Sweden orders largest icebreaker to date
South Korean shipyard HD Hyundai Heavy Industries will build Sweden's new icebreaker. The vessel will be larger than the current icebreakers and will be capable of breaking a channel up to 32 metres wide. The new icebreaker is scheduled for delivery in 2029. Sweden’s...
Shell plans to become fully British
Shell wants to simplify its company structure. Among the proposals sent to its shareholders is a change to its share structure as well as plans to move the company headquarters to the UK. The Dutch Government says it is 'unpleasantly surprised' by the news. The energy...
Boskalis lands EUR 450 million offshore wind project and sells Asian towage business
Boskalis has won a transport and installation contract for the monopile foundations and substations of an undisclosed offshore wind farm development with a value of approximately EUR 450 million. At the same time, the company published its third quarter results and...
Jan Jaap Nieuwenhuis new managing director of Conoship
Jan Jaap Nieuwenhuis has been named Conoship's new managing director. Alongside Geert Dokter, CEO of Conoship, he will focus on maintaining the strong foundation of the nearly 70-year-old company and support its expansion into future markets. Nieuwenhuis took up the...
22 countries commit to creating zero-emission shipping corridors
At COP26, 22 countries, including the UK, US and the Netherlands, have signed the Clydebank Declaration. The signatories seek to facilitate the establishment of partnerships, between ports, operators and others along the value chain, to accelerate the decarbonisation...
VIDEO: Port of Rotterdam trials long-range drone
Last week, a section of the quay at the Yangtze Canal was transformed into a drone port to demonstrate a long-range drone from the Dutch company Avy. Several drone flights were carried out during the week above the Amaliahaven, Arianehaven and Alexiahaven. Tests were...
Boskalis acquires inter-array cabling contract for German offshore wind farms
Ørsted has awarded Boskalis an inter-array cable installation contract for the German Borkum Riffgrund 3 and Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farms. The contract includes the transport, installation and burial of a combined total of 106 inter-array cables. The project will...
ICS, IMO and GCF seek to kickstart zero carbon R&D fund
The International Maritime Organization is due to review a proposal to form a USD 5 billion R&D fund at its next Marine Environment Protection Committee to be held right after COP26. In a meeting with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the International Chamber of...
Damen Shipyards divests ship design company OSD-IMT
Damen Shipyards Group sells the UK operations of ship design and marine consultancy company OSD-IMT to the energy and marine consultancy AqualisBraemar LOC Group. OSD-IMT is a specialist consultancy in ship design for newbuild, refit and conversion projects....
Uncrewed surface vessel to sail to the North Sea from Rotterdam for the first time
Fugro’s Blue Essence, an offshore certified uncrewed surface vessel (USV) with an electric remotely operated vehicle, will begin its first project in the Netherlands. The vessel is controlled from an onshore remote operations centre via a satellite connection and is...
Early frost surprises ships on the Northern Sea Route
Over twenty vessels have reportedly been struggling to get through the Northern Sea Route with sea ice increasing in the area. Among the ships impacted are Spliethoff's heavy lift vessel Poolgracht and United Heavy Lift's UHL Flash, UHL Faith and UHL Fusion. This was...
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