Jumbo completes mooring line installation offshore Guyana
Jumbo Offshore has completed mooring pre-installation activities for the FPSO Errea Wittu for ExxonMobil Guyana at Uaru Field, Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana, on behalf of Modec. The work included the installation of suction anchors and the pre-lay of mooring lines...
First model tests of car carrier powered by wind
With concept testing, the research project Wind-Powered Car Carrier has entered a new phase. The project aims to develop a sailing vessel that can transport about 6000 cars across the Atlantic. Such a ship is to reduce energy consumption by eighty to ninety per cent...
Don’t cut corners when mooring your ship
Mooring a ship safely usually requires more than one person at each mooring station. In a recent Mars Report, the focus was on getting the job done instead of doing it safely. The work-around the crew member came up with unfortunately cost him his life. The Mars...
Damen Shipyards positive despite disappointing 2019 and Covid-19
Damen Shipyards Group went deep into the red in 2019 with measures taken to change this. Whether this will become visible in 2020 depends on how the corona crisis will develop, but CEO Arnout Damen has a positive outlook now that the company returns to its roots of...
Dutch Government and companies rescue shipbuilder Royal IHC
The Dutch Government will contribute 400 million euros to saving Royal IHC. A consortium of HAL Investments, Ackermans & van Haaren, MerweOord and Huisman are said to make a similar effort. Goal of the rescue operation is to safeguard crucial shipbuilding...
Huisman develops quick connector for safer offshore installations
Huisman and Jan De Nul Group have joined forces for the heavy lift equipment on board of the latter's new offshore installation vessels Les Alizés and Voltaire. One of the outcomes of this cooperation is the Universal Quick Connector, which fully automatically...
‘Delivery of HMM’s record ships possibly delayed due to corona’
It remains to be seen whether all of HMM's twelve new mega-carriers to be delivered this year will be put into operation. Due to the corona crisis, delivery may be postponed for a few weeks or months, says French data agency Alphaliner. HMM was planning to add twelve...
Spliethoff orders pipe handling gantry cranes for new vessels
KenzFigee has been awarded a contract by Spliethoff for the delivery of two custom pipe handling gantry cranes for their two new build multipurpose DP2 B-type vessels. The ships are currently under construction at the Mawei Shipyard. The two pipe handling gantry...
Martin Stopford: Key role for short sea shipping in regional economy
'Globalisation has run its course,' says Dr Martin Stopford, Non-Executive President at Clarkson Research Services. 'The regional economy is big enough to be self-sufficient and short sea shipping can support this.' In a webinar hosted by Capital Link Shipping,...
Shipowners fear dangerous conditions on board
The Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners (KNVR) is in talks with airline KLM, among others, to arrange for flights for seafarers to depart from Schiphol. Crew are now staying on board longer, and according to the KNVR there is a threat of inhumane and dangerous...
Video: First Hull Vane made of carbon
To save weight, Hull Vane and Holland Composites have designed and built the first carbon Hull Vane. As composite construction offers freedom of form, it is also the first ypsilon-shaped Hull Vane. The Hull Vane is a patented fixed hydrowing that is placed below the...
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