ZeroUSV and Manor Marine partner on UK-built USVs
ZeroUSV, a designer and manufacturer of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), has made a strategic investment in multidisciplinary shipyard, Manor Marine. The move is to accelerate the production of its high-tech, UK-designed and built, Oceanus class autonomous vessels....
Do you have an emergency plan for when crew members need medical treatment?
Medical treatment can be quite difficult to arrange for crew members on board ships. In its latest Mars Report, the Nautical Institute warns all vessels should have an emergency plan for such occurrences. Such a plan would have to cover for example instructions for...
VIDEO: Damen launches first hull section of Dutch navy’s Combat Support Ship
The Royal Netherlands Navy's new Combat Support Ship Den Helder is currently under construction at Damen's yard in Galati, Romania. The shipbuilder applies a modular building process and the first hull section has now hit the water. The steel for the hull has been...
Harren & Partner Group acquires DEME’s jack-up vessel Thor
German shipping and logistics group Harren & Partner has taken over the jack-up vessel Thor from DEME. With a fleet of now four offshore ships, the company seeks to expand in the offshore wind industry. Thor is a 2010-built dynamic positioning (DP2) jack-up crane...
Port of Rotterdam sees throughput decrease in first quarter
In the first quarter of 2022, 1.5 per cent less freight passed through the Port of Rotterdam than in the same period last year: 113.6 million tonnes compared to 115.2 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2021. Especially the throughput of mineral oil products and...
Jan De Nul and Seiche test automated marine mammal detection during offshore activities
Jan De Nul Group joins forces with Seiche Ltd to start trials for the development of an automated marine mammal detection system on board of its vessels. To this purpose, Seiche’s visual and thermal cameras have been installed on board the vessel Adhémar de...
Royal Bodewes to build cement carrier for Asian Shipping company U-Ming Marine
Royal Bodewes will build a 7750-DWT cement carrier for Taiwanese shipowner and operator U-Ming Marine Transport Corporation. It is the first time the Dutch shipyard builds for an Asian partner. The Taipei-based dry bulk shipowner has ordered a cement carrier (NB 778)...
Van Voorden foundry inventory ends up at auction
In December, the last Dutch propeller manufacturer Van Voorden was declared bankrupt after having been in operation for 110 years. In February, UTB Industry took over all the company's assets, including the casting furnaces and moulds for the production of ship...
In pictures: Pioneering Spirit executes first lift with new jacket lift system
Allseas' Pioneering Spirit deployed its revolutionary jacket lift system for the first time on 21 April to remove CNR International’s Ninian Northern jacket from the northern North Sea. At 8100 tonnes, this first commercial lift is one of the heaviest offshore jacket...
Huisman launches floating installation of wind turbines with Windfarm Installation Vessel
Advertorial - Huisman has developed the Windfarm Installation Vessel (WIV) for floating installation of next generation offshore wind turbines and monopile foundations. This design offers an alternative to current installation methods. With the WIV, Huisman offers a...
Yara Marine to equip four Stena Line vessels with shore power solutions
Stena Line will install Yara Marine’s shore power solution on board four ferries to minimise carbon emissions. When connected to the local power grid in port, the turnkey solution will allow these vessels to eliminate emissions and noise that would otherwise have been...
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