EU funding for offshore vessel charging pilot in Denmark
An international consortium led by Stillstrom by Maersk has secured EUR 5 million from the EU's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. The funding will be used for project SPARK, to develop and demonstrate offshore charging infrastructure for stationary...
Acta Marine charters Acta Auriga to French offshore wind farms
Acta Marine will charter its construction support operations vessel Acta Auriga to Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. The vessel will perform commissioning activities of 71 offshore wind turbines at the Fécamp offshore wind farm and 64 offshore wind turbines at the...
ECSA: Shipping ETS revenues should be used to bridge price gap between new and conventional fuels
The European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) is pleased the European Council supports the mandatory pass-through of Emission Trading System (ETS) costs to the commercial operator, which upholds "the polluter-pays principle”. Yet, the organisation also...
Fugro expands autonomous survey vessel fleet with Blue Prism
Fugro has contracted Kooiman Engineering and Van Oossanen Naval Architects to design Fugro’s next generation of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs). Engineered for operations in both coastal and offshore environments, the so-called Blue Prism will combine an ultra-low...
Number of shipping accidents on Dutch waters in 2021 drops
In 2021, fewer shipping accidents were registered on the canals, rivers and lakes of the Netherlands than in 2020. The number of registered (very) serious accidents also declined. On the North Sea, the number of serious accidents rose slightly, remaining within the...
‘Involve Dutch maritime industry in procurement of new submarines’
Dutch industry must be involved as much as possible in the procurement of new defence equipment, including the new submarines and particularly in (niche) areas where the Netherlands still has a lot of high-quality knowledge. So say the Netherlands Industries for...
Boskalis opens offshore renewables office in US
Boskalis has opened a new office to support the rapidly developing US offshore wind market along the east coast. The office, located in Providence, Rhode Island, will serve as the Boskalis renewables hub from which multiple project teams will be supported. On...
Dutch navy vessel Zeeland severely damaged by fire while in dry dock
The Royal Netherlands Navy's Ocean-going Patrol Vessel HNLMS Zeeland suffered considerable damage after a fire broke out while in dry dock for maintenance. No one was injured. The fire occurred in the night of Sunday to Monday (4 July). HNLMS Zeeland is currently in...
MARIN launches new Defence department
From this month, the Maritime Research Institute of the Netherlands (MARIN) combines its defence-related expertise in a new Defence department. Pepijn de Jong, former team lead Navy in the Ships department, will lead the new and growing department. The aim is to...
Boskalis completes sale of Singapore and Malaysia towage activities
Boskalis and its co-shareholder KS Investments (Keppel) have completed the sale of their equity stakes in their harbour towage activities in Singapore and Malaysia. The new owner of Keppel Smit Towage and Maju Maritime is Rimorchiatori Mediterranei. The intended sale...
Van Oord orders another two water injection dredgers with Kooiman
Van Oord has ordered two additional water injection vessels from Kooiman Marine Group that will follow sister vessels Maas and Mersey. The new vessels will have the same specifications, supplemented by optimisations. The first of the two vessels will be commissioned...
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