Damen launches third Amels 80 in Vlissingen
Damen Yachting has launched Project Zurich, the third Amels 80 at its second build facility in Vlissingen-East. Delivery is scheduled for later this year. The launch represents this Amels 80's first appearance quayside at the Dutch shipyard since arriving for...
Video: Giant Australian icebreaker heads to Vlissingen for sea trials
Damen has been working on the Australian Antarctic Supply Research Vessel (ASRV) since 2016. After the initial construction of the vessel at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania, the ship is now undertaking final commissioning tests and being prepared for sea trials in...
Coastwise and Next Generation to build offshore support ‘Monomaran’
Coastwise Offshore Services and Next Generation Shipyards plan to build an energy-efficient and fuel-saving aluminium ship for the offshore wind industry in the Dutch province of Groningen. The new vessel type, a Monomaran, will combine the stability of a catamaran...
Heerema’s Balder installs the Pemex Yaxche-C offshore platform
Heerema's semi submersible crane vessel Balder has installed Pemex's Yaxche-C jacket and topside on behalf of Cotemar S.A. de C.V. The jacket weighed 700 metric tonnes, the four skirt piles 125 metric tonnes each, and the topside 850 metric tonnes. This project is...
Hartman completes conversion of Eidsvaag Omega
Eidsvaag As acquired general cargo vessel mv Baltic to convert it to a fishfeed carrier for fishfarms in the Norwegian fjords. Hartman Marine Shipbuilding was contracted to carry this out. Hartman had to install two additional Veth thrusters, a fishfeed handling and...
Pioneering Spirit removes 14,200-t Ninian offshore platform in single lift
Allseas’ heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed its third and final decommissioning job of 2020. The single-lift removal of the North Sea’s 14,200-tonne Ninian Northern topsides for CNR International (CNRI) took two hours to complete. Completed Friday...
Bankruptcies imminent in offshore sector
The offshore sector is likely to be the scene of a wave of major bankruptcies in the coming years. Bloomberg states this after consulting several countries in the sector. For example, the well-known British oil analyst Nicholas Green from Bernstein recently wrote:...
MTU still in the black, but maritime sector puts pressure on revenue
Despite Covid-19 and revenue falling 11 per cent as a result, Rolls-Royce Power Systems and its MTU brand still managed to make a profit over the first 6 months of 2020. The maritime sector, however, was largely responsible for putting pressure on the company's...
Watch Candela’s fully electric hydrofoil boat in action
Candela Speed Boat has developed an electric pleasure boat with hydrofoils. The hydrofoils lift the boat from the water when sailing, thereby reducing resistance. The weight of the batteries on board is offset by ultra-light hull materials. The company started...
Royal IHC delivers 3000-m3 dredger to Port Authority of Douala
Royal IHC has handed over the 3000-cubic-metre trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Mont Mandara to Cameroon’s Port Authority of Douala (PAD). The delivery completes the PAD fleet, following its acquisition of an IHC Beaver 50 cutter suction dredger and a DMC...
KNRM orders eight new lifeboats
Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (KNRM) has commissioned the construction of eight new lifeboats. The boats will be built over the next five years at two Dutch shipyards. The construction involves an investment of 9.5 million euros and will be financed from...
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