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....
Gasunie, HES and Vopak to develop import terminal for hydrogen carrier in Rotterdam
Gasunie, HES International and Vopak will be working together to develop an import terminal for green ammonia as a hydrogen carrier. The terminal, that will operate on the Maasvlakte in the Port of Rotterdam under the name ACE Terminal, will be operational from 2026....
Roll Group enters into heavy-lift joint venture with Saudi FTE Heavylift
Dutch Roll Group has announced a joint venture with Saudi Arabia based FTE Heavylift for heavy-lift transportation, installation, and marine works for the Saudi Arabia market. They will integrate their services and operate as one company. The new company, Roll FTE, is...
Container removal from Ever Forward expected to be completed on April 15
Yesterday morning, a total of 180 containers had been removed from the grounded 11,850 TEU container ship Ever Forward. The US Coast Guard expects container removal operations to be concluded on or about Friday, April 15. In anticipation of a new refloat attempt, the...
Netherlands places another six yachts under supervision, bringing the total to twenty
As a result of the sanctions against Russia and Belarus, Dutch Customs has now put twenty yachts under increased supervision, up from fourteen last week. These yachts may not be delivered, transferred or exported. Of these twenty yachts, fourteen are under...
Shipyard De Haas Rotterdam expands in Port of Rotterdam
Shipyard De Haas Rotterdam is expanding its activities at the former RDM site in the Port of Rotterdam. In addition to the site around the inlet harbour on RDM West, the shipyard will now also occupy part of the Scheepsbouwloods, the building hall behind the boat...
DNV gives approval in principle to new 12 MW floating offshore concept
DNV has awarded Inocean AS, a Norwegian subsidiary of Technip Energies, approval in principle and basic design approval for their new INO12TM semi-submersible platform concept. The platform has been designed to accommodate a 12 MW wind turbine, with a life span of 25...
‘Seized yachts need to be decommissioned to mitigate risks’
Seized yachts could pose a 'significant risk' to ports, harbours and marinas if there is no requirement to ensure mega yachts detained under sanction rules are properly maintained, made safe or deactivated. This warning was issued by Van Ameyde McAuslands, a global...
Spliethoff’s new B-type heavy-lift vessel Brouwersgracht launched
Spliethoff's newbuild heavy-lift vessel Brouwersgracht was launched from dry dock on Friday 8 April at Mawei shipyard in Fuzhou China. At the same time, sister vessel Bloemgracht was floated. The Brouwersgracht has been moved to the outfitting quay where the...
First 43 Ever Forward containers arrive at Port of Baltimore
The first barges carrying containers of the 11,850 TEU grounded container ship Ever Forward have arrived in the Port of Baltimore. William Doyle, Port Director, says 43 containers were offloaded yesterday, 11 April, while so far over 160,500 cubic metres of soil have...
IMB reports lull in crew kidnappings in Gulf of Guinea
The ICC International Maritime Bureau’s latest piracy report recorded 37 incidents in the first three months of 2022, down from 38 in 2021. Nearly half of the incidents (41 per cent) occurred in Southeast Asian waters, particularly in the Singapore Straits. Yet, there...
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