Roll Group is deploying its BigRoll Beaufort to transport foundation and turbine components from Germany and Denmark to a US...Roll Group transports components for US offshore wind farm
With few profitable investment opportunities left as a result of the coronavirus, oil companies will likely increase their spending on...Coronavirus likely to spur decommissioning frenzy
Royal IHC has sold one of its new CT cutter heads to an unnamed client. The cutter head is fitted...Royal IHC sells one of its new cutter heads with teeth
Subsea 7 to lay off quarter of its workforce
The slump in the oil and gas market is taking its toll on Subsea 7. The offshore service provider plans to reduce its workforce of 12,000 by approximately 3000 by the end of the second...Read more
How to solve issues with ships’ hybrid electrical power systems?
How to deal with power sources with low short circuit power? How to comply with the “Golden Rules” of electrical power distribution design in hybrid electrical power systems? These questions will become important for zero...Read more
All you need to know about marine electrical systems
Real zero emission shipping cannot be reached without the use of smart electrical systems, whatever the source of energy – wind, sun or hydrogen – may be. And this won’t be easy as becomes clear...Read more
Jan De Nul shows some muscle by lifting gate out of lock in Zeebrugge
Jan De Nul Group used its heavy lift vessel Gulliver to disconnect, lift and transport the second lock gate from the Pierre Vandamme lock in Zeebrugge, Belgium, to the inner port for renovation. The gate...Read more
Alewijnse undertakes electrical refit for Dutch naval support vessel
Alewijnse Marine is nearing completion on a comprehensive electrical refit of the Royal Netherlands Navy’s Support Vessel HNLMS Pelikaan. The works are part of the ship’s mid-life upgrade programme. HNLMS Pelikaan normally operates exclusively in the...Read more
Skillsea: Maritime education lagging behind developments in technology
Digitalisation and modern technologies have rapidly changed the maritime sector in recent years. That is why European maritime professionals, both at sea and ashore, need more digital and soft skills to stay ahead of the...Read more
The wine-dark sea
The KNVTS has a proud tradition to connect its vision on the future with a view on the historic past of shipbuilding practice. Time for the chair of the KNVTS Ship of the Year Committee...Read more
Have your anchors at the ready when navigating restricted waters
Anchors can do more than simply keep a ship in place. In a recent Mars Report a tanker used its anchors as an emergency brake and managed to prevent grounding. The Mars reports are compiled (anonymously)...Read more
Damen presents electric version of cutter suction dredger
Damen Shipyards Group has unveiled its first electric cutter suction dredger (ECSD) 650. With electric motors powering the dredge system, the ECSD 650 makes possible zero emissions dredging projects. The electric power provides a significant reduction...Read more
Longer permit for new Dutch offshore wind farms
New wind farms at sea will soon have a permit that is valid for up to forty years, up from thirty years now. Dutch Minister Eric Wiebes (Economic Affairs) wants to extend the term in...Read more
Dutch ILT will not yet deploy a sulphur sniffing drone
The “sulphur sniffing” drone the Dutch Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) wanted to purchase will not be available for some time to come. The drone was to be used to monitor ships’ sulphur emissions...Read more
Alumax to build seven zero emission water taxis for Rotterdam
Alumax Boats in Meppel, the Netherlands, has won its largest contract ever. Over the next 1.5 years, it will build seven aluminium water taxis for Watertaxi Rotterdam. The new water taxis will be fully electrically...Read more
KVNR: Visas could be a bottleneck for crew changeovers
Together with Dutch airline KLM, the Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners (KVNR) has set up the first air bridges. This makes it possible to relieve crew that has sometimes been stuck on board a ship...Read more
Wagenborg opens new office in Terneuzen
Royal Wagenborg has opened a new office in Terneuzen, the Netherlands, to expand its services in the southwest part of the country as well as in Belgium. The office will among other things support the...Read more
Emission measurements on new LNG-powered ferry Willem Barentsz
In June, the new ferry MV Willem Barentsz from Rederij Doeksen will finally be put into service after delay upon delay during its construction. From that date on, the LNG-powered catamaran will provide data for...Read more