Jan De Nul Group plans to reduce CO2 emissions in eighty per cent of maintenance dredging contracts in Flanders by at least fifteen per cent by 2020. The company will already achieve this reduction during maintenance dredging works at the Nieuwpoort coastal marina.

Skoon Energy’s Skoonbox, a container filled with batteries, will receive a significant boost now that Koolen Industries will make an investment. The cooperation is to help the start-up company grow and accelerate the development of an online booking platform for mobile energy storage.

Damen Marine Components (DMC) has acquired the assets of WK Hydraulics, a specialist maritime hydraulics systems manufacturer located in Barendrecht, the Netherlands. The takeover fits in with DMC’s ambition to become a “competence centre” in hydraulics.

ABB Turbocharging has optimised its turbochargers to suit small- and medium-bore two-stroke diesel and gas engines. The turbochargers operate on all fuels and their compact design allows installation in smaller engine rooms while still delivering the high-power density expected from larger turbochargers.

Knud E Hansen and DTU Aqua (Technical University of Denmark) have come up with a design for a new 65-metre multidisciplinary marine research vessel to replace the university’s aging R/V Dana IV. The vessel will be able to conduct marine research worldwide, including in arctic waters.

Ammonia can safely and effectively be applied as a marine fuel. Yet, as further research is required to explore its full potential and feasibility, it will not be a short-term solution to reduce harmful emissions in the maritime industry.

DNV GL, Kongsberg Maritime (KM) and Subsea 7 have concluded pilot testing of a digital dynamic positioning (DP) survey application. The tool takes data directly from a vessel’s control systems and transmits this to a secure cloud, where it is available for assessment by expert verifiers, class, and vendors.

Damen Shipyards Group has brought its new Shoalbuster design to Seawork Marine and Workboat Exhibition being held in Southampton this week. The new 27-metre long, 11-metre wide vessel was developed in response to recent Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) changes concerning crew accommodation.

Technology group Wärtsilä has launched its new Navi-Planner. This voyage planning system utilises a large navigational databases and artificial intelligence (AI) to auto-create a safe sailing route. It also cuts onboard voyage planning from five hours to thirty minutes.

Every offshore wind park has its own cable design. For the 269-megawatt Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm, Van Oord’s cable laying vessel Nexus has installed a smart web of inter array cables at forty metres water depth. A remote-controlled trencher will now bury the cables.