Van Oord completes monopile installation at Baltica 2
Van Oord has installed all 111 monopiles for the Baltica 2 wind farm in Poland, including 107 for wind turbines and four for offshore substations. This milestone concludes one of the most demanding offshore construction campaigns in the Baltic Sea. PGE and Ørsted are...
Trelleborg takes over Dutch Mampaey Offshore Industries
Trelleborg Marine & Infrastructure, headquartered in Dubai, has acquired Mampaey Offshore Industries. Mampaey, based in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, has over 120 years of experience delivering advanced solutions for the marine industry. Trelleborg provides...
Damen Naval contracts LR for Colombian frigate
Damen Naval is signing a contract with classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) on the Plataforma Estratégica de Superficie (PES) frigate for Colombia. Colombian shipbuilder COTECMAR (Corporación de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo de la Industria Naval,...
EPS orders Bound4blue eSAILs for newbuild tanker
Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has strengthened its collaboration with Bound4blue by contracting three 22-metre-high eSAIL suction sails. The fully autonomous wind assisted ship propulsion (WASP) system will be installed on a newbuild MR tanker from New Times...
MAN completes first VLCV methanol retrofit
MAN Energy Solutions has completed the retrofit of the main engine of the Maersk Halifax to a dual-fuel MAN B&W ME-LGIM unit capable of running on methanol. It is the first such project globally involving a very large container vessel (VLCV) and serves as a...
Thecla Bodewes Shipyards launches 7th vessel for Vertom
Thecla Bodewes Shipyards has launched MV Vertom Willemijn, the seventh 7280-DWT LABRAX vessel for Vertom featuring advanced diesel-electric propulsion. With a future-ready design, these vessels are prepared to integrate alternative fuels and advanced power sources,...
VIDEO: NATO trains to protect underwater infrastructure
Undersea infrastructure, including data cables, electricity connectors and pipelines, is vital for our societies. During exercise Freezing Winds, NATO Allies exercised off the coast of Finland to enhance the surveillance and protection of critical underwater...
Hydrogen and CO2 prioritised in Delta Rhine Corridor
To accelerate the sustainability of the industry and avoid further delay of the Delta Rhine Corridor (DRC), the Dutch government has decided to prioritise hydrogen and CO2 infrastructure. This decision is to contribute to the timely switch to renewable energy, to make...
VIDEO: Valday salvaged after becoming adrift on North Sea
On Friday, the cargo ship Valday ended up adrift on the North Sea during a storm. In the early afternoon, the Netherlands Coastguard's emergency tug Multraship Commander managed to secure a towline to the vessel, videos of which have now been released. Three crew...
VIDEO: Heesen lays keel of first yacht in new 50-metre steel class
Heesen Yachts has laid the keel of Project Grace, a 50-metre steel Fast Displacement Hull Form (FDHF) yacht. It is the first in the new 50-metre series that the Dutch yacht builder presented last year during the inaugural press conference at the Monaco Yacht Show. The...
New CEO for Jumbo Maritime
The Supervisory Board of Jumbo Maritime has appointed Peter de Bree as the new CEO of the company. He succeeds Daan Koornneef, who will step down as CEO, effective January 1, 2025. Over the past two years, Koorneef has successfully guided Jumbo through a period of...
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