Damen Yachting delivers Amels 60 QU2
Damen Yachting has reported the delivery and departure of the Amels 60 QU2, following its completion and a private naming ceremony at the Vlissingen City yard. The newest 60-metre Amels Limited Editions superyacht features custom interiors by Winch Design. Following...
Damen delivers aquaculture workboat to Kames
Sustainable fish farm company Kames, operating in the lochs and estuaries round the Western Isles, has taken delivery of the Damen LUV 2208 Tiffany II to improve waterborne operations at their steelhead trout farm. The aquaculture vessel offers large deck space, a...
Taiwan launches its first offshore installation vessel: the Green Jade for DEME
The Taiwan shipyard CSBC has launched the Green Jade. Owned by CDWE, a joint venture between CSBC and DEME Offshore, it is the first floating DP3 offshore installation vessel to be built in Taiwan. The ship is designed for the next generation of multi-megawatt...
Distractions on the bridge contribute to collision between cargo and fishing vessel
Distractions on the bridge will ALWAYS lead to lower situational awareness. The Nautical Institute gives this warning in its latest Mars Report in which a cargo vessel collided with a fishing vessel. At the time, the cargo vessel's master was talking to three...
Wärtsilä coordinates EU funded project to accelerate ammonia engine development
A consortium of shipping stakeholders wants to develop demonstrators for two-stroke and four-stroke marine engines running on ammonia fuel. The Ammonia 2-4 project aims to advance viable concepts for ammonia fuel. The project is coordinated by technology group...
HAL cruise ship Volendam to house Ukrainian refugees in Port of Rotterdam
Holland America Line’s cruise ship Volendam will be used to accommodate Ukrainian refugees as part of an agreement with Netherlands and City of Rotterdam government officials. The ship will dock in Rotterdam for three months to provide a temporary home for...
Huisman to supply 1600-mt leg encircling crane for Fred. Olsen’s Brave Tern
Huisman has won a contract with Fred. Olsen Windcarrier for delivery of another 1600-mt leg encircling crane to be installed on jack-up offshore wind turbine installation vessel Brave Tern. The order follows the previous one for a similar crane in March 2020, as part...
X-Press Pearl clean-up operation at sea completed
X-Press Feeders, operators of the fire-stricken container ship X-Press Pearl, report that all cargo debris outside the wreck's 1000-metre safety zone has been recovered from water depths over 10 metres, including the final two nurdle containers. Operations for...
Next refloat Ever Forward only after crane barges have removed containers
The strategy to refloat the grounded 11,850 TEU container ship Ever Forward has been revised, reports the US Coast Guard. Although dredging will continue to a depth of 43 feet as was already announced, over the next two weeks crane barges will be used to remove...
Emile Hoogsteden to become new CEO of SOHAR Port
Effective 1 July 2022, Emile Hoogsteden will succeed Mark Geilenkirchen as the new CEO of SOHAR Port, a fifty-fifty joint venture of the Port of Rotterdam Authority and the Sultanate of Oman (ASYAD Group). Hoogsteden has worked for the Port of Rotterdam Authority for...
More delays for new Dutch submarines, Walrus class to stay in service longer
The replacement of the Dutch submarines is facing yet more delay. As a result, two of the existing vessels will be taken out of service so that the remaining two can sail longer than planned. On the other hand, the cumbersome procurement process is being improved to...
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