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...
EST-Floattech signs deal with Rolls-Royce to supply ten ships with batteries
EST-Floattech announces a new major order. Its German office has signed a long-term framework contract with Rolls-Royce Power Systems for the Green Orca 1050 battery module on board of ten newbuild vessels. The first order of the new partnership concerns 33 lithium...
Dutch maritime industry outraged that Spanish yard will build new NIOZ ship
Much to the dismay of the Dutch maritime industry, the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) announced last week, that the Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armon will build the Anna Weber-van Bosse. This oceangoing research vessel will replace NIOZ’s flagship...
How Jan De Nul connects Dutch wind farms to the grid
Jan De Nul Group has completed the first part of the cable installation works to connect the wind farms Hollandse Kust (noord) and (west Alpha) to the Dutch mainland. In addition, the Belgian maritime contractor signed a contract with Global Marine Systems Ltd. for...
New modular AUV for Dutch marine research community
NIOZ has ordered an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). After delivery in 2024, the AUV will greatly enhance Dutch scientific research in oceans and on the sea floor. The device can be deployed autonomously and flexibly for precise measurements and high-resolution...
Royal Netherlands Navy commissions new Expeditionary Survey Boat
Despite its camouflage colours, the Royal Netherlands Navy has a striking new addition to the fleet. The Damen-built Expeditionary Survey Boat (ESB) Hydrograaf is now operational. The Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) handed over the advanced mini-hydrographic...
VIDEO: New NIOZ research vessel Wim Wolff moves out of production hall
After first announcing the winning shipyard for its new flagship research vessel Anna Weber-van Bosse, there is more news regarding the NIOZ research fleet replacement. The Wim Wolff, which will replace the Navicula has left the production hall. The RV Wim Wolff is a...
Scrap metal causes fire while being loaded on board ship
Despite that flammable refuse was mixed in with a load of scrap metal, which was easy to spot, the fire hazard went unnoticed by the crew of a general cargo vessel and they proceeded to load. This resulted in a fire in the hold that took twelve hours to extinguish....
NOGAT and NGT want to transport green hydrogen by existing gas pipelines
NOGAT en Noordgastransport (NGT) have published a paper on offshore hydrogen transportation through re-used natural gas pipelines in the Dutch part of the North Sea. Using existing pipelines saves cost and can speed-up the roll-out of large-scale green hydrogen...
Spanish shipyard to build new NIOZ research flagship Anna Weber-van Bosse
The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) has appointed a shipyard for the construction of oceangoing research vessel (RV) Anna Weber-van Bosse. Astilleros Armon in Vigo, Spain, will build the successor to NIOZ's flagship RV Pelagia. Earlier this week,...
Heesen lays keel for 55-metre superyacht Project Venus
Heesen has laid the keel for a new 55-metre Fast Displacement Hull Form steel motor yacht. Yard number 20655 has been code-named Project Venus and is available for delivery in Spring 2025. Project Venus is the eighth in the 55-metre Steel Series, one of the most...
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