Saildrone to build USVs at Van Der Valk Shipyard
Saildrone is expanding its European footprint, with multiple new manufacturing locations and operation centres. For example, the first European-built 52-metre Saildrone Spectre will be built at Van Der Valk Shipyard in the Netherlands. The expansion also includes the...
MAN Cryo to design hydrogen supply for net-zero Norwegian ferries
MAN Cryo has been contracted by Torghatten Nord A/S, the Norwegian ferry company, to work on a project encompassing the design and engineering of two hydrogen-powered newbuild RoPax ferries. The project stems from a Norwegian government initiative for major vessels...
Huisman to deliver deepwater Knuckle Boom Crane to Coastal International Marine
Huisman has been awarded its first contract from Coastal International Marine Inc. for the delivery of a deepwater Knuckle Boom Crane (KBC). The company is part of the Coastal Contracts Bhd. Group, a global integrated oil & gas services and energy infrastructure...
IHC to supply winch and handling systems for ASW Frigates
Recently, IHC Defence signed the contract with the Ministry of Defence's Materiel & IT Command (COMMIT) for the supply of six winch and handling systems. The newly-built systems will be placed on the four future Anti Submarine Warfare Frigates (two for the Royal...
Multraship adds Damen tug to fleet
Multraship Towage & Salvage held a Christening ceremony on 30 May to name its newest tug Multratug 35 at its home port of Terneuzen, the Netherlands. The vessel is a Damen ASD Tug 3212. Multraship’s HR manager, Mrs Chrétienne Huisman, did the honours and wished...
UK provides important and loyal clients for Damen
Companies in the UK maritime sector are very important and loyal customers for Damen Shipyards. Since the 1970s, Damen has delivered an impressive 300+ ships to a high variety of customers and industries in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Some ten to twelve vessels...
Wärtsilä to convert two Scandlines ferries to plug-in hybrid operation
Wärtsilä will supply the electrical systems needed to convert two Scandlines RoRo ferries to a plug-in hybrid solution. The ferries operate on the Puttgarden, Germany – Rödby, Denmark, route, and the conversion represents a key element in Scandlines’ target to achieve...
Engine room gantry hook defective
Always stop work when something seems out of the ordinary. The Nautical Institute gives this advice in its latest Mars Report in which a crane defect was uncovered on time. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of maritime accidents and near-misses. It then publishes...
ABS and Hyundai to advance medium-voltage ship power
ABS, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the technical feasibility for medium-voltage direct current (MVDC) power systems on ships. The agreement...
EST-Floattech batteries for Wight Shipyard ferries
EST-Floattech partners with Wight Shipyard Co. and will install the Octopus Series battery systems on two vessels, the Mars Clipper and a Cross River Ferry. The vessels will operate on the river Thames for Thames Clippers. Wight Shipyard, an aluminium shipbuilder in...
LR approves Seaspan feeder design ready for switch to ammonia
Lloyd's Register (LR) has awarded approval in principle (AiP) to Seaspan Corporation for its Next Generation Feeder Ship Design. The vessel, measuring 198 metres in length and developed by Technolog, can be efficiently converted from LNG to ammonia fuel during its...
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