Wärtsilä/RCT joint venture for energy storage kicks off
Technology group Wärtsilä closed the transaction of the joint venture for its Energy Storage business on 1 October. Under the arrangement, Wärtsilä and German engineering company RCT Solutions now each hold a fifty per cent stake in the joint venture, called Valo....
AiP for HD KSOE’s nuclear container ship design
DNV has awarded HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) an approval in principle (AiP) for a new 15,000 TEU container vessel design powered by small modular reactor (SMR) technology. The AiP was awarded at the KORMARINE tradefair this week. The...
VIDEO: Jan De Nul launches world’s largest cable-layer
Jan De Nul has launched its newest cable-laying vessel: the Fleeming Jenkin. It will install subsea cables for the transmission of renewable energy. The vessel has a loading capacity of 28,000 tonnes, making it the world’s largest of its kind. Delivery is scheduled...
VIDEO: World’s first energy island is taking shape
In mid-September, the last caisson for 2025 was installed at the Princess Elisabeth Island in the Belgian North Sea, an important step in the construction of the world’s first energy island. This year’s offshore campaign has now concluded. The work so far has involved...
SWZ|Maritime’s October 2025 issue: Looking forward
Already taken a look at the headshot accompanying this editorial? My face might be familiar to readers of the Dutch magazine Constructeur, focused on mechanical engineering and design. Or perhaps from the years in the early 2000s when I worked at a Dutch maritime...
Vishwa Samudra orders Beagle 8 TSHD from IHC
Royal IHC will build a Beagle 8 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) for India's Vishwa Samudra Group. The dredger will have a hopper capacity of 8000 m3 and will be built at Royal IHC's shipyard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands. Delivery is scheduled for summer 2027....
Container vessel hits gantry crane on pier
A high entry speed and a not fully immersed propeller contributed to a large container ship hitting a gantry crane, resulting in the latter's collapse. The Nautical Institute describes the incident in a new Mars Report. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of...
HNLMS Den Helder in the Caribbean for warm-weather trials
The Combat Support Ship HNLMS Den Helder has just docked in Curaçao. The Royal Netherlands Navy’s newest vessel will remain in the Caribbean until mid-next month to undergo warm-weather trials. The region’s high humidity and elevated sea temperatures provide ideal...
DEME takes delivery of new WTIV Norse Wind
DEME has taken delivery of its new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Norse Wind at the CIMC Raffles Shipyard. Designed to install the next generation of offshore wind turbines, the vessel combines advanced technology with sustainable design. With Norse Wind,...
Dutch electric waterway maintenance work vessel sets sail
Rijkswaterstaat, Heijmans, and Martens en Van Oord have introduced the innovative Volta work vessel. The fully electric vessel will be used for waterway maintenance in the eastern region of the Netherlands. At this scale, it is the first completely emission-free work...
Ship that grounded near Swedish bridge refloated
The ship that ran aground near the Svinesund Bridge on Thursday night was refloated later that day and towed to Halden. No oil was spilled into the water in connection with the accident, reports the Swedish Coast Guard. The vessel grounded shortly after 1 am on...
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