Jan De Nul’s second cable-laying giant launched
Jan De Nul has launched another next level high-performance vessel: the William Thomson, one of two identical subsea cable laying vessels currently under construction. Both vessels have a cargo capacity of 28,000 tonnes and a length of 215 metres. This makes them the...
Port of Rotterdam and steel makers investigate supply of hydrogen
The Port of Rotterdam, together with steel makers Thyssenkrupp and HKM, is investigating the possibility of setting up an international supply chain for hydrogen. The hydrogen would have to arrive in Rotterdam and be transported to the blast furnaces in Duisburg. This...
Hopes of finding new owner for yacht builder Nobiskrug by end of June
The search for an investor for the insolvent superyacht builder Nobiskrug in Rendsburg, Germany, has entered a new phase. The preliminary insolvency administrator of the shipyard, Hendrik Gittermann of the Hamburg-based law firm Reimer, has commissioned the...
Belgian engine builder ABC first to receive EU Stage V emission certificate
Anglo Belgian Corporation (ABC), a medium speed engine manufacturer located in Ghent, Belgium, has received the official EU Stage V certificate for its DZC type engines. ABC is the first medium speed engine manufacturer to get Stage V certified. EU Stage V is the...
GSR’s deepsea mining robot reconnected after cable had detached
A prototype deep-seabed mining robot that had become uncoupled from a cable connecting it to a surface vessel has been successfully recovered from the floor of the Pacific Ocean. The Patania II, GSR’s purpose-built prototype nodule collector, is currently being...
Inventor of Ampelmann gangway system nominated for European Inventor Award
The Dutch engineer, entrepreneur and inventor Jan van der Tempel has been nominated for the European Inventor Award 2021 in the category Industry. The European Patent Office (EPO) announced this on Tuesday. Van der Tempel developed a stable gangway, the Ampelmann, for...
Upgraded Aeolus starts work on French offshore wind farm
Van Oord's offshore installation vessel Aeolus is starting the installation of the first of 62 jacket foundations for the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm project. Before installing the very first pin-piles for the jacket foundations, the Aeolus was upgraded and an...
Billion dollar order from CMA CGM for 22 new ‘green’ container ships
The French shipping company reports the mega contract worth at least two billion dollars in a seven-line press release. The only explanation CMA CGM gives is that the order is intended to accommodate market growth. This seems to indicate that the project is not aimed...
Watch the launch of the world’s largest Thermolicer
Nauplius Workboats in Groningen, the Netherlands, launched the Thermolicer Camilla Eslea on Monday. It is currently the largest such vessel in the world and the launch was streamed live through the shipyard's website. The 35 x 14-metre aquaculture delicing vessel will...
Keel laid for Jan De Nul’s new floating offshore installation vessel
The CMHI Haimen shipyard in China laid the keel for Les Alizés, Jan De Nul's new heavy lift crane vessel, on 29 April. The ship will be ready in 2022 and is equipped with a crane having a lifting capacity of 5000 tonnes and equally impressive lifting heights. Les...
Damen Shipyards’ order book reaches record level
The order book of Damen Shipyards has grown to a record of eight billion euros by the end of 2020, more than twice as much as at the end of 2019. Among the orders that the largest shipbuilder in the Netherlands was able to book is the construction of four F-126...
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