Vroon sells livestock shipping business to Heytesbury
Vroon Holding is selling its livestock activities, operated under its subsidiary Livestock Express, to Heytesbury, an Australian agribusiness and shipping group. This is to allow the Dutch shipping company to focus on its key niche markets in energy, liquids,...
Viking expands European river cruise fleet with eight new ships
Viking has welcomed eight new river cruise ships to its fleet during a celebration in Paris. Of the eight new Viking Longships, four are built specifically to navigate the Seine River. The other four will sail the Rhine, Main and Danube. The naming of the new river...
Kooiman equips first two Amasus vessels with ballast water treatment systems
Kooiman Marine Group recently designed, installed and delivered two ballast water treatment systems for Amasus. The Eems Transporter and Fluvius Otter are the first of the 29 Amasus ships to be retrofitted with the system. To be able to integrate with the existing...
Smit-Donjon begins salvage of container ship Ever Forward
Evergreen Line has hired Smit-Donjon to refloat the grounded 11,850 TEU container ship Ever Forward. The plan is to lighten the ballast and dredge mud from around the vessel. After that, tugs will try to pull the ship free during high tide. Dredging has already begun....
Wärtsilä to deliver first methanol fuel supply system for Van Oord’s Boreas
Wärtsilä has developed a dedicated fuel supply system for methanol, MethanolPac, as interest in methanol grows as a pathway to decarbonisation. The system will be installed alongside the debut of the Wärtsilä 32 Methanol engine on Van Oord's new wind turbine...
‘Key role of ports in unlocking investment in future fuel infrastructure’
A study by Arup, Lloyd’s Register (LR) and The Resilience Shift has outlined the critical role of ports in driving and supporting the case for investment in energy infrastructure. The research highlights the risks and opportunities associated with developing...
Approval in principle for Methane Oxidation Catalyst System which targets methane slip
Classification society ClassNK has granted approval in principle for the world’s first Methane Oxidation Catalyst System. The system reduces methane slip by placing a methane oxidation catalyst in an LNG fuel engine and oxidising the methane. The system was developed...
Gebhard to supply drive system for Kotug E-Pusher with battery containers
Gebhard Electro will supply the electrical drive-system and installation for a Kotug E-Pusher Type M. The modular and scalable fully electric pusher boat is powered by swappable battery energy containers from Shift Clean Energy solution PwrSwäp. Gebhard will integrate...
Ocean Grazer founder wins Engineer of the Year Award
Marijn van Rooij, co-founder and technical director of Ocean Grazer, has won the Royal Institute of Engineers' (KIVI) Engineer of the Year 2022 award. His company developed the Ocean Battery, a technology to store energy on the seabed. The announcement by KIVI took...
P&O Ferries lays off 800 British seafarers with immediate effect
After making a £ 100 million loss year on year, P&O Ferries says its survival depends on making swift and significant changes. As a result, 800 seafarers, which Nautilus International says are British workers, lose their jobs with immediate effect. The maritime...
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[VIDEO] Heerema’s offshore vessels plug into Europe’s largest shore power installation in Rotterdam
Heerema Marine Contractors’ largest crane vessels, the Sleipnir and Thialf, have officially switched from using their engines to using shore power while in port. The commissioning of the Shore Power project is the result of a partnership between Eneco, the Port of...
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