VIDEO: MARIN reveals new wind setup for floating wind
Floating wind turbines are rapidly increasing in size and complexity. To keep pace with this development, MARIN has introduced a next‑generation wind setup that enables high‑fidelity testing of advanced floating wind systems. The new facility generates a fully...
Container companies continue to cancel sailings due to coronavirus
Container carriers continue to eliminate sailings due to the coronavirus, although fewer than before. This was reported by Sea Intelligence. The consultancy firm predicts that 1.9 million TEU of capacity will be taken out of service. The coronavirus outbreak remains a...
Huisman to supply 1600-tonne crane for jack-up vessel upgrade
Huisman will deliver a 1600-tonne leg encircling crane to Fred. Olsen Windcarrier. The offshore contractor is upgrading one of its jack-up vessels with the new crane. Upon delivery in February 2022, it is said to be the tallest crane in the market. With its upgraded...
Allseas acquires drill ship for deepsea mining
Allseas has acquired the former ultra-deepwater drill ship Vitoria 10000 for conversion to a polymetallic nodule collection vessel. Together with DeepGreen Metals, Allseas is developing a deepsea mineral collection system. 'We will develop all the technology needed to...
BAM’s British subsidiary to construct new port on Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands Government has selected the British subsidiary of Dutch contractor BAM to design and build a new port in Stanley Harbour. BAM Nuttall Ltd was selected after an extensive global procurement process. The aim is for the contract to be agreed and...
Damen Sweden to extend life of survey vessel Ocean Surveyor
Damen Oskarshamnsvarvet in Sweden has won the public tender to undertake a major life extension programme on the survey and research vessel S/V Ocean Surveyor. A key aspect of the project will be the conversion of the propulsion and electrical systems from diesel to...
Heerema’s Aegir installs jacket and topside for Qatargas
Heerema’s offshore heavy lift vessel Aegir has completed the installation of the 4000-tonne jacket and topside for Qatargas’ North Field Bravo Living Quarters Expansion project. Both mobilisations were completed within eighteen hours. Heerema states the project was a...
Royal IHC to supply power cablelay spread for offshore vessel
Global Marine Group has awarded Royal IHC a contract for the design and delivery of an integrated power cablelay spread. This will be installed on its newly chartered vessel, the Normand Clipper, a deepwater subsea construction and umbilical lay DP vessel. The spread...
First ultra-low emission dredger arrives in Belgium
Jan De Nul Group’s newest Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger Sanderus has arrived in Belgium to execute maintenance dredging works in the coastal ports. The dredger is an ULEv or Ultra-Low Emission vessel as it has a two-stage catalytic filter system on board. The...
Don’t count on tide to keep your ship on course
Although weather conditions will definitely impact a ship's navigation, counting on them to keep to a certain course poses a high risk. A recent Mars Report describes a passenger ship hitting rocks after it was expected the tide would keep it on its intended track....
Cruise shipbuilding in 2018 and 2019
The shipbuilding market for cruise ships is booming. In 2018 sixteen cruise ships were delivered, in 2019 24. In SWZ|Maritime's February cruise special, our editor Gerrit de Boer describes the European cruise shipbuilding landscape. Lists of the cruise ships delivered...
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