HydroPoLEn develops hydrogen-capable engine test bench
Everllence has upgraded a research-engine test bench to enable hydrogen combustion for CO2-neutral propulsion. The test bench is located at the company's Augsburg site and is part of the "HydroPoLEn" project. HydroPoLEn is an Everllence (formerly known as MAN Energy...
Heerema’s Sleipnir installs first jacket of Hollandse Kust offshore substation
The first jacket of TenneT's Hollandse Kust (zuid) offshore platform has been installed in the seabed. The heavyweight Alpha jacket of 3200 tonnes was transported and installed by Heerema's heavy lift crane vessel Sleipnir. This project is Sleipnir, Heerema’s largest...
First Dutch delivery for Damen’s latest Fast Crew Supplier design
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered a Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 to Rederij Groen. It is the first delivery of this new FCS type in the Netherlands. The vessel has been named Green Waves. It has been less than six months from contract signing to vessel handover in...
Royal Huisman turns hull of superyacht Project 404
Over the past seven months, Royal Huisman has been working on the 59.7-metre superyacht Project 404 at its shipyard in Vollenhove, the Netherlands. Construction has now entered the next phase with the turning of the hull. Project 404, aka MM597, was designed by...
Stena’s losses increase almost tenfold
In the first half of the year, Stena Group made a loss of more than 360 million euros. That is almost ten times as much as in the first half of last year. The Swedish ferry operator had to discontinue almost all passenger services in the second quarter due to the...
Rotterdam readies Amazonehaven basin for ever larger container ships
A 500-metre stretch of the Amazonehaven port basin at Maasvlakte Rotterdam will be deepened from 16.65 metres to 17.45 metres. This is to ensure that in terms of nautical accessibility, the ECT Delta Terminal continues to meet the requirements of the next generation...
Norwegian grocery distributor plans to use autonomous RoRo vessels
Kongsberg Maritime and Massterly have signed contracts with Norwegian grocery distributor ASKO to equip two new vessels with autonomous technology, and to manage their operations at sea. The fully electric ships are to replace 2 million kilometres of truck transport,...
Huisman’s Skyhook crane lifts first batch of monopiles
With the 2600-metric-tonne Skyhook, Huisman has designed and built the largest Slewing Jib Quayside Crane in the world. It has now lifted its first batch of offshore wind monopiles. The monopiles with a length of approximately 100 metres have a weight of approximately...
Search operations livestock carrier halted, another two crew found
Another two crew members of the cargo ship that sank off the coast of Japan during a heavy storm were rescued on Friday 4 September. A day later, the Japanese authorities had to temporarily halt the ongoing search for the other missing crew members due to typhoon...
Svanen uses bubbles to silently install offshore foundations in Denmark
Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel Svanen has installed the final foundation for the Danish Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind farm in the Baltic Sea. To reduce the underwater noise, a "double big bubble curtain" was used during pile driving. A total of 72 monopiles were...
Keel laid for electric inspection ship for Dutch Province of Friesland
The keel has been laid for the PW10, a 15-metre fully electric inspection vessel for the Province of Friesland. The ship is being built byCO Shipyard Talsma in Franeker and is to be delivered in the summer of 2021. The ship will be able to sail CO2-neutrally by means...
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