Multraship and Herbosch-Kiere raise sunken Sola Gratia
On Sunday 3 May, Multraship Salvage and Herbosch-Kiere successfully raised the sunken inland vessel Sola Gratia from the bottom of the Scheldt. The salvage operation began at 13:00 on Sunday 3 May and lasted several hours. The 86-metre-long inland vessel sank during...
VIDEO: Jan De Nul launches its floating offshore installation vessel Les Alizés
Jan De Nul has launched Les Alizés, its next generation floating offshore installation vessel for offshore renewables and decommissioning, at the CMHI Haimen shipyard in China. Once delivered, it will be the largest heavy lift vessel in the company's fleet, able to...
Wärtsilä delivers tech for CMA CGM’s twelve new LNG-fuelled container ships
Wärtsilä will supply a broad scope of solutions for the new LNG-fuelled container ships ordered by CMA CGM. This latest series comprises twelve12 container vessels to be built in China. Six 13,000 TEU container vessels are being built at the Hudong-Zhonghua...
Heerema appoints Peter Huisman as interim CFO
Heerema Marine Contractors has appointed Peter Huisman (1970) as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with immediate effect. Huisman will fulfill this position on an interim basis and will succeed Wijnand Tutuarima, who decided to leave Heerema Marine Contractors as of...
Huisman to build 3000-mt Ringer Crane for Danish offshore wind industry
Huisman will deliver a 3000-mt Ringer Crane to Denmark-based BMS Heavy Cranes. The crane setup has been optimised for operations in the wind industry. It can lift components of 1200 mt at heights of up to 225 m, and heavy structures of 3000 mt at reduced height, the...
Ocean Battery to tackle fluctuations in renewable energy production
Soon, weather conditions will dictate the timing of renewable energy production, causing large fluctuations. Dutch engineers at start-up Ocean Grazer have come up with Ocean Battery, a scalable, modular solution for utility scale storage of energy that is produced by...
‘When the IMO fails to deliver, shipowners must take charge’
We are witnessing a bitter struggle between shipowners and shippers whereby the latter are constantly confronted with sharply rising costs of maritime transport while the first are making profits almost never seen before. And yet it is very important that both enemies...
VIDEO: Allseas readies for load tests of Pioneering Spirit’s jacket lift system
Allseas is preparing load tests for the Pioneering Spirit's revolutionary jacket lift system. This marks the final weeks of the installation phase. Before this, 11,000 tonnes of high-density ballast has been mixed and pumped into the two main beams and two steel...
Heesen launches fifth yacht in one year: 50-metre yacht Project Aura
Heesen Yachts managed to launch five yachts in 2021. In December, the fifth, 50-metre YN 19650 Project Aura, hit the water. The below 500 GT motor yacht will remain at the shipyard in Oss for the commissioning of its main systems, before heading for trials on the...
Strohm and Siemens Gamesa seek to transport green hydrogen by subsea pipes
Thermoplastic composite pipe specialist Strohm and wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa will work together on developing hydrogen transfer solutions that improve a decentralised green hydrogen concept. In this concept, wind turbine generators generate green...
New Conoship vessel design is ready for wind-assist and future fuels
Conoship International has developed an innovative 3600-DWT general cargo vessel suited for sea-river operations. According to the ship design company, it can be considered the new standard for low-air draught sea-river coasters. The first series of six of these...
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