N-Sea charters newbuild offshore support vessel
N-Sea Group has entered into a long-term charter agreement with Rederij Groen for the newbuild offshore support vessel Dominus. The vessel is being constructed by Passer at Shipyard De Hoop in Tolkamer, the Netherlands. N-Sea Group is a privately owned company...
Swire eyes GustoMSC designed wind farm installation jack-up
Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) intends to order a new offshore installation vessel with an option for a second new-build. The vessel is based on GustoMSC's NG-20000X-G design. At the same time, the company plans to invest in new cranes for both the Pacific Osprey and Pacific...
Jan De Nul installs first wind turbine for Taiwanese wind farm
Jan De Nul Group has installed the first offshore wind turbine for the 109.2-MW Taiwan Power Company Offshore Windfarm Phase 1 Project – Demonstration. The Hitachi turbine with downwind rotor was installed onto the jacket foundation with the company's offshore jack-up...
Blue Water Shipping target of hacker attack
Blue Water Shipping has been the target of an attempted hacker attack. However, with the help of experts, the company was able to prevent an actual breach of the system, the freight forwarder announces on Linkedin. The company’s website has been shut down to prevent...
Vroon to recycle three platform supply vessels
Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) has decided to dispose of three platform supply vessels (PSVs), with the aim of “right-sizing” its PSV fleet. The vessels, VOS Power, VOS Producer and VOS Prominence, were built between 2006 and 2007 and joined the Vroon fleet on delivery...
World’s largest LNG bunkering vessel expected in Rotterdam
Although it arrived in Rotterdam’s offshore anchorage almost a month ago, the Gas Agility will now finally call on Rotterdam. At 8 am on the 18th of September, the ship is expected to arrive at Cruiseport Rotterdam to be privately christened. The ship will be welcomed...
‘Installation vessel Orion was whiplash proof, but its crane was not’
SWZ|Maritime's offshore expert Björn von Ubisch has analysed the crane accident with DEME's new offshore vessel Orion. His conclusion: 'the ship could handle the “whiplash” effect, but the crane could not.' In the meantime, Liebherr has announced it has started...
Video: Royal IHC concludes deepsea mining project Blue Nodules
Recently, the Blue Nodules project in which Royal IHC was the coordinating partner has ended. The deepsea mining research project has resulted in a prototype vehicle for nodule collection, the testing of many components and sought ways to minimise a range of...
2.6 billion euros for maintenance of Dutch waterways, roads and railways
Dutch Minister Van Nieuwenhuizen and State Secretary Van Veldhoven have set aside more than 2.6 billion euros from the Infrastructure Fund to ensure the maintenance of roads, railways and waterways. This is to mitigate the effects of increasing and ever heavier...
Charter rates claw back slowly
The charter rates for multipurpose vessels keep slowly improving from their downfall earlier this year. In the latest edition of Toepfer’s Multipurpose Shipping Index, the average day rate for a 12,500-DWT geared vessel now stands at USD 6545, reflecting an increase...
Interactive Viewer provides 360-degree experience of ship design
C-Job Naval Architects has launched the Interactive Viewer. In addition to allowing documents such as 2D arrangement drawings, technical specifications, and material lists to be accessed at any time, the viewer also holds a complete 3D model of the vessel providing...
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