by Mariska Buitendijk | Sep 20, 2021 | Deepsea mining, News, Shipbuilding
Following the official handover at Damen Shipyards Mangalia last month, Debmarine Namibia’s new diamond recovery vessel has now departed on a four-week long maiden voyage to the Port of Cape Town, South Africa. Here, it will be fitted with mission equipment before...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Sep 17, 2021 | Deepsea mining, News, Ship repair/maintenance
Allseas’ deepsea mining vessel Hiddem Gem has arrived at Damen Shiprepair in Schiedam, the Netherlands for repair and maintenance, painting and reactivation works. This ship is to carry out a collector “wet-test” in the Atlantic at the end of 2021 and pilot...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 2, 2021 | Deepsea mining, News
With the announcement in May 2019 to form a strategic partnership with DeepGreen, Allseas made its first tentative steps into the deepsea mining industry. Ten months later, a former drill ship was acquired to convert into a collection vessel for polymetallic nodules....
by Mariska Buitendijk | May 27, 2021 | Deepsea mining, Dredging, News
It was about ten years ago when Dutch companies and people started thinking about the possibilities and necessity of deepsea mining. Of course, in the Netherlands and, not to forget Belgium, a lot of people and companies are involved in dredging. And dredging and...
by Mariska Buitendijk | May 20, 2021 | Deepsea mining, Dredging, Navy, News, Offshore, Offshore wind, Shipbuilding
Last year, the Dutch shipbuilder Royal IHC again plunged deep into the red due to large losses on the construction of several problem vessels. The company, which was saved from bankruptcy last year by a support campaign, is now seeing a recovery and thinks that a...
by Mariska Buitendijk | May 4, 2021 | Deepsea mining, News
A prototype deep-seabed mining robot that had become uncoupled from a cable connecting it to a surface vessel has been successfully recovered from the floor of the Pacific Ocean. The Patania II, GSR’s purpose-built prototype nodule collector, is currently being...
