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...
Tokyo and Paris MoU plan CIC on crew wages and employment
The member authorities of the Tokyo and the Paris Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control will launch a joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on crew wages and seafarer employment agreements (MLC, 2006). The purpose of the Tokyo or Paris MoU...
Wärtsilä transfers Trieste manufacturing site to MSC
Following plans to scale down manufacturing in Trieste, Italy, Wärtsilä has now announced the site has been sold to Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). 255 employees and the production facility have already been transferred, with the rest of the buildings and assets...
O2 Capital Partners new owner of Royal Huisman
O2 Capital Partners will be the new owner of the Dutch superyacht builder Royal Huisman Group. The current shareholders, Koninklijke Doeksen and Parcom, support the transition. Royal Huisman Group consists of Royal Huisman, Huisfit and Rondal. The new owner is a Dutch...
Concordia Damen wins order for River Cruise 135
Concordia Damen has won a contract for an undisclosed European luxury river cruise operator to deliver its cutting-edge River Cruise 135. This in-house designed vessel represents a step forward in sustainable and luxurious river cruising and has the Green Award Gold...
Heesen reveals first yacht of new 57-metre series
Heesen Yachts has revealed the first superyacht in its new 57-metre series, YN 20457 Project Akira, now named Santosha. The yacht boasts an interior volume of 780 GT and features exterior lines penned by Frank Laupman of Omega Architects. Originally built on...
Dutch Disciplinary Court suspends licence of Muntgracht OOW
The Maritime Disciplinary Court of the Netherlands has suspended the licence of the multi-purpose vessel Muntgracht's officer of the watch (OOW) after the vessel hit and dragged a buoy while entering the port of Darwin, Australia, in 2022. The incident occurred on 10...
CMA CGM vessel loses 99 containers off South Africa
Adverse weather conditions impacting South Africa this past week have led to yet another large container vessel losing as many as 99 containers off the east coast of South Africa, according to the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA). In response, a...
Record revenue and order book for Damen in 2023
2023 was a positive year for the largest shipbuilding group in the Netherlands, Damen Shipyards Group. It had the highest revenue ever for the second year in a row and the largest order book for the third consecutive year. Revenue passed the 3 billion euro mark for...
Jan De Nul reveals name of Fleeming Jenkin’s sister vessel
Earlier this year, Jan De Nul ordered a sister vessel of the Fleeming Jenkin. With their three carousels and cable-carrying capacity of 28,000 tonnes, the sister vessels will be the largest cable-laying vessels in the world. The company has now revealed the latest...
LR, Core Power and Maersk look into nuclear container ship propulsion
Lloyd’s Register (LR) and Core Power have launched a joint study on the regulatory feasibility and frameworks needed for a nuclear container ship. The organisations are joined by Maersk and have formalised their collaboration with a joint development project agreement...
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