Alewijnse lands Port of Rotterdam fleet maintenance
Alewijnse has been awarded a four-year contract for the electrical maintenance of the entire fleet of the Port of Rotterdam Authority. Under this contract, Alewijnse will be responsible for both preventive maintenance and 24/7 service handling. This will ensure that...
Doeksen’s LNG catamaran Willem Barentsz wins Shippax Technology and Design Award
The Willem Barentsz, the first LNG ferry in the Netherlands, has won the international Shippax Technology and Design Award 2021. The jury praised the LNG propulsion system, the heat recovery system and its solar panels. The ferry Willem Barentsz is operated by Rederij...
Independent privately initiated expedition to the wreck of Estonia underway
This month, the SA Mare Liberum fund that was established upon an initiative of close relatives of people who died in the sinking of MS Estonia, is organising a privately initiated expedition to the wreck of the ferry. The goal of the expedition is to find answers to...
Oceanco unveils electric NXT yacht design Kairos
Oceanco, Pininfarina and Lateral have joined forces to come up with tomorrow's yacht design. The 90-metre Kairos taps into the latest developments in technical and propulsion systems with an all-electric propulsion and energy system architecture. At the same time, the...
Navtek researches alternative fuels for fully-electric tugboat
Navtek designed, built and delivered Zeetug (zero-emission electric tugboat) Gisas Power, the world’s first rechargeable and fully electric-powered tugboat, in early 2020 for Gisas. Now, more such tugs are under construction and the company is looking to extend the...
Icon Yachts to convert offshore vessel into 70-metre explorer yacht
Dutch shipyard Icon Yachts revealed a new 70-metre conversion project at the Monaco Yacht Show last week. The project will see 66-metre 66-metre offshore rescue and support vessel Ocean Ness converted into what the yard says will be one of the world’s most capable...
Rolls-Royce and Sea Machines strike deal to cooperate on autonomous ship control
Rolls-Royce will combine its propulsion and automation solutions with Sea Machines’ vessel control products. The strategic cooperation will focus on products for remote and autonomous vessel control and situational awareness, primarily for yachts, commercial and...
‘Decisive government action needed to enable full decarbonisation of shipping by 2050’
Over 150 industry leaders and organisations call for decisive government action to fully decarbonise international shipping by 2050. The signatories, including companies like Maersk, Bureau Veritas, MSC Cruises, Hapag-Lloyd, Wärtsilä and the Port of Rotterdam, urge...
Failure to follow operational weather limitations sends berthed vessel adrift
Setting predetermined weather limits to stop cargo ops and/or vacate the berth is a sensible risk reduction measure, according to The Nautical Institute. In a recent Mars Report, a tanker did not adhere to these limits causing the vessel to become adrift. The Nautical...
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[VIDEO] Allseas installs jacket lift system beams on Pioneering Spirit
Two and a half years after the first steel was cut, the two colossus jacket lift system main beams are now in position on board Pioneering Spirit. Using self-propelled modular transporters and skidding systems, one by one, the beams were aligned and driven forward...
Approval in principle for 40,000-m3 liquefied CO2 carrier design
Carbon capture and storage is gaining traction and liquefied CO2 carriers will be needed for transport. Hyundai Heavy Industries and Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering have come up with a design for such a vessel. With its 40,000-m3 capacity, it is much...
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