WSC: Dual-fuel liner fleet to pass 1200 vessels
As of March 2026, the number of dual-fuel container ships and vehicle carriers on the water has reached 440, which is a 65 per cent year-over-year increase. The number of such vessels on order has also continued to grow, reaching 764 ships. This follows from the World...
Boskalis wins significant export cabling contract
Boskalis has been awarded a contract for the transportation and installation of the export cables for a large offshore wind farm development. Boskalis has not disclosed the project or clieant involved nor the contract value but says it is worth between EUR 150-300...
Van Oord wins land reclamation project in the Maldives
Van Oord has been contracted to reclaim and create 194 hectares of land in Addu City, Maldives. The works are part of the Addu Development Project, meant to address climate change and to transform Addu City into a fully functional, thriving economic hub and an...
VIDEO: Heerema presents Floating to Floating offshore wind installation method
Appreciating the logistical challenges for deployment at scale, Heerema has developed a new method for floating offshore wind installations. Using a specially designed floating installation frame, the wind turbines can be installed with Heerema's fleet of floating...
Wärtsilä writes off EUR 200 million on Russian activities
After already having suspended deliveries, sales, orders, and bidding to Russia after the country invaded Ukraine, Wärtsilä will now further downscale its Russian operations. The company says that in the current environment, it cannot maintain activities in Russia....
SWZ|Maritime’s April 2022 inland navigation special: Bio-LNG, H2, CH3OH or with batteries
SWZ|Maritime's April issue focuses on inland shipping in view of the Maritime Industry exhibition in May, the most important inland shipping event in the Netherlands. In Europe, inland shipping may not be the most important transport mode, but it is in the...
Habituation to bad weather contributes to container loss of Dutch cargo vessel Francisca
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) says habituation to poor weather conditions lowered the cargo vessel Francisca's crew's appreciation of significant weather-associated risks. As such, this contributed to the vessel losing 34 containers on 31 October...
ABB to power world’s first hybrid-electric biomass fuel carriers
The Japanese consortium e5 Lab has designed Roboship, a biomass fuel carrier, powered by a fully standardised, electric propulsion system to attain zero-emission operations in port. Honda Heavy Industries will build the ship while ABB will supply the modularised...
Jan De Nul to install Greenlink interconnector between Ireland and UK
Jan De Nul Group has signed a contract with Sumitomo Electric Industries for the installation of two subsea HVDC cables and one fibre optic cable. The cables will link the existing electricity grids in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The subsea cable route for the 500...
EUR 50 million subsidy for ZES inland navigation battery containers
Zero Emission Services (ZES) will receive EUR 50 million through the Dutch National Growth Fund for the accelerated implementation of its solution for inland shipping. The investment goes to the development of 75 battery containers (ZESpacks), fourteen docking...
VIDEO: Crane accident Saipem 7000 results in capsized barges
Saipem's semi-submersible crane vessel Saipem 7000 has suffered an accident with its crane during load tests in Norway. The main block wire broke and the two cargo barges it was lifting were released into the water. No-one was injured, but for a short time, the Saipem...
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