A sitting target: vessel hits tanker at anchor
A tanker in ballast was at anchor in a congested anchorage with a depth of around 90–100 metres. The officer of the watch (OOW) noticed a vessel underway approaching ahead at about 3 knots and on what appeared to be a collision course. The Nautical Institute describes...
DEME Installs Last Turbine at Hornsea One
DEME Offshore’s Sea Challenger and crew have completed the installation of 174 SWT-7.0-megawatt turbines at offshore wind park Hornsea One. Once inaugurated in 2020, it will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm. Hornsea One offshore wind farm is located 120...
Jan De Nul Commences Dredging Operations in Bangladesh
Jan De Nul Group is to improve access to Payra Port in Bangladesh and has started by gradually deepening the existing navigation channel. The company has sent three of its Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers - the Bougainville, Diogo Cão and Tristão da Cunha - to...
Princess Cruises Names 2021 Fleet Addition
Princess Cruises newest ship will be called the Discovery Princess. The sister ship of the Royal Princess, Regal Princess, Majestic Princess, Sky Princess and Enchanted Princess (launch June 2020) will come into service at the end of 2021. The 143,700-ton Discovery...
Bourbon Rhode Sinking: Seven Remain Missing
In an update published 5 October, Bourbon Offshore has said no more crew members have been found since the fourth body was recovered on 1 October. This means seven of the fourteen crew are still missing and the search will be scaled down. The Bourbon Rhode sank on 26...
Funding Completed, Windpark Fryslân Ready to Go
Ten banks and the province of Fryslân are jointly financing Windpark Fryslân, which is being built in the Dutch IJsselmeer, south of the Afsluitdijk. Never before has such a large wind park been built in a lake. The near shore windpark is being built by Zuiderzeewind,...
Egyptian Ministry Orders Ten More IHC Beavers
Royal IHC has secured another order from the Engineering Authority at the Egyptian Ministry of Defence (MOD). The contract comprises the construction of ten IHC Beaver 45 Cutter Suction Dredgers (CSDs) and two Delta Multi Craft (DMC) 1450 work boats. IHC will also...
Subsea 7 to Speed up Digitalisation with Acquisition of 4Subsea
Subsea 7 has taken over 4Subsea, a company that provides technology and services that help operators maintain production from subsea oil and gas fields and offshore wind farms. The company is to support Subsea 7 in delivering advanced digital solutions. A first step...
Dutch Superyacht Building: Longer, Bigger and Ever More Exclusive
They are not the most productive in numbers of yachts, but in a world where the rich are getting richer, what matters is the ability to distinguish yourself from others. With a yacht from a Dutch yard you can. An overview of the Dutch yacht building landscape. It will...
VIDEOS: Presenting the 2019 RNLN Van Hengel-Spengler Award Nominees
Each year, the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) presents its Van Hengel-Spengler Award to research that improves the operational deployment of naval units. This year's nominees focused on amphibious operations, turbocharger configurations to improve the efficiency of...
Wijnne Barends Retrofits Four More Ships with Scrubbers
In addition to the Lady Hester, shipping company Wijnne Barends has also ordered "plug and play" scrubbers for four of its sister ships. Value Maritime will install the systems in March and May 2020. After thorough monitoring and testing with the scrubber on the Lady...
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