VIDEO: Allseas’ Lorelay celebrates 40 years with book
On 26 April, Allseas’ first pipelay vessel Lorelay celebrated forty years of offshore operations. The book "Lorelay 40 – An inside story" was launched simultaneously to capture the vessel's unique history and achievements. Commissioned in 1986, Lorelay played a...
Jan De Nul wins its biggest cable installation contract to date
A consortium of Jan De Nul Group and Samsung C&T has won an HVDC cable installation contract. Jan De Nul will design, install, bury and supply protection of two cable clusters of almost 1000 km in total, the largest cable installation job in the company's history....
China floats world’s largest container ship: 24,004 TEU Ever Alot
For the first time a container ship will pass the 24,000 TEU mark. Hudong Zhonghua Changxing Shipbuilding, part of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation, has floated Evergreen's Ever Alot. With a rated capacity of 24,004 TEU, it surpasses the 23,992 TEU Ever Ace....
Boskalis’ conversion project Bokalift 2 ready to receive crane
Drydocks World has completed the conversion of former drill ship Yan into Boskalis' new crane vessel Bokalift 2. The vessel is now on its way to China to receive its 4000-metric-tonne Huisman Offshore Mast Crane. The Bokalift 2 has been converted in preparation for...
Pioneering Spirit installs Hollandse Kust (zuid) Alpha topsides
Allseas has installed the "Alpha" high-voltage convertor platform for an offshore grid that connects the major Dutch offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) to the Dutch mainland. The company deployed the Pioneering Spirit for the job, which it executed on Sunday...
Hartman delivers new R3 type RoRo ship Celtic
Hartman Marine Shipbuilding delivered and shipped out yard number 012 RoRo Celtic. This new type R3 Carrier is an extended version of the previously delivered R2 Carrier Baltic that was sold to Norway. Global Seatrade in Urk, the Netherlands, operates the new ship....
Royal IHC completes divestment process with sale of IHC Hytech
Royal IHC has sold its division IHC Hytech BV to private investors who have established Pommec Hytech Holding BV. The buyers plan to merge the operations of Hytech with those of Pommec. Hytech specialises in the design and manufacturing of professional diving and...
Ferry grounds after narrow port entry proves too tricky in near zero visibility
Blind pilotage requires not only a detailed plan, but information inputs on the state and position of the vessel in real-time. And the detailed plan must be a shared plan. The Nautical Institute gives this advice in its latest Mars Report, in which it describes a...
Is a redox flow battery-powered ship feasible?
In December 2020, Bob Hillen, student of TU Delft Master Marine Technology, joined ship design company Conoship International for his graduation project. The objective of his research was to deliver a proof of concept for the operational and economical feasibility of...
FPS orders hydrogen with Air Liquide to power its inland container ship FPS Maas
Future Proof Shipping (FPS) has signed a long term agreement with Air Liquide for the supply of carbon-free hydrogen. It will be used to fuel its inland container vessel FPS Maas, which transports containers between the Netherlands and Belgium. As part of the...
VIDEO: DNV tests the hazards of alternative fuels
To ensure the high safety standards needed for future vessels to comply with decarbonisation requirements, it is essential to understand the risks of alternative fuels. DNV test fires and explosions of alternative fuels in a controlled manner to better understand and...
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