Jan De Nul orders new vessel to bury energy cables
Jan De Nul has ordered a new vessel that can bury energy cables in the seabed and is a converting a second one to do the same in shallow water. Submarine cables are a crucial component for exporting energy produced at sea and can connect local and national electricity...
‘EU measures needed for disembarking people rescued by merchant ships’
The shipping industry has called on the European Commission to ensure the EU Migration Pact is complemented by measures to ensure merchant vessels are guaranteed prompt and predictable disembarkations for persons rescued at sea. ECSA, ICS, ETF and ITF jointly sent an...
Shell to cut up to 9000 jobs in sustainability push
Shell will cut 7,000 to 9,000 jobs as part of a large-scale business transformation aimed at making the company sustainable. The oil major wants to grow its chemicals and biofuels production while also looking at the development of new, low-carbon products. The job...
Swire Blue Ocean becomes Cadeler and goes public
Swire Pacific Offshore plans to list its subsidiary Swire Blue Ocean on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The company will also undergo a thorough rebranding process and will be renamed Cadeler. The move comes on the back of significant expansion plans to upgrade the company’s...
Coronavirus outbreaks on four Dutch naval ships
A total of eight crew members on four Dutch naval vessels are infected with the coronavirus. According to the Ministry of Defence, contact investigations are being carried out on all ships and, where necessary, military personnel have been quarantined. The ships...
First all-electric US built ferries enter service
The first all-electric vessels built in the US, the James V. Glynn and Nikola Tesla have been approved to enter service. The Niagara Falls tour ferries are each powered by a pair of battery packs providing 316 kWh total capacity divided across two catamaran hulls....
Ulstein presents zero-emission turbine installation vessel design
Ulstein's has presented its second hydrogen hybrid design for the offshore wind industry, the Ulstein J102. It can operate in zero emission mode 75 per cent of the time using readily available technology. 'We have designed a jack-up that can keep up with the energy...
Cutter suction dredger Spartacus bunkers LNG for the first time
Titan LNG has performed ship-to-ship bunkering of DEME's new giant cutter suction dredger (CSD) Spartacus. This was not only the first ever LNG bunkering of a CSD in DEME's fleet, but also the first time in the world. With its dual fuel engines and installed capacity...
Charter rates continue upward trend
The charter rates for multipurpose vessels continue to crawl back up from the low levels of June and July this year. Toepfer’s Multipurpose Shipping Index for October shows an increase of 70 dollars to an average day-rate of USD 6615. Over the past three months, the...
‘Questionable decisions’ during ship-to-ship transfer end in tragedy
The master of a supply boat has died after being knocked over board by a swinging load. The Nautical Institute discusses the incident in a Mars Report and points out some of the contributory 'questionable decisions'. One of these was the master of the supply boat...
Heesen Yachts starts construction of 60-metre Project Skyfall
Heesen Yachts has begun building what will be the Dutch shipyard’s most powerful yacht to date. Project Skyfall features a flexible propulsion package with waterjets and is to be delivered in 2023. Construction kicked off on October 1 at the shipyard in Oss, the...
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