Jan De Nul orders sister trenching support vessel
Jan De Nul is further expanding its fleet for the installation and protection of subsea energy cables. After already ordering the trenching support vessel Isambard K. Brunel back in March, the company is now adding an identical sister vessel to the order. Energy...
How Tension Buoy can unlock floating solar and hydro power
Pairing floating solar with hydropower unlocks hundreds of GW opportunities globally. Designed to cope with large water-level variations, Tension Buoy removes one of the main barriers for deployment, providing safe, reliable, and efficient anchor mooring systems. One...
MOL cuts methane slip by 98% in trials
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Kanadevia Corporation, and Yanmar Power Solutions have begun full-scale demonstration trials to cut methane slip from LNG-fuelled vessels. The trials, part of Japan’s Green Innovation Fund Project, achieved a remarkable 98 per cent reduction...
Lagersmit, Subsea Global extend partnership in Asia
Lagersmit, a provider of advanced sealing solutions, and underwater ship repair and marine services company Subsea Global Solutions have renewed and expanded their long-term partnership. This is to strengthen both companies’ presence in Singapore and the wider...
Trump threatens to sabotage clean shipping
From the magazine - President Trump's administration is once again acting like a bull in a china shop, this time threatening to sabotage the introduction of a global regulation to make shipping more sustainable. In August, countries, including the Dutch authorities,...
Wagenborg refloats Thamesborg in Canadian Arctic
Royal Wagenborg has reported that its general cargo vessel MV Thamesborg was successfully refloated from its position in the Franklin Strait off Prince of Wales Island, Canada, on 9 October at approximately 6 AM local time. Following inspection and clearance from...
Concordia Damen starts outfitting river cruiser Century Star
Dutch, Werkendam-based shipbuilder Concordia Damen has commenced outfitting of a new river cruise vessel for Century Cruises, one of China’s leading river cruise operators. The vessel has been developed in partnership with United Waterways, and marks Century Cruises’...
UK trials autonomous vessels ‘reading’ navigational data
The UK has launched world-first research to enable Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASSs) to read, interpret, and act upon official navigational information. Ths information was previously only usable by human mariners. The research programme is being conducted by...
Damen builds Offshore Support Tugs for Chomex Marino
Damen Shipyards Group will build two Offshore Support Tugs (OSTs) 120 for Chomex Marino that will be used for deepwater operations in Mexico. Damen has developed the vessels in response to the operational requirements of end-user Woodside Energy. The project began...
VIDEO: Port of Rotterdam trials unmanned surface vessel
The Prinses Margriethaven on Maasvlakte 2 in Rotterdam was the setting for a trial with an unmanned surface vessel last week. For the first time, an unmanned vessel was allowed to navigate Dutch waters beyond a closed test environment. The Inland Navigation Police...
How to apply CO2 capture on HFO-fuelled ships?
While heavy fuel oil (HFO) accounts for about sixty per cent of global shipping fuel use, effective carbon capture technologies for this type of fuel are still lacking. Within the CAROS project, Carbotreat, Conoship, Hanzevast Shipping, TNO and DNV explore the...
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