Netherlands to join OCCAR for defence equipment
The Dutch Ministry of Defence will increasingly collaborate with other European countries on the development and procurement of vehicles, weapons, ammunition and other military equipment. The Netherlands is joining OCCAR, a partnership currently comprising six...
All-electric cranes for SAL and Jumbo’s new heavy-lift Orca class
Liebherr will deliver eight all-electric cranes, type LS 800 E, for SAL Heavy Lift and Jumbo's new Orca class heavy-lift vessels. The completely new developed ship cranes have a maximum lifting capacity of up to 800 tonnes and a radius of up to 39 metres. The Orca...
Danish Police confirms explosions are behind Nord Stream leaks
After preliminary investigations in the Baltic Sea, Danish Police has confirmed that the extensive damage to Nord Stream 1 and 2 in Denmark's exclusive economic zone was caused by powerful explosions. Swedish press have released footage of the damage. The...
VIDEO: Allseas’ Hidden Gem collects first nodules from 4 kilometres below the sea’s surface
Mineral-rich polymetallic nodules have arrived on board Allseas' production vessel Hidden Gem following successful initial pilot collection runs in the Pacific. The collector vehicle amassed more than 14 tonnes of nodules during a one-hour collection run at 4380...
Seaqualize supplies DEME with offshore lifting tool for US offshore wind project
Seaqualize will supply its first newly developed offshore lifting device, the Heave Chief 1100, to DEME Offshore US. The latter will deploy the HC1100 on the first commercial scale wind farm installation project in the USA, Vineyard Wind. The tool is used to transfer...
What an underwater superyacht could look like
Dutch U-Boat Worx has revealed the design of a 1250-tonne, 37.5-metre yacht submarine, the Nautilus. The underwater superyacht could be built within thirty months and comes with a price tag of EU 25 million. Since Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea came out in...
Titan plans world’s largest bio-LNG plant in Amsterdam
Dutch maritime fuel supplier Titan will scale up liquified biomethane (LBM or bio-LNG) production in the Port of Amsterdam together with BioValue as biogas supplier. Linde has been contracted to perform the basic engineering. The plant will be able to supply 200,000...
Holland America Line’s new Rotterdam repeats first Rotterdam’s maiden voyage
Holland America Line's ship Rotterdam VII departed the city of Rotterdam on 15 October on a transatlantic crossing. It is a reenactment of the fifteen-day maiden voyage of the cruise company's first Rotterdam, 150 years ago. The crossing ends in New York, with...
Amasus orders four multi-purpose shortsea ships
Dutch shipping company Amasus has contracted Handelskade Shipsales and Bogazici Shipyard for a series of four open top multi-purpose shortsea cargo ships. These Eems B-types are engineered together with DEKC maritime, classed by Lloyd's Register and measure 89.95 x 14...
Will Germany deepen the Rhine to tackle low-water levels?
Germany has plans to deepen the Rhine river to tackle bottlenecks that occur during low-water periods. According to the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan (Bundesverkehrswegeplan) 2030, the navigation channel between St. Goar and Wiesbaden will be deepened from...
Next step for Scottish floating-wind-to-hydrogen demonstrator project
ERM has contracted Principle Power to advance the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for a wind-to-hydrogen Dolphyn 10-MW demonstrator project off the coast of Aberdeen. The contract was signed after the UK Government awarded ERM Dolphyn £ 8.62 million of funding....
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