Floating crane Hebo Lift 9 to recover sunken cranes in Rostock Port
The mobile harbour cranes that fell from heavy lift vessel Jumbo Vision in Rostock harbour basin B on 31 January are to be recovered with the Hebo Lift 9. This floating crane left Rotterdam on...Read more
Zeamarine officially insolvent as restructuring continues
The German booking and operation offices Zeamarine Bremen, Zeamarine Germany and Zeamarine Chartering have come under court supervision while the restructuring of the Bremen-based MPV-operator continues, meaning the company is officially insolvent. In the first official...Read more
Dutch start-up designs crane to reach largest offshore wind turbines
Wind turbines at sea are getting bigger and higher. The Rotterdam startup Tetrahedron has developed an innovative crane that makes existing lifting platforms suitable for installation of this new generation of wind turbines. In order to...Read more
Sunken cranes’ tanks emptied of oil
The emptying of the hydraulic oil and diesel tanks of the cranes that sunk in the port of Rostock on 31 January was completed on Friday 8 February, reports the Rostock Port Authority. The cranes...Read more
Kenzfigee introduces new subsea crane
KenzFigee has designed a new rope actuated knuckle boom subsea crane. The crane is to improve operational safety and workability and offers a lifting capacity from approximately 400 to 2000 tonnes. The crane was designed using...Read moreDivers start removing oil from sunken cranes in Port of Rostock
On 4 February, heavy lift vessel Jumbo Vision was moved from its location in the Port of Rostock where it lost two cranes on 31 January. The cranes fell overboard and sunk in port basin...Read more
New Liebherr cranes fall off Jumbo ship while loading in Rostock
Part of Rostock Port has been closed after two mobile harbour cranes fell off the heavy-lift vessel Jumbo Vision during loading operations. Because there are fluids leaking from the cranes, port basin B has been...Read moreUHL confirms takeover of eleven Zeamarine vessels
United Heavy Lift (UHL) has taken over a total of eleven vessels from financially distressed Zeamarine. The German shipping company will take over nine eco-friendly F900 heavy-lift new buildings and two existing vessels on time...Read moreZeamarine Is Disposing of Vessels
Zeamarine is reportedly disposing of vessels to deal with its financial losses. The fast-growing shipping company last month announced that it has hired a restructuring specialist to take over the management of the company and...Read more
SAL Heavy Lift Ships to Use Hydrogen/Methanol Injection to Reduce Emissions
SAL Heavy Lift is the first shipping company in the world to make use of a new hydrogen/methanol technology for its fleet. The injection technology developed by Fuelsave GmbH reduces CO2, SOx, NOx and other...Read more
Dutch Consortium Investigates Onboard Carbon Capture
Recent tests at Dutch research institute TNO have shown the technical feasibility of capturing CO2 directly from exhaust gases. In a new research project, DERISCO2, ship-based carbon capture will be prepared for piloting. The target...Read more
New Installation Vessel Breaks Jan De Nul’s Own Crane Record
Jan De Nul Group has ordered Les Alizés, a floating installation crane vessel from the CMHI Haimen shipyard in China. Just six months earlier, the company ordered offshore installation vessel Voltaire. With a 5000-metric-tonne Huisman...Read more
Another Record-breaking Transport for BOKA Vanguard Planned
Royal Boskalis has secured a hand full of heavy marine transport contracts worth approximately 120 million US dollars. One of these concerns the transportation of an FPSO with a weight exceeding 91,000 tonnes to be...Read more
Huisman to Deliver Giant Crane for Bokalift 2
Royal Boskalis has selected Dutch crane specialist Huisman to deliver the 4000-metric-tonne Offshore Mast Crane (OMC) for its new crane vessel Bokalift 2. With a lifting capacity of 4000 metric tonnes at 100 metres above...Read more
Video: Jumbo Jubilee Ships Four Trawlers in One Go
Blue Water Singapore and Jumbo Shipping have managed to transport four trawler hulls weighing approximately 500 tonnes each in a single shipment. The Jumbo Jubilee was used to deliver the vessels from Vietnam to Norway....Read more
Ninety Years of Huisman: 150,000 Metric Tonnes of Lifting Capacity
Crane manufacturer Huisman is celebrating its ninetieth anniversary. The start of the anniversary year coincides with an impressive milestone: reaching a combined total of 150.000 metric tonnes lifting capacity. This number is an add up of...Read more
VIDEOS: Presenting the 2019 Maritime Innovation Award Nominees
Conoship, Huisman Equipment and Value Maritime are battling for this year’s Maritime Innovation Award. Although they have to wait until the Maritime Awards Gala on 4 November to find out who wins, the Maritime Awards...Read more
Heerema’s Sleipnir Sets Crane Vessel Heavy Lift World Record
Heerema’s Sleipnir, the world’s largest crane vessel, completed a 15,300 tonnes lift on 7-8 September. The ship installed the topsides for Noble Energy’s Leviathan development in the Mediterranean. This sets a world record: a crane...Read more