Jan De Nul lands 25-year Argentine waterway concession
For the next 25 years, Jan De Nul will be responsible for deepening, modernising and maintaining Argentina’s main waterway, the Paraná River. Under the concession agreement, the company is allowed to collect toll fees from passing vessels. Jan De Nul has maintained...
Shipbuilder Royal IHC sells IQIP to HAL
Less than a week after a court ratified Royal IHC's restructuring plan, the Dutch shipbuilder has already reached agreement to sell subsidiary IQIP Holding BV to HAL Investments BV. IQIP supplies foundations and installations to the offshore wind market. IHC sells the...
VIDEO: Reefy installs artificial reef in Meuse for shoreline protection
Rijkswaterstaat, the Municipality of Rotterdam, Boskalis and Reefy are testing the Reefy artificial reef system to support nature restoration and conservation efforts in the tidal area of the river Meuse. It is part of the “Groene Poort” or “Green Gate” project. After...
Allseas places Catchy Mini in marina of Terschelling
Rivers and waterways are not the only place where waste accumulates. Marinas can also form a hotspot for litter. That is why for the marina of Terschelling, Allseas developed the Catchy Mini. The system is based on Allseas' existing Catchy systems, but scaled down so...
VIDEO: BigLift to deliver research station to Antartica
BigLift Shipping's BigLift Baffin has been booked to deliver the new Scott Base research station to Antarctica in January 2027. BigLift is joining forces with Antarctica New Zealand, Leighs Construction and Mammoet to transport Aotearoa’s new home 3720 km across the...
Drewry: Multi-purpose vessel charter market to remain under pressure
Drewry predicts the multi-purpose vessel (MPV) charter market will remain under pressure for Q1 2023, with its Multipurpose Time Charter Index declining by 2.7 per cent in March, reaching USD 9175 per day. This represents a drop of around 17.8 per cent since March...
DNV awards AiP for a floating ammonia production unit
An industrial scale concept for a floating production unit to produce green ammonia has secured Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV, affirming the design's technical feasibility. The so-called NH3 FPSO concept is being developed by Netherlands-based SwitcH2 BV and...
What Van Oord’s LNG dredger Vox Apolonia looks like up close
Today (14 March), Van Oord's second dual-fuel LNG-powered trailing suction hopper dredger Vox Apolonia in a series of three will be christened. SWZ|Maritime was given a sneek preview with a tour of the vessel a day before. The state-of-the-art Vox Apolonia and its two...
Van Oord back in the black in 2022
After suffering a EUR 62 million loss over 2021, 2022 was a year of growth and recovery for offshore and dredging contractor Van Oord. The company secured a net profit of EUR 60 million and has a healthy order book worth EUR 4.3 billion. Van Oord says 2022 was not an...
First all-electric ‘waterbus’ for Dutch Drechtsteden christened
Jeannette Baljeu, deputy of the province of South Holland, christened the all-electric waterbus Blue Venice on 10 March. Built by Damen Shipyards Group, the fast ferry, together with two sister ships, will service the Dordrecht-Papendrecht-Zwijndrecht (Drechtsteden)...
UN acquires oil tanker to remove oil from FSO Safer
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) bought a very large crude carrier (VLCC) from Euronav on 9 March. This is part of the UN-coordinated operation to remove more than a million barrels of oil from the decaying tanker FSO Safer off Yemen’s Red Sea coast....
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