Huisman enters new market with order from Tata Steel
Huisman has won a first order for its newly designed process overhead crane. It marks a major milestone in the company’s strategy to leverage its offshore expertise and expand into markets that require advanced handling and lifting technology. The order, placed by...
Boskalis wins Finnish dredging contracts
Royal Boskalis has been awarded two contracts in Finland by the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, the Port of Helsinki and the City of Helsinki. The contracts are worth 32 million euros and concern the deepening of Vuosaari fairway and harbour basin. The...
Roll Group transports components for US offshore wind farm
Roll Group is deploying its BigRoll Beaufort to transport foundation and turbine components from Germany and Denmark to a US offshore wind farm located 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. To transport all wind equipment safely, in-house engineers designed...
Coronavirus likely to spur decommissioning frenzy
With few profitable investment opportunities left as a result of the coronavirus, oil companies will likely increase their spending on decommissioning contracts. Global projects through 2024 could reach a value of 42 billion dollars, say analysts of Rystad Energy....
Royal IHC sells one of its new cutter heads with teeth
Royal IHC has sold one of its new CT cutter heads to an unnamed client. The cutter head is fitted with innovative teeth technology and its body including backing ring and hub, is cast as a single piece. This 70CT cutter head sold is a heavy and robust piece of...
Subsea 7 to lay off quarter of its workforce
The slump in the oil and gas market is taking its toll on Subsea 7. The offshore service provider plans to reduce its workforce of 12,000 by approximately 3000 by the end of the second quarter of 2021. The active fleet of 32 vessels will be reduced by up to 10...
How to solve issues with ships’ hybrid electrical power systems?
How to deal with power sources with low short circuit power? How to comply with the “Golden Rules” of electrical power distribution design in hybrid electrical power systems? These questions will become important for zero GHG emissions ships powered by fuel cells or...
All you need to know about marine electrical systems
Real zero emission shipping cannot be reached without the use of smart electrical systems, whatever the source of energy – wind, sun or hydrogen – may be. And this won’t be easy as becomes clear in SWZ|Maritime's May special. The new systems we think we will use in...
Jan De Nul shows some muscle by lifting gate out of lock in Zeebrugge
Jan De Nul Group used its heavy lift vessel Gulliver to disconnect, lift and transport the second lock gate from the Pierre Vandamme lock in Zeebrugge, Belgium, to the inner port for renovation. The gate weighs over 2500 tonnes and has the surface of one quarter of a...
Alewijnse undertakes electrical refit for Dutch naval support vessel
Alewijnse Marine is nearing completion on a comprehensive electrical refit of the Royal Netherlands Navy's Support Vessel HNLMS Pelikaan. The works are part of the ship's mid-life upgrade programme. HNLMS Pelikaan normally operates exclusively in the Caribbean region...
Skillsea: Maritime education lagging behind developments in technology
Digitalisation and modern technologies have rapidly changed the maritime sector in recent years. That is why European maritime professionals, both at sea and ashore, need more digital and soft skills to stay ahead of the industry. This was concluded from research by...
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