‘Eyes on site’ support Port of Dover fender maintenance
The Port of Dover has installed an advanced monitoring system with integrated Meteor MRC cameras to collect data on ferry berthing and fender performance. This is to help optimise maintenance and identify significant berthing impacts. The Port of Dover, the UK's...
In pictures: Two halves of OS 35 wreck pass through IJmuiden locks on lift barge Fjord
The two parts of the wrecked bulk carrier OS 35 made a spectacular passage through the port and locks of IJmuiden. Sitting atop the semi-submersible barge Fjord and towed from Gibraltar to IJmuiden by Boskalis anchor handling tug Seraya, the convoy arrived in...
CO2 storage in North Sea gets green light
The Dutch Council of State has decided that the incorporation plan and environmental permits for the so-called Porthos project remain in place. This means that the project that will see CO2 stored in empty gas fields in the North Sea may go ahead. This follows from a...
Damen to supply water injection dredger to UK Dredging
Damen Shipyards will deliver a Shoalbuster 2711 Water Injection Dredger (WID) to UK Dredging. Based on a proven design, the vessel nonetheless represents an innovative approach to water injection dredging, enabling extreme efficiency and flexibility. UK Dredging, part...
Conversion of Wagenborg offshore vessel progressing well
The Aurora Thunder is currently undergoing a transformation at shipyard Royal Niestern Sander. The offshore supply vessel is being converted into a multi-purpose offshore vessel for Wagenborg. The custom-made and specialised offshore vessel will support subsea...
ABS: Potential of marine nuclear propulsion should not be ignored
ABS and Herbert Engineering Corp. (HEC) have modelled the transformational impact of nuclear propulsion on the design, operation and emissions of a 14,000-TEU container vessel and a 157,000-DWT Suezmax tanker. According to ABS, a net-zero world is more easily realised...
X-Press Feeders to bunker green methanol in Rotterdam
OCI Global will supply Singapore shipping company X-Press Feeders' new vessels with green methanol in Rotterdam. The first vessel from X-Press Feeders, a dual-fuelled hybrid vessel, is expected to arrive in Rotterdam during the second quarter of 2024. X-Press Feeders...
How Hebo will salvage the sunken inland vessel Jogo 2
On Monday, 7 August, the 50-metre inland vessel Jogo 2 sank off the Zijdijk in Grembergen, Dendermonde, Belgium. The vessel has now been located and Dutch maritime service provider Hebo has been contracted to salvage the vessel this week. On board the vessel were one...
Will CO2 be stored in empty gas fields in the North Sea?
The Dutch Council of State (Raad van State) will decide on the fate of the Porthos project this Wednesday. Porthos seeks to store CO2 emitted by industry in the Port of Rotterdam in empty gas fields in the North Sea. The Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the...
Spliethoff takes delivery of second B-type vessel
MV Bloemgracht has been delivered from Fuzhou Mawei shipyard to Spliethoff Group on 11 August. This completes the series of two identical DP2 B-type vessels after delivery of the Brouwersgracht in February. The Spliethoff DP2 B-type vessels are next generation...
Smit completes oil transfer FSO Safer
Boskalis' subsidiary Smit Salvage has removed all oil from the FSO Safer, located off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea. During this United Nations (UN) coordinated operation, over 1.1 million barrels of oil were successfully transferred to a safe modern tanker moored...
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