Construction of the world’s largest non-governmental hospital ship, the Global Mercy of medical aid organisation Mercy Ships, is nearing completion....World’s largest civilian hospital ship is coming to Rotterdam
Tetrahedron has won Windpower Monthly’s innovation of the year award for its novel cranes that can install the next generation of 12-20-MW offshore wind...Tetrahedron wins award for new offshore wind crane
United Heavy Lift has taken delivery of the first of eight newly built F900 heavy-lift vessels, the MV UHL Faith....UHL takes delivery of first newbuild F900 Ecolift vessel
Nautilus: Seafarers report lack of medical care in ports
Non-emergency medical care at ports is becoming more difficult to access during the pandemic, leaving sick seafarers to suffer in silence, sometimes for months at a time. This warning was issued by seafarer trade union...Read more
Transshipment Port of Amsterdam drops considerably
Transshipment in the Amsterdam port declined substantially due to the corona crisis and the energy transition. The port authority Port of Amsterdam reports that in 2020, 74.3 million tonnes were transshipped, fourteen per cent less...Read more
Huisman to build 2600-mt crane for OIM Wind’s new installation vessel
Huisman has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore for the delivery of a 2600-metric-tonne Leg Encircling Crane for OIM Wind’s BT-220IU Wind Installation Unit. The LOI includes the option for...Read more
RIMS launches Global Drone Inspection and ROV inspections
RIMS, which supplies drone inspections in the maritime industry, has launched Global Drone Inspection to focus on the drone and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) element of the business. The new subsidiary also introduces the use...Read more
‘Captain MSC Zoe not guilty of losing containers in the North Sea’
The captain of the container ship MSC Zoe will not be prosecuted, the Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office has announced. The container ship lost a huge load of containers in bad weather in the night of...Read more
ABB wins first Azipod electric propulsion contract for a superyacht
For the first time, ABB will supply its Azipod system to a superyacht. The order for two 2.5-MW Azipod units, together with propulsion drives and controls, was placed by Dutch luxury yacht builder Oceanco. The...Read more
Covid and Brexit cause 11 per cent transshipment drop at Nort Sea Port
The ports of Vlissingen, Terneuzen and Ghent, which merged into North Sea Port in 2018, suffered from the corona crisis and the oil crisis last year. Brexit also made itself felt, both in a positive...Read more
‘Never before did pirates kidnap so many crew in the Gulf of Guinea’
Piracy and armed robbery incidents increased in 2020. The Gulf of Guinea even recorded its highest ever number of crew kidnapped. This was reported by the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB). IMB...Read more
SAL moves into offshore wind installation business
Harren & Partner, the owner of SAL Heavy Lift, is jumping into the expected turbine installation vessel gap with a new company and a jack-up installation vessel. SAL Renewables will focus solely on offshore maintenance...Read more
Maersk fleet to help Ocean Cleanup map plastic concentrations at sea
The Ocean Cleanup develops technologies to rid oceans of plastic. Up to now, Maersk has provided marine offshore support to this mission. This cooperation will now be renewed and extended to also cover end-to-end supply...Read more
Next step in autonomous shipping could be 3D sonar sensors
Automated navigation is the future of inland shipping, say UAntwerp and the Port of Antwerp. Together they developed a 3D sonar sensor to this end and tested it on the Port of Antwerp’s test vessel,...Read more
Holland Shipyards will build three more hybrid ferries for SFK
After delivering the hybrid ferry Gaarden in July 2020 and the fully electric ferry Düsternbrook, which will enter operations shortly, Holland Shipyards Group has won a contract to build three additional hybrid vessels for Schlepp-...Read more
Classification society DNV drops GL from its name
DNV GL will change its name to just DNV on 1 March. The name had been in place since the 2013 merger between DNV (Det Norske Veritas) and GL (Germanischer Lloyd). The company says the...Read more
Damen completes work on diving bell ship, but can’t deliver it yet
Damen Shipyards has completed construction and outfitting of a diving bell ship for FMSW Koblenz/operator WSA Rhine (Waterways and Shipping Office). Following its completion, the vessel has recently undertaken successful river trials. It now has...Read more
Amels sells 74-metre yacht Project Shadow
The team at Amels and Damen Yachting together with Moran Yacht & Ship has sold a new 74-metre Amels 242, Project Shadow, for delivery in autumn 2021. The Amels 242 is the sixth from the...Read more