Damen delivers purpose-built Multi Cat to Leask Marine
Damen Shipyards has delivered a Multi Cat (MuC) 3113 to Leask Marine. The vessel was named C-Trojan in a handover ceremony at Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld’s location in the Netherlands. The MuC 3113 is a highly versatile vessel, purpose-built for Leask Marine’s...
Suspects of indecent assault at Dutch naval base face prison sentence
Three suspects of indecent assault, which took place at the naval base in Den Helder, risk up to 3 months' imprisonment. The Public Prosecutor has demanded this from the Court in Arnhem on Monday 13 July. As there have been more incidents, the Central Organisation for...
Fire on board US Navy’s Bonhomme Richard rages on
Although the US Navy reports 'significant progress' in fighting the fire on board the USS Bonhomme Richard, it may yet take days to get it under control. Fire fighting including aerial operations by US Navy helicopters continued throughout the night. Fire fighting on...
Offshore specialist Aker Solutions posts better than expected results
Aker Solutions has recorded better than expected second-quarter results. Cost-saving measures and increased activity in existing projects have led to higher revenue, earnings and order-intake than anticipated following the outbreak of Covid-19. At the start of...
Ørsted and Van Oord install 94 cables at Borssele offshore wind farm
Ørsted and Van Oord have completed installation of the 94 array cables connecting the turbines of the Borssele I & II offshore wind farm 23 kilometers off the coast of the Dutch province of Zeeland. The installation started, ahead of schedule, in February this...
ABB to power world’s largest diamond recovery vessel
Damen Shipyards Group has selected ABB to deliver an advanced power system for the world’s first custom-built diamond recovery vessel. With a total cost of 468 million US dollar, the vessel for De Beers is the largest single investment ever made in the marine diamond...
Passenger ship on Amsterdam-Rhine Canal evacuated after fire
Passenger ship Sir Winston was evacuated on Monday morning after a fire broke out. The fire started in a generator and spread to other areas of the ship, reports the Safety Region Utrecht. After more than 1.5 hours, the fire brigade had the fire under control. The...
Social distancing rule scrapped for day trips on Dutch charter vessels
Those on board traditional sailing charter ships in the Netherlands no longer need to stick to the 1.5-metre social distancing rules on day trips. This was reported by the Dutch association for commercial charter shipping (BBZ). As a result, sailing vessels no longer...
Large fire on board US Navy vessel
A big fire has been raging on American naval vessel USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) in the American city of San Diego since Sunday. Seventeen sailors and four civilians have been taken to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries, the Navy reported. The fire brigade...
EU heading for rigorous CO2 reduction for shipping
European shipping is likely to be subjected to much stricter CO2 requirements than hitherto agreed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for the sector worldwide. The Environment Committee of the European Parliament has agreed to a proposal to bring the...
Twenty Dutch hydrogen projects underway in inland navigation
Inland navigation and shortsea shipping are taking the first steps towards completely emission-free propulsion using hydrogen. There are approximately twenty projects underway in the Netherlands in this field. The first hydrogen-powered demonstration vessels are...
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