From salvage to escort, Smit accompanies container ship to Europe
In recent weeks, Boskalis subsidiary Smit Salvage provided assistance to a 300-metre-long container vessel that experienced a fire in the Atlantic Ocean. After repairs, Smit will accompany the vessel on its trip to Europe. The fire was brought under control at sea,...
Amer Shipping orders two more vessels from Concordia Damen
Amer Shipping has purchased another two CDS Dry Cargo 110 hulls from Concordia Damen. The first vessel, the AM Lianova, will sail for Stream Shipping. The second vessel, yet to be named, will join Amer Shipping’s own fleet. Amer Shipping is owned by the Buijks family....
LOTO failure leads to injury
Lock out/tag out (LOTO) when performing machinery maintenance on a ship and take vessel motions into account. The Nautical Institute gives this warning in a new Mars Report, which describes how an engineer sustained a serious hand injury. The Nautical Institute...
Damen launches TSHD 1000 for New Zealand ports
At its partner yard 189 Shipyard in Vietnam, Damen has launched a trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) 1000 for Port Otago and Napier Port. Once completed, the dredger will support harbour maintenance dredging operations in the two New Zealand ports. Scheduled for...
Dijvler enters sea-going vessel market with new winches
Dutch company Dijvler, with nearly fifty years of experience in anchor and mooring winches for inland vessels, is expanding into the sea-going vessel segment. It has developed a new, standardised programme of anchor and mooring winches for cargo and offshore support...
Feadship reveals 115-metre concept design HIVE
Feadship has revealed HIVE, a 115-metre concept yacht developed by Studio De Voogt in collaboration with the shipyard’s naval architects and engineering specialists. The design, which is Feadship’s largest concept design to date, explores how emerging technologies and...
Van Oord unveils names of new flexible fallpipe vessels
During WindEnergy Hamburg, Van Oord officially revealed the names of its two next-generation flexible fallpipe vessels: Vindnes and Vestnes. Scheduled for delivery in 2028 and 2029, the purpose-built vessels will strengthen Van Oord's subsea rock installation...
Stena Line orders hybrid ferries for the Sweden-Denmark route
Stena Line is renewing its fleet and has placed an order for two new hybrid E-Flexer ferries, scheduled to enter service in 2030. The two RoPax ferries will have capacity for 1500 passengers and 2750 lane metres of freight. Designed as day ferries, they are intended...
CSL OWL SRI launches first subsea rock installation vessel
CSL OWL SRI, a partnership between The CSL Group and Offshore Wind Logistics (OWL), has announced the launch of the methanol dual-fuel MV Rock Star. This is the first of two purpose-built subsea rock installation (SRI) vessels designed to serve the offshore renewable...
Alewijnse delivers electrical works for Allseas’ Solitaire
Alewijnse has completed the electrical installation works for the new Double Joint Factory (DJF) on Allseas' Solitaire, one of the world's largest pipelay vessels. The upgraded DJF enhances automation, data integration and operational efficiency in pipelay operations....
Damen delivers cutter suction dredger for Nigerian project
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered a Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) 600 to 4Clans Nig Ltd for deployment on the Niger City Project in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria. The dredger is part of Damen's next-generation CSD series. The new series combines proven dredging...
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