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,...
Investor HAL makes bid for Boskalis and intends to make it a private company
HAL Holding NV has launched a takeover bid of € 32.50 per share for all shares of dredging and offshore contractor Boskalis. HAL currently holds 46.2 per cent of the shares. The investor feels Boskalis would benefit from private ownership as opposed to its current...
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[VIDEO] AUV locates Shackleton’s Endurance shipwreck in Weddell Sea
The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust's Endurance22 Expedition has located the wreck of Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, using an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The ship had not been seen since it was crushed by the ice and sank in the Weddell Sea near...
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[VIDEO] How Pioneering Spirit installed the Alpha high-voltage converter platform
Allseas recently installed the Alpha transformer station for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) wind farm with its heavy-lift giant Pioneering Spirit. The company has now released a video of the installation. With the project, Allseas wants to highlight its ambition to...
Heesen to present 55-metre steel yacht Project Serena at Dubai Boat Show
Heesen Yachts from Oss, the Netherlands takes part in the Dubai International Boat Show and will present YN 20555 Project Serena there. It is the latest yacht in the company's 55-metre steel class and will be available for delivery in November 2024. The Dubai...
Accommodation ladder pin failure accident shows need for maintenance guidelines
A recent incident brought to light a potentially dangerous situation involving failure of the turntable pin on accommodation ladders. While the turntable pin may seem like a minor component, failure can cause significant harm to anyone using the accommodation ladder...
Rönner-Zech acquires Lloyd Werft and plans to use it for ship repair
The insolvency administrator has announced that the Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven has been sold to the Rönner-Zech Group. The German shipyard is to be taken over before 1 April and the 230 employees are said to keep their jobs. Plans are for the yard to focus on ship...
World’s largest cruise ship Wonder of the Seas has set sail from the US
The latest addition to Royal Caribbean's fleet of cruise ships has set sail for its first cruise. At 362 metres and with a GT of 230,000, the Wonder of the Seas now counts as the world's largest cruise ship. The Wonder of the Seas is one of three cruise ships of the...
No new oil spills around sunken Felicity Ace, site to be monitored from the air
Since the car carrier Felicity Ace sank on 1 March following a fire, no new oil spills have been observed, reports operator MOL. The tugs and salvage vessels left the site on 5 March, which will now be monitored by satellite and aircraft. On 16th February, a fire...
Dutch naval vessels De Zeven Provinciën and Rotterdam to Norway to join NATO alliance
The air defence and command frigate HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën left for Norway on Sunday. The naval vessel will join the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) for the next four months. Earlier in the morning, the amphibious transport ship HNLMS Rotterdam also departed...
CMN Naval presents world’s fastest autonomous interceptor
With a speed of over 45 knots, the French group CMN Naval has presented what is says is the fastest autonomous interceptor in the world, the UHSI32. The autonomous abilities and features have been developed by CMN in cooperation with Sea Machines Robotics. The UHSI32...
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