Rotterdam maps path for nuclear ship port calls
Existing port safety and risk-management frameworks could provide a credible starting point for assessing nuclear-powered commercial ship calls within a major European port environment. This follows from a new joint study that uses the Port of Rotterdam as a case...
How Fugro’s QuickVision helps Heerema position wind turbines
Fugro’s innovative QuickVision camera technology is supporting Heerema Marine Contractors as they install 27 wind turbines for Parkwind’s Arcadis Ost 1 wind farm located in the Baltic Sea off the German coast. For this wind farm, a novel installation method is used....
VIDEO: IHC delivers Beagle 4 to Gebr. van der Lee
Royal IHC handed over the trailing suction hopper dredger Teunis Huibertus, a Beagle 4, to contractor Gebr. van der Lee on 1 February. The delivery follows a successful sea trial in mid-January. Watch a video of the sea trials of the Teunis Huibertus below. The Beagle...
Boskalis protects Maldivian island from rising sea levels
Boskalis has acquired a contract from the Ministry of National Planning, Housing and Infrastructure of the Republic of the Maldives relating to the further development including climate adaptive measures of Gulhifalhu. The contract carries a value of approximately EUR...
Fatal collapse of portable tweendeck
An accident involving a tweendeck falling to the bottom of the hold of a general cargo vessel resulted in one fatality and one seriously injured crew member. An investigation into the accident has revealed a myriad of safety issues ranging from not wearing a safety...
P&O’s Multi Carrying Vessels transport entire villas
P&O Maritime Logistics uses its Multi Carrying Vessel (MCV) fleet to transport off-site manufactured pre-finished volumetric hotel villas. The villas will be transported from the United Arab Emirates to the Sheybarah Island Resort on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Coast....
RSV Nuyina sidelined longer due to delayed parts
Back in July, owner of the Damen Shipyards-built Antarctic research vessel Nuyina, the Australian Antarctic Division, announced a defect was found that required the shaft couplings to be replaced. Lengthy delivery times of the parts have now resulted in the ship not...
VIDEO: Damen unveils Floating Offshore Wind Support Vessel
Anticipating upcoming large-scale floating wind farm installation, Damen has developed the FLOW-SV vessel concept. The Damen FLOW-SV is specially designed to install ground tackles for offshore turbine floaters and will be bigger than any anchor handling vessel...
Turkish shipyard starts construction of sailing cargo ship Neoliner
Turkish shipyard RMK Marine has begun building the 136-metre sailing cargo ship Neoliner. The Neoliner will be the first vessel equipped with a SolidSail rigging system, supplied by Chantiers de l’Atlantique. The first Neoliner is supported and co-financed by CMA CGM,...
Spliethoff takes delivery of Brouwersgracht
The MV Brouwersgracht – the first of two DP2 B-type vessels – was handed over from Fuzhou Mawei shipyard to Spliethoff Group on 1 February 2023. Sister vessel MV Bloemgracht will be delivered in about three months’ time. The Spliethoff DP2 B-type vessels are next...
Vertom orders two more LABRAX vessels from Thecla Bodewes Shipyards
While construction of the vessels Vertom Cyta and Vertom Tomma is in full swing, Vertom has ordered two additional vessels from Thecla Bodewes Shipyards. This brings the total to eight 7000-DWT diesel-electric multi-purpose dry cargo vessels of the LABRAX type. The...
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