Leonhardt & Blumberg fits VentoFoils on first newbuild
German shipowner Leonhardt & Blumberg has equipped Hansa Drejoe with Econowind VentoFoils. The vessel is the first of four general cargo newbuilds to receive wind propulsion technology. Royal Niestern Sander Shipyard completed the first installation on Hansa...
What happened in the minutes leading up to the Key Bridge collapse
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse after being hit by the container ship Dali. From the Voyage Data Recorder (VDR), the NTSB has reconstructed the Dali's voyage leading up to the allision. The VDR...
Van Oord duo dredges Prinses Amaliahaven in Rotterdam
Van Oord’s cutter suction dredger Biesbosch and trailing suction hopper dredger Vox Apolonia are teaming up to dredge the Prinses Amaliahaven located on Maasvlakte in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. New quays here being dredged to a depth of more than 20 metres below sea...
Dutch navy removes minehunter HNLMS Vlaardingen from service
The Royal Netherlands Navy ceremoniously bid farewell to HNLMS Vlaardingen on 27 March. The minehunter was decommissioned after 35 years of service at the municipality of the same name. The current mine countermeasure vessels are to be replaced by new ones in the...
Carnival orders fifth Excel-class cruise ship at Meyer
Meyer Werft will build another modern cruise ship for Carnival Cruise Line for delivery in 2028. It involves a fifth cruise ship of the Excel-class and it will offer space for over 6400 guests. The order is subject to financing, which is expected to be finalised in...
ABS leads offshore electrical power bunkering project
ABS has joined the BlueBARGE Project to develop a comprehensive solution for offshore electrical power bunkering. The programme is funded by Horizon Europe and involves fourteen partners from ten European countries. To limit local pollution and greenhouse gas...
DEME reports record-high turnover
DEME has released its annual report for 2023, marking the second report since the company's stock listing in 2022. The company reports a notable 22 per cent increase in the order book and a record-high turnover of EUR 3.3 billion. DEME states that the year was defined...
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VIDEO: First vessel passes through temporary channel around Key Bridge wreckage [UPDATED]
The tugboat Crystal Coast pushing a fuel barge transited the temporary alternate channel created by the Key Bridge Response Unified Command, at 3 p.m. (local time) on Monday, 1 April. It is the first vessel to use the channel since the bridge collapsed into the...
Steel cut for Roll Group’s first own heavy transport barge
Roll Group has held the steel cutting ceremony for its latest addition, Roll Barge One, in Batam, Indonesia. Scheduled for delivery by ASL Yards in the third quarter of 2024, this marks the company's entry into the barge market with its own assets, moving away from...
Certification for SolarDuck’s floating offshore solar system
Bureau Veritas has awarded Dutch-Norwegian renewable energy company SolarDuck the world’s first Prototype Certification for its floating offshore solar technology, as applied in SolarDuck’s 0.5 MW pilot "Merganser". It marks a significant step forward in the...
Vuyk switches to advanced ShipConstructor software
Vuyk Engineering, a provider of one-off vessel and equipment designs and operational engineering, will adopt SSI's ShipConstructor software across its operations. The transition from its previous design tools to ShipConstructor enables the company to leverage the...
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