Damen Shipyards to cut 225 jobs
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards has announced it will cut 225 jobs in the Netherlands for efficiency reasons. Compulsory redundancies have not been ruled out. Trade union CNV calls the plans a 'cold shower for employees'. Damen states it is the next step in...
Kongsberg Maritime plans to acquire Steerprop
Kongsberg Maritime ASA has entered into an agreement to acquire Steerprop, a Finnish designer and manufacturer of azimuth propulsion systems. Steerprop specialises in high ice-class and Arctic vessels. This acquisition follows that of Berg Propulsion, announced...
Everllence launches Engine Supported Air Lubrication
Everllence is introducing a new technology called Engine Supported Air Lubrication (ESAL). This technology integrates hull air-lubrication with the main engine to improve overall vessel propulsion efficiency gains. To coincide with the announcement, the company has...
Fugro joins EU Digital Twin Ocean project
Fugro joins the Horizon Europe-funded project OCEANITY to co-design decision-ready applications within the European Digital Twin Ocean (EDITO). OCEANITY will enable governments, industries and citizens to test the outcomes of their decisions before they act. Europe’s...
Heerema installs 100 turbine foundations in Baltic Sea
Heerema Marine Contractors has completed the offshore foundation installation campaign for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea. The project involved the installation of 100 wind turbines and two offshore substations over a four-month...
Container fleet set to reach new high of 34 million TEU
In this week’s “Shipping Number of the Week” from BIMCO, Chief Shipping Analysis, Niels Rasmussen, looks at the global container fleet capacity. This is on track to reach a new high of 34 million TEU, fuelled by a high level of new deliveries and sluggish ship...
DEME on track for another record year
Whereas Dutch competitor Boskalis reported that the current geopolitical situation was impacting its revenue, Belgian DEME sees its turnover and net profit increase over the first six months of 2026. Group turnover was EUR 2.2 billion, up two per cent from EUR 2.1...
eCap Marine to power two more bulk carriers with hydrogen
eCap Marine has secured another contract for the supply of hydrogen-based energy systems for the maritime industry. The company will equip two additional hydrogen-powered bulk carriers for GMI with integrated hydrogen energy power systems called eCap H2EPS. The new...
EST-Floattech batteries for fifteen new river cruisers
Dutch system integrator Van Tiem Elektro has contracted EST-Floattech to supply its Octopus High Energy battery systems for fifteen new river cruise vessels. The vessels are being outfitted at De Gerlien van Tiem in Druten and at Vahali Shipyards in Ghent for a group...
LR and MARIC unveil tri-fuel-ready tanker concept
A new 114,000-DWT product and crude oil tri-fuel tanker designed to accommodate future conversion to LNG, methanol or ammonia has secured approval in principle (AiP). It concerns a project of Lloyd's Register (LR) and the Marine Design and Research Institute of China...
Anemoi and Maersk plan Rotor Sails for container ship
Anemoi Marine Technologies will supply its Rotor Sail system for installation on a container vessel in A.P. Moller-Maersk's 8700 TEU Lima class. This is the first time that Rotor Sails will be installed on a container vessel. Anemoi is a British innovator in...
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