Boskalis deploys first ROV from Remote Operations Center
For the first time, Boskalis has deployed remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) from its new Remote Operations Center (ROC) in Aberdeen. This follows an eighteen-month development programme and an investment of GBP 40 million in ROVs and the ROC. The ROC significantly...
Royal IHC hands over dredger Hussein Tantawy to Suez Canal Authority
Royal IHC has officially handed over cutter suction dredger Hussein Tantawy to the Suez Canal Authority. Both the Hussein Tantawy and the Mohab Mameesh delivered earlier are 29,190-kW heavy-duty rock cutter suction dredgers with a total installed cutter power of 4800...
Owner Ever Given makes new compensation offer over Suez Canal blockage
The owner of the container ship Ever Given, which blocked the Suez Canal for some time in March, has made a new offer of compensation to canal authority SCA. As a result, the parties have been given more time to negotiate on the compensation to be paid. Initially, a...
New investigation into Estonia shipwreck to start in summer
Divers are likely to start a new investigation this summer near the wreck of the ferry M/S Estonia, which sank in 1994 killing 852 people. Renewed attention was paid to the shipwreck after documentary makers showed footage of two large holes in the ship's hull last...
International agreements must stop piracy Gulf of Guinea
Not security on board ships, but international agreements should ensure that piracy in the Gulf of Guinea is stopped. Dutch Minister of Justice and Security Ferd Grapperhaus and Minister of Defence Ank Bijleveld said this in their response to parliamentary questions...
BargeRack increases uptime of offshore installation vessels
Friede & Goldman has developed a new feeder concept for the offshore wind industry called BargeRack. The system eliminates motions between the jack-up installation vessel and the feeder barge, thus removing the need for complicated and expensive...
Into the Digital Age: Why go for digitalisation of naval projects
Advertorial - Due to the technology boom, the innovative digitalisation of naval projects is on the rise. So, what is digitalisation all about and where can it be improved? I’m going to explain why naval projects are unique as opposed to other maritime projects. And,...
Can you spot the mooring rope errors?
Improper mooring of ships can have serious consequences. When noticing some possible mooring arrangement problems with a vessel at birth, an attentive observer took a picture and sent it to The Nautical Institute for its Mars Report. Can you spot the errors? The...
X-Press Pearl wreck removal has to wait until Monsoon has passed
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship X-Press Pearl, have confirmed that the wreck is now wholly sitting on the seabed at a depth of 21 metres. Due to the exposed nature of the anchorage to the prevailing South Westerly Monsoon, it is likely that the wreck...
Oceanco will build 105-metre megayacht
Dutch yacht builder Oceanco will build a 105-metre megayacht. The details of the vessel are still very much under wraps, but it has been revealed that The A Group is representing the owner and managing the project. Once completed, it will be one of the fifty largest...
Royal Netherlands Navy opens fire on drug boats in Caribbean
The navy ship HNLMS Holland has stopped two fast motorboats smuggling cocaine in the Caribbean with targeted shots. According to the Ministry of Defence, a total of 1285 kilos of hard drugs were seized. Both interventions took place last Friday and were announced by...
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