Acteon delivers first MHU4400S hammer to Heerema
Menck has delivered the first of two MHU4400S hydraulic hammer systems to Heerema Marine Contractors. The hammers have dedicated transport cradles with each accompanied by an innovative Menck Noise Reduction Unit (MNRU). Menck is Acteon’s Marine Foundations business...
Search for missing livestock carrier off Japan
The Japanese coastguard is engaged in a large-scale search for the missing livestock carrier Gulf Livestock 1, which got into trouble on Wednesday due to typhoon Maysak. The ship had 43 people on board, one of whom, a Filipino man, was rescued from the sea. It is...
Offshore part of Dutch Offshore Grid project gets underway
Van Oord has laid the first sea cable for the "Dutch Offshore Grid" of grid manager Tennet. It was installed five metres below the Maas Entrance seabed. The offshore contractor had developed the remote-controlled underwater trencher Deep Dig-It especially for this...
RAI Amsterdam cancels Metstrade 2020
Metstrade and RAI Amsterdam have cancelled the Marine Equipment Trade Show, which was scheduled on 17-19 November in RAI Amsterdam. The organisation says that due to Covid-19, it cannot be the meeting place for the global marine industry it usually is, thereby leaving...
K Line to demonstrate small-scale CO2 capture onboard ship
K Line announces it will deploy a small-scale, marine-use demonstration plant for CO2 capture onboard a vessel. At the same time, the shipping company will conduct research and development on compact facility design together with project partners Mitsubishi...
Two new contracts for Boskalis including its first in floating wind
Boskalis has been hired for the transport and installation of five floating wind turbines for a Scottish offshore wind farm, a first for the company. The second contract it won involves the installation of bridge sections of the world’s longest suspension bridge, the...
Paramount Maritime launches first survey boat for South African Navy
Paramount Maritime has launched the first of three next-generation Survey Motor Boats (SMBs) for the South African Navy. The South African Navy Hydrographic Office (SANHO) will use the boats to enhance its capabilities and infrastructure. In addition to the Survey...
Royal IHC delivers dredger Ghasha to NMDC
After completion and sea trials, the 8000-cubic-metre trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Ghasha has left the Netherlands to start its first project in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Royal IHC built the vessel for National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) from Abu...
Maersk carries out major restructuring
Maersk is carrying out a major reorganisation aimed at "streamlining" the organisation, which is said to have nothing to do with Covid-19. The Danish group reports this in an advisory to its customers. Maersk confirms that the Safmarine brand is definitively...
Boskalis taken to court over fishing grounds in Indonesia
Boskalis is being sued by the Dutch human rights organisation Both Ends. The dredging company from Papendrecht is alleged to be violating the rights of fishermen during the expansion of a port in Indonesia. Among other things, the work is damaging the fishing grounds,...
DNV GL conducts world’s first ROV in-water ship bottom surveys
Classification society DNV GL has completed the world’s first in-water remote ship surveys using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The in-water bottom surveys were carried out on three separate Wilson ASA-managed vessels. The first was completed on general cargo ship...
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