Shell: Global LNG demand to rise 65 per cent by 2050
Global demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is expected to grow by around 65 per cent by 2050, reaching nearly 700 million tonnes per year, according to Shell's LNG Outlook 2026. The energy company says LNG will continue to play a key role in energy security and the...
Huisman to deliver two cranes for Japanese cable-lay vessel
Huisman has won a contract from Vard, a designer and shipbuilder, for the delivery of a fully electric 250-mt Hybrid Boom Subsea Crane and a 100-mt Knuckle Boom Crane. The cranes will be installed on Toyo Construction's latest cable-lay and construction vessel. Tokyo...
Dutch political party launches campaign ahead of submarine debate
'Don't sink our industry' is the slogan of a new billboard campaign launched by Dutch political party SGP on Monday, 11 March. It is the same political party that requested a debate on the upcoming Dutch submarine contract award after rumours appeared that the order...
CMB.Tech to build ammonia-powered container ship
CMB.Tech has ordered what it says is the world’s first ammonia-powered container ship in partnership with Yara Clean Ammonia, North Sea Container Line and Yara International through a fifteen-year deal. The vessel, to be named Yara Eyde, is a 1400 TEU ice-class...
Netherlands sends frigate to join Red Sea mission
The Dutch government has informed the House of Representatives that HNLMS Tromp will be deployed in the Red Sea. The air defence and command frigate will contribute to safe and free passage there. In addition, the government is investigating whether the Joint Logistic...
Mitsui runs marine two-stroke engine on hydrogen
MAN Energy Solutions’ licensee, Mitsui E&S Co. Ltd., has successfully tested a 50-bore MAN B&W two-stroke engine up to 100 per cent load at its Tamano facility while running on hydrogen. The company states it is a world-first for the maritime industry. In...
Saab and Damen offer Dutch submarine design for export
Saab and Damen Shipyards have agreed to export the advanced Expeditionary C-71 submarine, which has been developed for the Royal Netherlands Navy to replace the current Walrus class. However, just over a week ago, rumours surfaced that the multi-billion contract was...
Vessel suffers damage due to faulty wire rope termination
Visually examine wire rope terminations for abnormalities. The Nautical Institute gives this advice in its latest Mars Report, in which a vessel suffered extensive damage to equipment when a wire rope swaged splice termination failed. The Nautical Institute gathers...
Dutch navy gets six new Amphibious Transport Ships
The Royal Netherlands Navy will see its two Landing Platform Docks (LPDs) and four Oceangoing Patrol Vessels (OPVs) replaced with six Amphibious Transport Ships. These are estimated to cost between EUR 1 and 2.5 billion. The State Secretary of Defence Christophe van...
Boskalis is opening new head office in Abu Dhabi
Despite a historic 2023, with both a record revenue and earnings, Boskalis is expanding its business not in the Netherlands, but in Abu Dhabi by opening a new office there as 'an extension to the head office in the Netherlands'. The company mentions this in its annual...
First trials for Holland Shipyards’ second hydrogen vessel
On 4 March, Holland Shipyards Group successfully completed the first trials for Future Proof Shipping’s H2 Barge 2. It is the shipbuilder's second zero-emission inland navigation ship that is powered by hydrogen. Picture by Holland Shipyards Group. Dutch shipowner...
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