Jan De Nul completes Brazil’s largest-ever beach strengthening
Over the past nine months, Jan De Nul has deepened the access channel to the local port of Itapoá in Brazil. At the same time, the dredged sand was reused to create nine kilometres of beaches and five kilometres of dunes with native vegetation. Jan De Nul's dredging...
Thecla Bodewes Shipyards delivers first Salmo vessel
Thecla Bodewes Shipyards has delivered MV Iana, the first vessel in the pioneering SALMO series. According to the Dutch shipbuilder, this 5050-DWT diesel-electric multi-purpose vessel marks a new chapter in sustainable design, precision craftsmanship, and operational...
Allseas deploys ‘bowstring’ pipelay method for first time
Just ahead of its lifetime extension, Allseas' pipelay vessel Lorelay has completed a platform-to-platform pipeline off Trinidad’s southeastern coast in just ten days. For the first time in the company's forty-year pipelay history, Allseas successfully deployed the...
Full-Scale MAN ammonia engine runs at full load
MAN Energy Solutions has reported that its ME-LGIA (Liquid Gas Injection Ammonia) engine, currently undergoing testing at its Research Centre Copenhagen (RCC) facility, has run at 100 per cent engine load for the first time. It marks a milestone on the path to...
Damen delivers Germany’s first all-electric ferry
On the 15th of January, Damen Shipyards handed over Germany’s first, all-electric catamaran (E-Kat) ferry to its operator, AG Reederei Norden-Frisia. Capable of taking up to 150 passengers, the vessel will operate between Norddeich and Norderney on the East Frisian...
VIDEO: MOL takes delivery of green steel MPV with VentoFoils
On 30 January, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) took delivery of the multi-purpose vessel Prima Verde. It is said to be the world’s first vessel of any type to use green steel materials, an engine that can run exclusively on marine gas oil (MGO) and a wind assisted ship...
Container lashing related MOB fatality at sea
Rescue and emergency equipment must be kept at 100% readiness, warns The Nautical Institute in a new Mars Report. In the incident described, a crew member fell overboard and died after unlashing a container while the ship was still underway. The Nautical Institute...
Huisman wins orders for Ulstein-designed heavy-lift vessel
Huisman has landed a contract from Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd. to deliver a 5000-mt Tub Mounted Crane along with a monopile handling system, including a Motion Compensated Pile Gripper. Ulstein had already been contracted to provide the vessel design. Developed...
Anthony Veder adds 9000-m3 ethylene carrier to fleet
Anthony Veder has taken delivery of Yas, a 9000-m3 ethylene carrier. The gas carrier, delivered in the port of Yeosu, is renamed Coral Palmata. This addition is to further strengthen the company’s fleet, comprising petrochemical and LNG carriers, to 29 vessels. The...
Bruno Joannes Tideman – A man of remarkably keen insight
From the magazine - In 1977, 100 years after the Royal Netherlands Navy commissioned the cruiser Atjeh, a Tideman commemoration was organised for the first time. The focus was on the figure of naval engineer Bruno Joannes Tideman (1834-1883), the designer of the...
Royal Bodewes to build two EcoTraders for Lehmann
Reederei Lehmann GmbH & Co KG has ordered two new RB 5800 EcoTraders from Royal Bodewes. These general cargo vessels will be built at the yard in Hoogezand, the Netherlands, and delivery is set for Q4/2027 and Q2/2028. The order for these two vessels is a...
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