Boskalis lands cable contract for Gennaker Offshore Wind Farm
Royal Boskalis in consortium with TKF Subsea Solutions will supply and install about 140 kilometers of inter-array cables for the Gennaker Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) in the German Baltic Sea. Boskalis’ cable-laying vessel BOKA Ocean will install the cables as of the end...
Marine engine to be tested running on ammonia
The world’s first long term, full-scale testing of ammonia as a fuel in a marine four-stroke combustion engine is about to commence. This is made possible by a 20 million Norwegian kroner (about 1.83 million euros) grant from the Norwegian Research Council through the...
‘The Netherlands must put more effort into European defence’
The Netherlands must focus much more on the European defence and security policy. The Dutch government should link up with German-French initiatives 'as much as possible'. At the moment, NATO is still the cornerstone of Dutch defence policy. This is what the Dutch...
Electrical conversion of heavy lift ship Jumbo Javelin completed
Alewijnse has finished the electrical conversion on board the heavy lift crane vessel Jumbo Javelin. For this conversion, the company engineered, manufactured and delivered several new switchboards and modified systems for power management and alarm monitoring. The...
Wagenborg almost quadruples bottomline in 2019
Royal Wagenborg significantly improved its profit last year. The company’s operating result more than doubled from 27 to 71 million euros, while the net profit jumped from 13 to 44 million euros. This year, the results will be negatively impacted by Covid-19, but CEO...
DFDS axes another 650 jobs due to corona crisis
Ferry company DFDS has announced that it will cut 650 jobs. The cost reduction is part of a larger austerity round, with which the Danish company wants to adapt to the new market conditions. The outbreak of Covid-19 has hit DFDS hard. Passenger transport in particular...
Shipyard Niestern Sander undertakes walk-to-work vessel conversion
Dutch shipyard Royal Niestern Sander has signed a contract with Dixstone Holdings Ltd for the conversion of a platform supply vessel into a walk-to-work emergency response and rescue vessel. The conversion will take around nine months and the vessel is expected to be...
Kick-off for construction of larger E-Flexer ferries for Stena
In the middle of the ongoing pandemic, ferry company Stena Line has confirmed that the construction of their two new larger E-Flexer ferries has begun in Weihai, China. The vessels were ordered in 2018 and the delivery is expected in 2022. The two larger E-Flexer...
State Secretary: Speeding up tender for Dutch submarines not an option
The decision on who will build the new Dutch submarines will not be taken before 2022. Despite government parties urging to speed up the process, particularly with the corona crisis in mind, the Dutch State Secretary for Defence Barbara Visser said in a debate that...
Liebherr develops new remote service app for cranes
Liebherr has developed a remote service tool for crawler cranes, deep foundation equipment and maritime cranes. The app allows operators to share visual information, resulting in faster and easier troubleshooting. As part of a test, all customers will have free access...
Kooiman completes conversion of DP2 support vessel Zwerver I
Kooiman Marine Group has converted the work vessel Anna-B into multi-purpose DP2 support vessel Zwerver I for Van Stee Offshore. Although the shipyard had already designed and built three vessels for the company, this was the first vessel conversion. Final work on the...
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