Heerema’s Sleipnir installs Hornsea 3 jacket and OCS
Heerema's semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir has successfully installed the Hornsea 3 Link 1 Jacket and the offshore converter station (OCS1). Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm will be located 120 km off the coast of Norfolk, UK, and will be the largest offshore wind...
Charter rates continue to shoot up sharply
Demand for multipurpose vessels is booming. The charter rates have shot up by 7.6 per cent month on month to USD 8902 on average, shows Toepfer’s Multipurpose Shipping Index. That is nearly eighteen per cent more than this time last year. 'The demand for cargo space...
‘Crew of container ship Ever Given may be detained’
The 25-strong Indian crew of the container ship Ever Given is at risk of being detained as part of the investigation into the cause of its grounding in the Suez Canal. The Times of India reports this based on sources in the shipping industry. According to the...
Meyer Werft lands first cruise ship newbuild contract since start of pandemic
Meyer Werft is the first shipyard in the world to have succeeded in securing a cruise ship newbuild contract since the beginning of the pandemic. The relatively small cruise ship of 229 metres in length and 51,950 GT will be built for Japanese cruise shipping company...
Container ship Ever Given grounding: Could it happen again?
Asking the question is answering it and Murphy’s law supports it. Could we make the Ever Given grounding in the Suez Canal a rare event? Understanding what likely happened would be the first step. Relevant factors include sailing in shallow water, wind and bank...
Inmarsat takes Dutch Government to court over reallocation of ships’ emergency communications
Inmarsat will initiate proceedings with the civil court in the Netherlands seeking an injunction to review the change in spectrum allocation set out by the Dutch Government. The change aims to reallocate the spectrum currently used by essential satellite-based...
Seaqualize tool helps floating ships to install wind turbines in deep water
Seaqualize is developing the Delta600p. This active heave compensation tool dampens the movement of a load hanging in the hook of a heaving ship. As a result, wind turbine installation can be performed by floating ships instead of jack-ups and is less restricted by...
Heesen joins hull and superstructure of superyacht Project Gemini
Last week, Heesen Yachts completed the joining of the hull and superstructure of Project Gemini. In addition, the twin MTU 8V 4000 M63 IMO Tier-III diesel engines were installed in the 55-metre steel class superyacht. Construction is on schedule for a 2022 delivery....
Port of Rotterdam: Still unclear when container ship Ever Given will arrive from Suez Canal
It is still unclear when the container ship Ever Given will enter the port of Rotterdam from the Suez Canal. The enormous container ship is currently being examined for damage and seaworthiness, after it ran aground in the important Egyptian waterway and was recently...
Ships queueing through the Suez Canal
A day after Boskalis subsidiary Smit Salvage pulled the container ship Ever Given free, enormous container ships and tankers are once again sailing in large convoys through the Suez Canal in both directions. The blockage of the Suez Canal has resulted in some 450...
‘Suez Canal job has no impact on Boskalis’ profits’
Refloating the container ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal will not earn dredging firm and maritime services provider Boskalis millions. 'This has no effect on Boskalis' annual profit,' says CEO Peter Berdowski. He is, however, aware of the extra publicity the job can...
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