by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 26, 2022 | Navy, News, Ship design, Shipbuilding
The Royal Netherlands Navy’s new Combat Support Ship Den Helder is currently under construction at Damen’s yard in Galati, Romania. The shipbuilder applies a modular building process and the first hull section has now hit the water. The steel for the hull...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 15, 2022 | News, Ship design, Shipbuilding, Yachts
Oceanco has launched project Y720, a 109-metre motoryacht. The yacht represents a milestone for Oceanco, because its first phase of construction took place at Oceanco’s adjunct facility in Zwijndrecht after which it was outfitted in Alblasserdam. Its classically...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 17, 2022 | Dredging, News, Ship design, Shipbuilding
Jan De Nul Group’s new water injection dredger Pancho has been launched at the Neptune Marine shipyard near Dordrecht in the Netherlands. The design of this new build vessel is based on an existing vessel design from Neptune’s workboat portfolio. Together with the...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 31, 2022 | News, Offshore, Offshore wind, Renewables, Ship design, Shipbuilding
Just twenty days after Les Alizés, Jan De Nul Group launched the Voltaire, its new jack-up installation vessel for offshore renewables and decommissioning, at the COSCO Shipping Shipyard in Nantong, China. It will be the second and largest jack-up vessel in Jan De...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 8, 2021 | Dredging, News, Ship design, Shipbuilding
Thecla Bodewes Shipyards launched the second trailing suction hopper dredger, BN348, for De Hoop Terneuzen in Kampen on 7 December. The vessel is designed to dredge sand and gravel up to a depth of 60 metres and is a sister vessel of the Anchorage, delivered to De...