by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 24, 2022 | Emissions, Energy transition, Marine engines, Marine fuels, News, Propulsion, Ship propulsion, Shipbuilding
Wärtsilä has received its first order for newbuild methanol-fuelled engines. A new offshore installation vessel being built for Dutch contracting company Van Oord at Yantai CIMC Raffles shipyard in China will be powered by five Wärtsilä 32 engines capable of operating...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 20, 2022 | Navy, News, Ship design, Shipbuilding
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems has reached an agreement with the Israeli Ministry of Defence on the framework conditions for the purchase of three Dakar class submarines. After extensive negotiations, all parties involved agreed to the technical content and contractual...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 20, 2022 | News, Passenger ships, Shipbuilding, Shipping
After first filing for bankruptcy for its cruise shipyards in Germany – MV Werften and Lloyd Werft – Genting Hong Kong has also asked the Supreme Court of Bermuda to wind up the parent company and put it in the hands of liquidators. In a statement, the...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 19, 2022 | News, Project cargo, Ship design, Shipbuilding, Yachts
DYT Superyacht Transport has added the purpose-built semi-submersible yacht transport vessel Yacht Servant to its fleet. In addition to being thirty per cent larger than its sistership Yacht Express and being Tier III compliant, it only requires an operating water...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 18, 2022 | Emissions, News, Propulsion, Ship design, Ship propulsion, Shipbuilding, Towage
As tugs operate daily in busy ports, making green operations possible with a fully electric harbour tug is only logical. Holland Shipyards Group has developed the Eddy 24-50 E, which is in line with the previously developed revolutionary Eddy tug series. The Eddy tugs...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 18, 2022 | News, Offshore, Offshore wind, Shipbuilding
After winning a contract to supply a 2600-mt leg encircling crane for Eneti’s new wind turbine installation vessel ordered in May last year, Huisman will supply a similar crane for the second such vessel. Huisman signed the contract with the shipbuilder, Daewoo...
