The keel has been laid for the PW10, a 15-metre fully electric inspection vessel for the Province of Friesland. The...Keel laid for electric inspection ship for Dutch Province of Friesland
The Japanese coastguard is engaged in a large-scale search for the missing livestock carrier Gulf Livestock 1, which got into...Search for missing livestock carrier off Japan
Van Oord has laid the first sea cable for the “Dutch Offshore Grid” of grid manager Tennet. It was installed...Offshore part of Dutch Offshore Grid project gets underway
Radar outperforms everything in level measurement
(Advertorial) Compact, easy to use and perhaps an improved alternative to hydrostatic pressure measurement: the latest radar technology from VEGA is also the best solution for level measurement for marine and yacht building applications. Curious?...Read more
RAI Amsterdam cancels Metstrade 2020
Metstrade and RAI Amsterdam have cancelled the Marine Equipment Trade Show, which was scheduled on 17-19 November in RAI Amsterdam. The organisation says that due to Covid-19, it cannot be the meeting place for the...Read more
K Line to demonstrate small-scale CO2 capture onboard ship
K Line announces it will deploy a small-scale, marine-use demonstration plant for CO2 capture onboard a vessel. At the same time, the shipping company will conduct research and development on compact facility design together with...Read more
Two new contracts for Boskalis including its first in floating wind
Boskalis has been hired for the transport and installation of five floating wind turbines for a Scottish offshore wind farm, a first for the company. The second contract it won involves the installation of bridge...Read more
Paramount Maritime launches first survey boat for South African Navy
Paramount Maritime has launched the first of three next-generation Survey Motor Boats (SMBs) for the South African Navy. The South African Navy Hydrographic Office (SANHO) will use the boats to enhance its capabilities and infrastructure.Read more
Royal IHC delivers dredger Ghasha to NMDC
After completion and sea trials, the 8000-cubic-metre trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Ghasha has left the Netherlands to start its first project in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Royal IHC built the vessel for National...Read more
Maersk carries out major restructuring
Maersk is carrying out a major reorganisation aimed at “streamlining” the organisation, which is said to have nothing to do with Covid-19. The Danish group reports this in an advisory to its customers.Read more
Boskalis taken to court over fishing grounds in Indonesia
Boskalis is being sued by the Dutch human rights organisation Both Ends. The dredging company from Papendrecht is alleged to be violating the rights of fishermen during the expansion of a port in Indonesia.Read more
DNV GL conducts world’s first ROV in-water ship bottom surveys
Classification society DNV GL has completed the world’s first in-water remote ship surveys using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The in-water bottom surveys were carried out on three separate Wilson ASA-managed vessels.Read more
Video: Giant Australian icebreaker heads to Vlissingen for sea trials
Damen has been working on the Australian Antarctic Supply Research Vessel (ASRV) since 2016. After the initial construction of the vessel at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania, the ship is now undertaking final commissioning tests...Read more
Coastwise and Next Generation to build offshore support ‘Monomaran’
Coastwise Offshore Services and Next Generation Shipyards plan to build an energy-efficient and fuel-saving aluminium ship for the offshore wind industry in the Dutch province of Groningen. The new vessel type, a Monomaran, will combine...Read more
Heerema’s Balder installs the Pemex Yaxche-C offshore platform
Heerema’s semi submersible crane vessel Balder has installed Pemex’s Yaxche-C jacket and topside on behalf of Cotemar S.A. de C.V. The jacket weighed 700 metric tonnes, the four skirt piles 125 metric tonnes each, and...Read more
Hartman completes conversion of Eidsvaag Omega
Eidsvaag As acquired general cargo vessel mv Baltic to convert it to a fishfeed carrier for fishfarms in the Norwegian fjords. Hartman Marine Shipbuilding was contracted to carry this out.Read more
Pioneering Spirit removes 14,200-t Ninian offshore platform in single lift
Allseas’ heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed its third and final decommissioning job of 2020. The single-lift removal of the North Sea’s 14,200-tonne Ninian Northern topsides for CNR International (CNRI) took two hours to...Read more
Bankruptcies imminent in offshore sector
The offshore sector is likely to be the scene of a wave of major bankruptcies in the coming years. Bloomberg states this after consulting several countries in the sector.Read more