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Netherlands and UK want to link offshore wind grids
The Dutch-German grid manager Tennet and the British electricity and gas company National Grid are working on a plan to connect the Dutch and UK energy grids via wind farms in the North Sea. This should create a new market and reduce the need to shut down wind farms...
Video: Jumbo transports 10 transition pieces in one go
Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan is set to feature 80 Siemens Gamesa 8-MW turbines. Among other things, Jumbo has been hired to transport 40 transition pieces. The first 10 have now been loaded onto its heavy lift vessel Fairpartner. The transition pieces were...
Former HAL cruise ships join Fred. Olsen’s fleet
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has completed its fleet by welcoming Holland America Line's former cruise ship Amsterdam to Rosyth, Scotland. After refurbishment, the ship is to be renamed Bolette. Two weeks earlier, its sister ship Rotterdam, which is to be renamed...
Tug autonomously sails optimal route through port of Rotterdam
Kotug International, Rotortug, and Captain AI have demonstrated the first boat in the world that sails the most optimal route without human intervention. Tug RT Borkum autonomously sailed on the river Nieuwe Maas in Rotterdam using the Captain AI Route Planner and...
55-metre yacht Project Pollux almost ready for sea trials
After its launch in August, Heesen's YN 19255 Project Pollux is now preparing to leave the shipyard to undergo sea trials in the North Sea during the first weeks of October. It is the second in the newly restyled 55-metre Steel class. Powered by two MTU Tier III...
BeHydro launches 1-MW hydrogen-powered dual-fuel marine engine
Over the past three years BeHydro has developed, produced and extensively tested a dual-fuel (diesel-hydrogen) engine with a capacity of 1 MW. Based on this technology, says the company, larger engines of up to 10 MW can also be produced. BeHydro is a joint venture of...
Largest LNG bunker ship in the world arrives in Rotterdam
The Gas Agility arrived at the Holland Amerikakade near Cruiseport Rotterdam on Friday 18 September. The ship was christened there by Manoelle Lepourtre of Total. The Gas Agility is 135.5 metres long and according to owner Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) 'the largest LNG...
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Finnish ferry runs aground near archipelago [updated]
A Finnish ferry carrying some 280 people ran aground on Sunday 20 September. This happened near the Åland Islands between Finland and Sweden. With the help of the authorities, all passengers were evacuated from the ship and transported to the mainland of Åland....
Video: Damen launches Marine Aggregate Dredger for Hanson
Damen Shipyards Group has launched a Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD) 3500 at its Galati yard in Romania. Damen is building the MAD for UK-based Hanson. The company will use the vessel to conduct offshore aggregate extraction in water depths of up to 55 metres in the...
Video: Neptune Marine launches shallow draft cable transport barge
Neptune Marine has launched a custom design cable transport barge for Danish power cable solution provider NKT. The pontoon has a very shallow draft to allow it to transport cables over Europe’s inland waterways throughout the year. The barge, including bespoke cable...
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