Ned Marine launches drone and ROV services for NDT
Dutch non-destructive testing (NDT) company Ned Marine is expanding its inspection capabilities with NDT drone services. Flying drones and subsea ROVs are to enable faster, safer and more efficient inspections of vessels, offshore installations, industrial assets, and...
C-Job launches self-propelled cutter suction dredger concept design
C-Job Naval Architects has launched a new cutter suction dredger (CSD) series. Headlining the series is a self-propelled CSD concept design to showcase its possibilities. As a modular platform, options include methanol-powered operation and motion compensation. The...
Fender Innovations acquires PolyMarine Service
Fender Innovations from Wieringerwerf, the Netherlands, manufactures lightweight fender systems for fast-sailing vessels. The company has now completed the acquisition of PolyMarine Service, based in Vlaardingen, which produces cast fender systems for slightly heavier...
Container ship Ever Forward doesn’t budge during refloating attempt
A refloating attempt of the grounded container ship Ever Forward in Chesapeake Bay failed yesterday. After dredging around the vessel for about a week and a half, five tugs tried to pull the vessel free during high tide, but the vessel didn't budge. CBS Baltimore...
Loaded tanker collides with a fishing vessel in a restricted waterway and low visibility
The Nautical Institute stresses that slowing down your ship in near zero visibility is always the sensible thing to do. In its latest Mars Report, a loaded tanker collided with a fishing vessel with an approach speed of almost 22 knots. The Nautical Institute gathers...
Robotics are to make northern Dutch shipyards future-proof
The Province of Groningen is granting the Groninger Maritime Board (GMB) a 250,000 euro subsidy for the feasibility study "Shared facility for the northern Dutch shipbuilding industry". This project will investigate how robotisation can be applied in the northern...
Value Maritime & Carbon Collectors explore carbon capture on MGO-fuelled tugs
Value Maritime and Carbon Collectors will together perform a conceptual design study for a new fleet of tugs to be built by Carbon Collectors. They will investigate the feasibility of capturing carbon on board these new MGO-fuelled tug boats, using VM’s technology....
EMSA contracts satcom services for maritime surveillance by drones
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has contracted six satellite communication (satcom) service providers for its maritime surveillance operations by remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPASs). The contracts are intended to provide fast and effective...
Foreign offshore wind projects and Afsluitdijk push Van Oord into the red
After a EUR 33 million profit in 2020, dredging and offshore contractor Van Oord suffered a EUR 62 million loss over 2021. This is mainly due to large loss provisions taken on three projects in the business units Netherlands and Offshore Wind: the Afsluitdijk project...
Five tugs will try to refloat Ever Forward on 29 March
Executive Director of the Port of Baltimore William Doyle says a first refloating attempt of the grounded 11,850 TEU container ship Ever Forward will take place on Tuesday, 29 March. Five tugs will be deployed for this, with two pushing on starboard side, two pulling...
Thecla Bodewes Shipyards launches diesel-electric hopper dredger Krakesandt
Thecla Bodewes Shipyards has launched the 105-metre trailing suction hopper dredger Krakesandt at its yard in Kampen, the Netherlands. It is the second energy-efficient dredger that the yard is building for De Hoop Terneuzen BV. The launch took place on Thursday 24...
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