VIDEO: Volvo Penta to launch new hybrid system for yachts
Volvo Penta has revealed details of a new D13 IPS Hybrid yacht propulsion system it aims to bring to market later in 2026. The fully integrated hybrid-electric platform combines superior onboard comfort with simplified ownership, installation and design. Built on the...
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...
Germany detains Dilbar, one of the largest superyachts in the world
The luxury yacht Dilbar, moored in the port of Hamburg, has been detained because of the EU sanctions against Russia. The 156-metre yacht is one of the largest in the world and the asset was finally frozen after the German Federal Police succeeded in determining the...
Blue Fin Shipping expands fleet with six Combi Freighters from Damen
German ship owner Blue Fin Shipping has ordered an additional four Combi Freighters 3850 from Damen Shipyards to be delivered in 2022 and 2023. Before that, the company had ordered two that are already in operation. The two new vessels Unitas-H and Solitas-H are...
Jan De Nul kicks off turbine installation for very first offshore wind farm in France
Jan De Nul’s offshore jack-up installation vessel Vole au vent has kicked off its mission on the Saint-Nazaire Wind Farm project in France. In total, the vessel will transport and install eighty units of 6 MW Wind Turbine Generators (WTG) for the construction of the...
Donjon-Smit refloats container ship Ever Forward
The 11,850 TEU container ship Ever Forward was refloated as of approximately 0715 local time on Sunday, 17 April. Eight tugs assisted in the operation that was coordinated by a Donjon-Smit salvage team. The vessel will now proceed to an anchorage for a hull survey. In...
Two Ever Forward refloat attempts planned for 17 April
The US Coast Guard says a new refloat attempt of the grounded 11,850 TEU container ship Ever Forward will take place today, 17 April. The effort will will involve the two anchored pulling barges and five tugs positioned around the vessel. If the first pulling...
EMSA to check ships’ emissions in the Baltic Sea with drones
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) is conducting a large-scale emissions monitoring campaign using remotely piloted aircraft, scheduled to begin later this month. Over a three-month period, a specially equipped drone will measure the sulphur content in the...
Lloyd’s Register gives AiP for China’s first ammonia-powered Newcastlemax bulk carrier
Lloyd's Register has awarded approval in principle (AiP) to Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC), the largest shipbuilding company in China, for the first Chinese Newcastlemax bulk carrier concept to be powered by ammonia. Running on ammonia allows for...
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