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Balk Shipyard back in Dutch hands

Balk Shipyard back in Dutch hands

by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 4, 2025 | News, Ship conversion/refit, Ship design, Shipbuilding, Yachts

As of 26 February, Balk Shipyard, based in Urk, the Netherlands, is back in Dutch hands. With this acquisition, 100% of the shares of the yacht builder revert to Dutch ownership. The new owner is a Dutch entrepreneur whose name has not been disclosed. In 2022, the...
Thecla Bodewes Shipyards lays keel for first GADUS vessel

Thecla Bodewes Shipyards lays keel for first GADUS vessel

by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 3, 2025 | Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ship design, Ship propulsion, Shipbuilding

Thecla Bodewes Shipyards has laid the keel of Hav Leiti, the first vessel in the new GADUS series of four 5600-DWT dry cargo vessels. The vessel is being built for Navigare Shipping. The Hav Leiti is the first of four highly efficient and sustainable cargo ships...
ZeroUSV launches first of autonomous USV charter fleet

ZeroUSV launches first of autonomous USV charter fleet

by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 3, 2025 | Autonomous operation, Digitalisation, News, Ship design, Shipbuilding, Survey

British SME ZeroUSV is one step closer to offering the world’s first charter fleet of fully autonomous uncrewed surface vessels after its inaugural Oceanus12 touched the water for the first time at Manor Marine in Portland, Dorset, this week. The fully equipped vessel...
LR verifies fuel savings of Damen’s air lubrication system

LR verifies fuel savings of Damen’s air lubrication system

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 28, 2025 | Classification/inspection, Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ship design, Shipping

The Damen Air Cavity System (DACS) has again demonstrated its fuel saving credentials during an independent verification undertaken by Lloyd’s Register (LR). These latest findings offer valuable evidence of the potential of air lubrication technology to lower both...
Princess Amalia christens Combat Support Ship Den Helder

Princess Amalia christens Combat Support Ship Den Helder

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 24, 2025 | Navy, News, Ship design, Shipbuilding

Her Royal Highness the Princess of Orange christened the Combat Support Ship (CSS) Den Helder at Damen Naval in Vlissingen on Saturday, 22 February. The new replenishment ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy features a high level of automation and marks the start of a...
ABS approval for nuclear-powered container ship

ABS approval for nuclear-powered container ship

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 24, 2025 | Classification/inspection, Emissions, Energy transition, News, Nuclear, Ship design, Ship propulsion

A pioneering nuclear-propelled container ship designed by HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) has received approval in principle from ABS. The design for a 15,000 TEU vessel uses a propulsion system comprised of a molten salt reactor (MSR) for...
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