by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 6, 2021 | News, Ports, Ship conversion
Shipyard Gebr. Kooiman BV from Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands, recently converted the incident response vessel RPA10 into a hybrid vessel. By combining hybrid technology with exhaust gas after-treatment, this vessel has now achieved the Stage V standard. The Port of...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Sep 27, 2021 | News, Yachts
Dutch shipyard Icon Yachts revealed a new 70-metre conversion project at the Monaco Yacht Show last week. The project will see 66-metre 66-metre offshore rescue and support vessel Ocean Ness converted into what the yard says will be one of the world’s most capable...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 11, 2021 | Inland navigation, News, Ship conversion
Koedood Marine Group is supplying a fuel cell system to convert the inland container ship Maas to hydrogen for Future Proof Shipping (FPS). The FPS ship is expected to be completely powered by hydrogen by the end of this year. Koedood will build three fuel cell units...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 8, 2021 | News, Ship conversion, Shipping
Hapag-Lloyd has converted the 15,000 TEU container ship Brussels Express to LNG propulsion. According to the German shipping company, it is the first time ever that such a large container ship has been retrofitted to gas propulsion. The Brussels Express sailed into...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 2, 2021 | Deepsea mining, News
With the announcement in May 2019 to form a strategic partnership with DeepGreen, Allseas made its first tentative steps into the deepsea mining industry. Ten months later, a former drill ship was acquired to convert into a collection vessel for polymetallic nodules....
