Fincantieri plans humanoid welding robot for shipyards
Fincantieri and Generative Bionics, an Italian company focused on the development of autonomous humanoid robots, have launched an industrial partnership aimed at implementing a humanoid welding robot. The robot is designed to operate alongside humans in Fincantieri’s...
Container ship ONE lacking ballast when it hit terminal crane in Busan
The South Korean authorities have traced the cause of the accident in which a container ship of the Japanese shipping company ONE sailed into a crane in the port of Busan at the beginning of April. During the collision, a terminal crane collapsed and partly ended up...
Cruise ship crews to be repatriated via Rotterdam again
This week three more cruise ships will arrive in Rotterdam, reports the Port Authority. They are coming to repatriate crew of the Holland America Group. Due to the corona crisis, many cruises have been cancelled with crew having difficulty to return home due to travel...
IMO launches plan to repatriate stranded seafarers
The International Maritime Organization has drawn up a roadmap to help countries implement procedures to relieve ship crews. Worldwide, tens of thousands of seafarers are stuck on board because they are unable to disembark or fly home due to strict coronary measures....
Construction of offshore wind farms compromised by crane accident
The dramatic collapse of the 5000-tonne Liebherr crane on the new installation vessel of DEME in Rostock means that at least one client responsible for the construction of a wind farm has a problem. Probably more will follow. On paper, the Orion 1 had everything to...
Shell plant boosts Rotterdam hydrogen economy
With Shell's announcement of its intention to commission a green hydrogen plant in 2023, the hydrogen economy in the port of Rotterdam is gaining momentum. 'We are now accelerating plans to build a public hydrogen network in the port area,' says Port of Rotterdam...
Van Oord wins Sarint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm contract
Ailes Marines is in charge of the development, construction, installation and operation of the offshore wind farm in the bay of Saint-Brieuc. The company has selected Dutch marine contractor Van Oord to transport and install the 62 jacket foundations (steel lattice...
Royal IHC to deliver two dredgers to APC in Jordan
Royal IHC has signed three contracts with the Jordan-based Arab Potash Company (APC). The first comprises the delivery of a custom-built cutter suction dredger and the second is a three-year maintenance contract for the IHC dredgers Jarash and Mutah. The final...
Hook of offshore installation vessel Orion’s crane failed at 2600 tonnes
The malfunctioning crane hook causing the crane accident with DEME's new offshore installation vessel Orion 1 was designed by Ropeblock based in the Netherlands. In a statement, Ropeblock has said the failure occurred at approximately 2600 tonnes, well below the...
Bakker Sliedrecht upgrades offshore power hub for Vattenfall wind farm
System integrator Bakker Sliedrecht has upgraded the automation system at the offshore energy substation of Vattenfall’s DanTysk wind farm in the North Sea without downtime. On this platform, the power generated by wind turbines is converted from 33 kV to 155 kV and...
Maritime trade fair SMM postponed to February 2021
In response to the coronavirus pandemic and its global impact on events and international travelling, Hamburg Messe und Congress has decided to postpone SMM to 2-5 February 2021. The international maritime trade fair was originally scheduled for 8-11 September 2020....
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