Onboard carbon capture offers route to lower emissions
Onboard carbon capture and storage systems (OCCS) could play a significant role in helping shipping reduce CO2 emissions, while alternative fuel supply chains continue to develop. This follows from a new Lloyd’s Register (LR) report. The report, Applying Onboard...
Feadship’s yacht Project 714 leaves construction shed
Feadship's Project 714 has emerged from the shed at the Aalsmeer facility. At 79.95 metres in length, this superyacht is now ready to undergo final outfitting and sea trials. Project 714 features an exterior design by RWD with sculpted curves and a blue hull. Feadship...
Balk Shipyard back in Dutch hands
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...
Jan De Nul to install monopiles for major Scottish wind farm
Jan De Nul’s heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés will be deployed to transport and install the monopile foundations at Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm. When complete, this wind farm off the Angus coast in Scotland will generate enough green energy to power the equivalent of...
Thecla Bodewes Shipyards lays keel for first GADUS vessel
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
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...
DFDS backs Danish Defence with eight RoRo ferries
DFDS will provide freight ferries for transport of military equipment to the Danish Defence. At a time of increasing geopolitical uncertainty, the partnership will support on military operations and missions. The contract extends the scope of the current contract and...
LR verifies fuel savings of Damen’s air lubrication system
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...
Mega expansion APM Terminals MVII kicks off
APM Terminals Maasvlakte II has celebrated the official start of the expansion of its terminal. Once completed, the capacity of the container terminal in the Port of Rotterdam will be doubled. The expansion is realised in close cooperation with the Port of Rotterdam...
Shell expects Asia to drive 60% rise in LNG demand to 2040
Global demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is forecast to rise by around sixty per cent by 2040, largely driven by economic growth in Asia, emissions reductions in heavy industry and transport as well as the impact of artificial intelligence. Shell draws these...
Zepp.solutions’ hydrogen fuel cells to power river cruiser
Zepp.solutions, a Dutch pioneer in hydrogen fuel cell technology, has been selected as the fuel cell system supplier for the NERA-H2 project. This initiative, largely funded by the Dutch Maritime Master Plan, aims to introduce hydrogen as a clean energy source in the...
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