Superyacht Zero emerges from Vitters’ building hall
Last week, the 69-metre zero-emissions yacht Zero emerged from the construction hall at Vitters Shipyard in Zwartsluis, the Netherlands. It was subsequently transported by barge to Harlingen where the yacht was launched on 9 July. After seven years of hard work from...
Salvors working to remove fore section of X-Press Pearl
X-Press Feeders, former operators of the container ship X-Press Pearl, have confirmed that the operation to lift the fore section of the wreck has resumed. Preparations began in December with the passing of the southwest monsoon season. The Shanghai Salvage Companies'...
Erik Thun orders four more vessels at Ferus Smit
Erik Thun AB has granted Ferus Smit Shipyards an order for building an additional four new vessels. The contracts consist of two multi-purpose dry cargo vessels and two coastal tankers. The 5100-DWT dry cargo vessels have ice class 1B and add to the four “Lake Vanern...
‘Severe disruption due to Red Sea crisis will remain’
Missile strikes by the US and UK against Houthi militia in Yemen has brought heightened tensions across the region with disruption to ocean freight shipping set to deteriorate further. This expectation was expressed by Xeneta. At approximately 2.30am (Sanaa/Red Sea...
Steel cut for Boskalis’ new 31,000 m3 dredger
Construction of Boskalis' new 31,000 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger kicked off with the steel cutting at the Royal IHC yard last week. The vessel will be built in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands, over the next few years. The new vessel will be one of the...
Jumbo lands FPSO mooring pre-installation contract
Jumbo Offshore has been awarded a contract by MODEC Guyana Inc. for the pre-installation of the mooring spread of the FPSO Errea Wittu, which will be located offshore Guyana. The FPSO, the name of which means "abundance", will have the capacity to store 2 million...
Hydrogen boat with printed circuit board fuel cell passes trials
Bramble Energy in the UK has launched the world’s first hydrogen-electric boat powered by a printed circuit board fuel cell (PCBFC). Next step is developing the PCBFC systems for wider maritime applications. As the lead partner in the HyTime project working alongside...
IRO and NMT explore merger
IRO, the association of Dutch suppliers in the offshore energy industry, and Netherlands Maritime Technology (NMT), trade organisation for the Dutch maritime manufacturing industry, are investigating a possible merger. IRO (which once stood for Industrial Council for...
‘Record deliveries could push container fleet above 30 million TEU in 2024’
As 2023 saw a relatively low level of container ship recycling, new ships entering the fleet caused an eight per cent rise in the capacity of the container fleet, states BIMCO in its latest "Shipping number of the week". This is the fastest growth registered since...
Wagenborg’s third EasyMax arrives in home port
Royal Wagenborg's third EasyMax, under construction at Royal Niestern Sander as yard number 852, has salt water under the keel for the first time after being transported from the shipyard to its home port of Delfzijl. With the EasyMax, Wagenborg has a relatively large...
MAN to power Boskalis’ new dredger
Boskalis has contracted MAN Energy Solutions for three MAN 49/60 engines for its new 31,000-m3 trailing suction hopper dredger to be built by Royal IHC. It is the first marine application of the most powerful MAN medium-speed engine. Each engine will come accompanied...
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