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...
Oceanco moves 80-m yacht to Alblasserdam for outfitting
Oceanco's 80-metre Project Y729 is being transported from its construction facilities in Zwijndrecht to Alblasserdam for outfitting. Having had its steel hull and aluminium superstructure assembled and pre-outfitted, Y729 now enters the final stages of fabrication...
World’s largest battery-electric ship powers up
Incat Tasmania has achieved a world first – on 14 December, the largest battery-electric ship ever constructed was powered up. It subsequently completed its first e-motor trial in Hobart, Tasmania. Hull 096, to be named China Zorrilla, is currently the world’s largest...
Dutch Defence gains transport ships from Spliethoff
The Dutch Ministry of Defence is significantly expanding its sea transport capacity in the coming years. Shipping company Spliethoff will supply two identical container and roll-on/roll-off (ConRo) vessels: Trica and Plyca. These ships can transport containers,...
Wärtsilä and Aalto University renew clean energy partnership
Wärtsilä and Aalto University have signed a new five-year research and development partnership agreement, continuing their commitment to advancing innovation in clean energy technologies. The renewed contract builds on the success of their collaboration and introduces...
Somtrans christens LNG bunker barge
Bunker barge United LNG I has been officially christened in the port of Antwerp. The vessel will enter service in early 2026, reinforcing the growing role of LNG bunkering in the Belgian and Dutch seaports. It marks an important moment for shipping company Somtrans,...
Tijssen Elektro becomes Alewijnse Netherlands
The integration of Tijssen Elektro within the Alewijnse Group is entering the next phase. As of 1 January 2026, all administrations of Tijssen Elektro BV will be discontinued, and the business activities will be continued under the name Alewijnse Netherlands BV. The...
VIDEO: Heerema cuts steel of float-over barge for Tennet
Heerema Marine Contractors has begun construction of the H-731 float-over barge with a first steel cutting ceremony at Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering Co. Ltd. (CIMC SOE) yard in Daishan, China. It marks the official start of the construction for...
ABB and HDF to develop fuel cell for large ships
ABB and HDF Energy have signed a joint-development agreement (JDA) to develop a high-power fuel cell unit for marine applications. Enabling megawatt-scale hydrogen fuel cells, the project anticipates installations on board several vessel types, even large seagoing...
BOKA Vanguard delivers dry dock to Bahamas
Boskalis' semi-submersible heavy transport vessel BOKA Vanguard has returned to the Bahamas carrying another impressive cargo: the 335-metre-long floating dry dock East End for Grand Bahama Shipyard Ltd. The dry dock was loaded a few weeks ago in Qingdao, China. The...
Hapag-Lloyd orders its first methanol container ships
Hapag-Lloyd has contracted Chinese shipyard CIMC Raffles for its first newbuild dual-fuel methanol container ships. The eight 4500-TEU units are scheduled for delivery in 2028 and 2029. The investment volume amounts to more than USD 500 million. The new ships will be...
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