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...
Boskalis adds construction support vessels to fleet
Boskalis has acquired the construction support vessels (CSVs) Boka Pride (DP3) and Boka Pioneer (DP2). With a deck space of 2000 m2, the Boka Pride immediately ranks amongst the largest in the Boskalis fleet. The Boka Pride recently underwent its five-year special...
Kongsberg delivers first Reach Remote USV
A new era of offshore operations has begun with the delivery of Reach Remote, a 24-metre unmanned surface vessel (USV) designed by Kongsberg Maritime. Its initial mission will be to conduct underwater surveys off the coast of Haugesund, Norway, but its potential...
Daphne and Williams land USD 6M grant for methane abatement tech
Daphne Technology, in partnership with Williams, has landed a grant worth nearly USD 6 million from the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Methane Emissions Reduction Program (MERP). With the "Daphne and Williams Methane Slip Abatement Plasma-Catalyst Scale-Up" project,...
Allseas partners with Nuclear Energy Maritime Organization
Allseas has become a partner of the Nuclear Energy Maritime Organization (NEMO). Founded earlier this year, NEMO is at the forefront of bringing nuclear technology into the maritime sector as a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels. Allseas states that it is actively...
New Damen Amels 80 reaches Vlissingen for outfitting
Following the recent launch of the latest Amels 80 at Damen Yachting's hull building facility in Galati, Romania, the 80-metre (261-foot) Amels Limited Editions has now arrived in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, ready for outfitting. The arrival of this Amels 80 marks...
SEA Europe elects Alberto Maestrini as new Chairman
SEA Europe, the industry association representing European shipyards and maritime equipment manufacturers, has selected Alberto Maestrini to become its new Chairman. He succeeds René Berkvens effective immediately. Maestrini graduated in Electronic Engineering from...
Ports of Antwerp-Bruges and Rotterdam call for Clean Industrial Deal
Port of Antwerp-Bruges and Port of Rotterdam are calling on the European Commission to make large-scale investments in the competitiveness of industry in Europe. This comes ahead of the publication of the Competitiveness Compass and the Clean Industrial Deal....
First Damen cutter dredger under construction in Azerbaijan
Baku Shipyard is currently working on the construction of a Damen Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) 650. Damen Shipyards delivered the dredger's design and materials package. The dredger, which will be ready later this year, will be operated by the Port of Baku, a...
Seawater temperatures reached new record high in 2024
Ocean warming in 2024 has resulted in new record high temperatures. The ocean is the hottest it has ever been recorded by humans, not only at the surface temperature, but also for the upper 2000 metres. This follows from a new study. The study, co-authored by Dr....
How Smit Salvage removed oil from stranded vessel’s tanks
One of the first actions when salvaging a vessel that ran onto the rocks is to remove the oil from the tanks. In the case of the salvage by Smit Salvage of the cargo ship Blue Lagoon, which ran aground on the rocky seabed off the coast of Taiwan's Orchid Island, it...
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