First BC-Class vessel launched for BigLift
BigLift Shipping has reported an important milestone in its fleet expansion programme. On Sunday, 15 February, the first vessel in a series of four newbuild BC-Class module carriers, the CY Frontier, was launched. Following the launch, the vessel will be transferred...
Heerema’s Aegir suffers dropfall incident while piling in Taiwan
Heerema has halted piling works for the Changhua offshore wind farm in Taiwan after installation vessel Aegir suffered a dropfall incident while installing a foundation. The company is currently investigating the cause of the incident. A dropfall is an incident in...
Barkmeijer delivers the Anchorage – a closer look at the dredger’s design
Barkmeijer Shipyards has delivered the Anchorage to De Hoop Terneuzen. This trailing suction hopper dredger has been designed to dredge sand and gravel up to a depth of sixty metres, to screen this to the required grain size and for dry discharge to shore in ports...
Do you conduct a risk assessment before working on your ship’s boiler?
Boilers involve heat and pressure and are, therefore inherently a risk and should be included in vessel procedures. In a recent Mars Report, such a procedure was lacking resulting in the death of a crew member. The Mars Reports are compiled (anonymously) by The...
Shipbuilder Damen signs 4.6-billion-euro German frigate contract
Damen Shipyards and the German government have signed the contract for the construction of at least four MKS-180 frigates. The frigates are intended for the German Navy. Damen is the main contractor for this project which, together with partners Blohm+Voss and Thales,...
Jan De Nul’s hopper dredger operates on biofuel for 2000 hours
Jan De Nul Group has completed 2000 hours using one hundred per cent renewable second generation Biofuel Oil (BFO) on board the trailing suction hopper dredger Alexander von Humboldt. It is said to be the longest continuous use of sustainable marine biofuel in the...
Boskalis deploys new pre-lay plough on Hornsea Two offshore wind farm
Soil Machine Dynamics has handed over a purpose built pre-lay plough to Boskalis. The Dutch offshore contractor will use it to install 380 kilometres of export cables at Ørsted’s offshore wind farm Hornsea Two. The cables will ultimately connect the wind farm's...
Design acceptance to convert twelve gas carriers to run on LPG
For the first time, very large gas carriers (VLGCs) will be converted to dual-fuel LPG engines now that the project has received flag acceptance. The twelve ships are owned by BW LPG. The project is being carried out by BW LPG, the Isle of Man Ship Registry, Wärtsilä...
Wagenborg to ship large turbines with its RoRo liner service
Wagenborg has secured a large wind turbine transport contract for its RoRo liner service between the Netherlands and Sweden. The company will ship 33 wind turbines and additional components which will take seventeen voyages to complete. The project is a joint venture...
Crew member falls into open manhole
An unattended, open manhole can pose a hazard on board ships and should be dealt with as such. The Nautical Institute gives advice on how to prevent such accidents in a recent Mars Report after a crew member fell into one. The Mars Reports are compiled (anonymously)...
Huisman to lure submarine builders to Schiedam with special crane
Huisman has added a Submarine Handling Crane to its Schiedam facility in the Netherlands. The crane builder hopes it will entice the three non-Dutch manufacturers bidding on the contract to build the new Dutch submarines to make use of what may become a submarine...
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