships Samskip Innovator and Samskip Endeavour. For ships running on conventional marine fuels,...
Royal IHC lays off 251 employees after new shipbuilding orders stall
Royal IHC will lay off 251 people in the coming months due to a lack of new large shipbuilding and ship repair orders. In addition, the Dutch shipbuilder will temporarily close its yard in Krimpen aan den IJssel. In November 2020, Royal IHC also announced a major...
Heerema orders Motion Compensated Pile Gripper from Huisman
Heerema Marine Contractors has contracted Huisman for the delivery of a state-of-the-art Motion Compensated Pile Gripper, specifically designed for crane vessel Thialf. This will be the third Motion Compensated Pile Gripper to be built by Huisman. The technology...
Request for proposal for new Dutch submarines ready, budget raised
The Dutch Ministry of Defence has reached an important milestone in its submarine replacement project. The request for proposal is ready and will be sent to the three candidate shipyards in mid-November 2022. In addition, the budget for the project has been increased....
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