Multraship opens simulator centre in Terneuzen
Novatug, the R&D department of Multraship Towage & Salvage, has launched a new simulator and training centre using technology from Wärtsilä. The centre is to promote safer operations and strengthen the preparedness of its crew for complex towage, vessel...
Royal Navy receives first vessel to protect underwater infrastructure
The first of the UK’s two new ships to protect key underwater infrastructure arrived on Merseyside last week to begin preparing for front-line duties. The ship will be ready within six months' time. The distinctive blue-white offshore support vessel Topaz Tangaroa...
Bridges and doors about to be installed at New Lock in Terneuzen
From 25 January, two bridges and four doors will be transported by pontoon to their final location in the Nieuwe Sluis (New Lock) Terneuzen. It marks an important step in the construction. The bridges and doors will leave their storage location at Autrichehaven in...
Allseas to lay pipeline for North Sea gas development
Allseas is to play a key role in the largest Dutch investment in a natural gas development in the last fifteen years. The offshore contractor's Lorelay will execute the pipeline installation and burial scope for the N05A development. Dutch energy operator ONE-Dyas...
VIDEO: RV Wim Wolff heads to Thecla Bodewes Shipyards for finishing
Last week, the hull of research vessel (RV) Wim Wolff was launched for transport from N. Dijkstra Metaalbewerking to Thecla Bodewes Shipyards in Harlingen. Here the vessel will be completed for delivery this summer. The schedule for the finishing phase was drawn up...
Ferries and cruise ships switch back from LNG to MGO
Increased prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) have resulted in Fjord Line and AIDA to stop using the fuel and switch back to marine gas oil (MGO). For Fjord Line, this means its two LNG ships will have their single-fuel LNG engines replaced by dual-fuel LNG/MGO...
Value Maritime supplies carbon capture systems for new container ships
For the first time, Value Maritime will supply its Filtree System with carbon capture to newbuild container ships. Purus Marine and Nordic Hamburg placed the order. The systems will be installed on four container vessels to be operated by BG Freight Line. The contract...
Construction of Acta Marine’s new methanol-powered CSOV kicks off
The steel cutting ceremony of the first of two DP2 construction service operating vessels (CSOVs) for Acta Marine took place on 18 January at Tersan Shipyard. The vessels will be methanol MDO/HVO powered and are the first to feature Ulstein's Twin X-Stern design. The...
‘Hundreds of thousands of seafarers will soon need training to decarbonise shipping’
A study commissioned by the Maritime Just Transition Task Force and performed by DNV investigates what training and skills seafarers will need to be able to support shipping's decarbonisation. Depending on how fast this will happen, this could involve 450,000...
Jan De Nul’s Les Alizés headed for Europe
Jan De Nul's next generation heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés has left the CMHI Haimen Shipyard in China and is currently on its way to Europe. The vessel was delivered by the shipyard on 16 January and departed on 19 January. Les Alizés is specifically designed for...
Van Oord wins Millport flood protection contract
Van Oord has signed a contract with North Ayrshire Council to construct a flood protection scheme for Millport, on the island of Great Cumbrae, UK. Preparations have already started and construction is due to commence in March. The scheme includes the works to improve...
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