Boskalis upgrades capacities BOKA Fulmar
Boskalis' BOKA Fulmar is recognised as one of the world’s most powerful DP2 offshore construction vessels. In recent weeks, the vessel’s capabilities were further enhanced at the Boskalis shipyard in Rotterdam’s Waalhaven. With a bollard pull exceeding 400 tonnes, the...
Newbuild reel-lay vessel Seven Vega joins Subsea 7 fleet
Subsea 7 has taken delivery of its new reel-lay vessel Seven Vega. The Royal IHC built ship is designed to install complex rigid flowlines including pipe-in-pipe systems, piggyback systems and electrical trace heating, in water depths up to 3000 metres. 'We are...
GE’s 13-MW wind turbine in Rotterdam sets new record
GE's Haliade-X turbine has just set a new record: the prototype in Rotterdam produced 312 MWh in a single 24-hour period. With this, it breaks the previous record of 288 MWh in a single day. GE Renewable Energy will start series production of the turbines in the...
Weather dependent lashing becomes available to all ships worldwide
The discussion about weather dependent lashing has continued both nationally and internationally, including within the IMO, for over 10 years. No consensus was ever reached about a so-called Unified Interpretation of the Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Securing (the...
Shipping company Longship acquires stake in Norwegian Wagle Chartering
Dutch based Longship Group BV has acquired 50 per cent of Wagle Chartering AS. Wagle is a broker, agent and commercial manager based in Moss, Norway. Through the acquisition, Longship seeks to enhance its position in Scandinavia and to enable active participation in...
Damen delivers expedition yacht La Datcha
The 77-metre SeaXplorer La Datcha has departed the Damen Yachting yard in the Netherlands. The luxury expedition yacht, part of the La Datcha Tinkoff Collection, will offer global charter opportunities and is the first purpose-built expedition yacht with a fixed...
Shipping company Jumbo uses augmented reality for transport job
Jumbo has completed the first of two contracts supporting Subsea 7 projects for Total in Angola. For the first time, Jumbo has used augmented reality for shimming points. Using HOLO Lens, the precise positioning of 156 different points on the deck took just two hours....
1100 jobs lost in massive reorganisation at shipbuilder Royal IHC
Royal IHC has announced a major restructuring. It means approximately 300 jobs will be lost in the Netherlands over the coming months, with a similar number of redundancies taking place outside of the country. This mainly concerns management and office roles. In...
Four fatalities after ships collide off the Turkish coast
A collision between a Turkish fishing boat and a Greek tanker has claimed at least 4 lives. The incident happened early in the morning on Wednesday 11 November about 30 kilometres south of the Turkish city of Adana, according to the Turkish press agency Anadolu. The...
DNV GL publishes integrated class rules for floating offshore wind
As the first successful pilots transition into the first commercial projects, floating offshore wind is opening up new vistas to offshore wind generation. To help expand the segment, DNV GL has released the first integrated rule set for floating offshore wind...
Sea Shepherd deters piracy attack in the Gulf of Guinea
Ocean conservation movement Sea Shepherd has warded off a pirate attack in the Gulf of Guinea off West Africa. The crew mustered in the ship's citadel while armed Beninese Navy sailors on board the Bob Barker deterred the pirates, who retreated. Dryad Global reports...
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