Study outlines route to green ammonia cost parity
WinGD, a Swiss marine power company, and Envision, a green technology company, have released a study analysing the operational costs of ships powered by renewable fuels. The findings reveal that under moderate global regulations, green ammonia could achieve cost...
Pioneering Spirit booked to remove disused gas platforms in the Irish Sea
Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit, the largest vessel in the world, will travel to the Irish Sea this year to remove two normally unmanned installations in the East Irish Sea. The 11,000-tonne platforms owned by Spirit Energy used to produce gas in Morecambe Bay. The...
Heesen to deliver six superyachts in 2021
Heesen Yachts in Oss, the Netherlands, plans to deliver six superyachts this year. These include 50-metre Projects Triton and Aquamarine and 60-metre Project Falcon. The company currently has fourteen yachts in its order book with deliveries up to 2024. The fourteen...
Philippine Ports Authority bans crew changes until at least 15 January
The new, probably more infectious variants of coronavirus that first surfaced in the UK and South Africa is impacting crew changes. The Philippine Ports Authority has banned crew changes until at least 15 January for ships coming from 21 countries, including the...
2020 was KNRM’s busiest sea rescue year to date
The Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (KNRM) looks back on a year in which the effect of corona was visible in everything that happened on and around the water. The greatest effect was seen in the summer months, when the Dutch were unable to travel abroad and...
Royal Bodewes sends third Trader 4800 for Scotline on sea trials
The Scot Ranger has left Royal Bodewes Shipyards in Hoogezand to go on sea trials. The ship, which is to be the third Trader 4800 for Scotline, Inverness, was towed to the sea harbour of Delfzijl. From there it sailed to the Eemshaven from where the sea trials began...
126 containers removed from MV ONE Apus so far
ONE has announced that unloading of containers on board the ONE Apus has been proceeding steadily. So far, 126 containers have been removed from the 14,000-TEU ship that lost more than 1800 containers on 30 November during a storm. The ship lost 1816 containers a...
Feadship’s 77-metre Project 707 leaves yard for sea trials
At 4:30 on Tuesday morning 5 January, the 77-metre Project 707 left the Feadship facility in Aalsmeer on its way to sea trials. The route to the sea holds some tight fits as the pictures show. Delivery is to take place this year. Not much has been revealed about this...
Boskalis acquires subsea services specialist Rever Offshore
Boskalis has bought all the shares of Rever Offshore’s subsea services business. Rever, formally known as Bibby Offshore, offers a broad range of solutions in the area of subsea construction, inspection, repair and maintenance. Rever has historically operated in the...
Construction kicks off for Spliethoff’s new offshore supply vessels
Construction on Spliethoff's new B-Type heavy lift vessels has begun with a steel cutting ceremony at the Mawei shipyard in Fuzhou, China. The vessels will combine DP2 station-keeping abilities with two 500-tonne heavy lift cranes, making them suitable for transport...
‘Quarter of cargo lost by container ship MSC Zoe still in the North Sea’
Two years after container ship MSC Zoe lost 342 containers, a quarter of this cargo remains in the North Sea. This needs to be cleaned up as quickly as possible, says Ewout van Galen of the North Sea Foundation. 'The waste you cannot see is harmful as well.' In the...
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