How to raise the autonomy level of the dredging process
Shipbuilder Royal IHC is working on the development of autonomous trailing suction hopper dredgers. This will not mean unmanned, as R&D engineer Digital Business Systems Jeroen van Stappen points out, but the goal is to...Read more
Royal IHC launches dredger Alyarmouk for Arab Potash Company
The cutter suction dredger (CSD) Alyarmouk has been launched at Royal IHC’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands. The custom-built vessel is a 3557-kW CSD and a further developed copy of the dredger...Read more
DEME’s new split hoppers complete sea trials
Royal IHC has completed the sea trials of the two 3500-m3 split hoppers Bengel and Deugniet for DEME Group. Once completed, DEME says the vessels will work along its giant cutter suction dredger Spartacus.Read more
Newbuild reel-lay vessel Seven Vega joins Subsea 7 fleet
Subsea 7 has taken delivery of its new reel-lay vessel Seven Vega. The Royal IHC built ship is designed to install complex rigid flowlines including pipe-in-pipe systems, piggyback systems and electrical trace heating, in water depths...Read more
1100 jobs lost in massive reorganisation at shipbuilder Royal IHC
Royal IHC has announced a major restructuring. It means approximately 300 jobs will be lost in the Netherlands over the coming months, with a similar number of redundancies taking place outside of the country. This...Read more
Royal IHC launches second cutter suction dredger for SCA
Royal IHC has launched the second of two dredgers currently under construction at the shipyard for the Suez Canal Authority (SCA). The 29,190-kW rock cutter suction dredger Hussein Tantawy will be used to maintain and...Read more
Boskalis finances mega cutter dredger Krios with ECA loan
Boskalis has financed its mega suction cutter dredger Krios through an innovative Export Credit Agency (ECA) covered loan. This marks the first ECA insured financing of its kind in the Netherlands. With this EUR 121...Read more
Video: Yed Prior’s mining screen towers tested during sea trials
Royal IHC has delivered two mining screen towers of a new design for Spaansen’s Yed Prior. The Yed Prior was converted from a container feeder into a gravel hopper dredger.Read more
Cutter suction dredger Spartacus bunkers LNG for the first time
Titan LNG has performed ship-to-ship bunkering of DEME’s new giant cutter suction dredger (CSD) Spartacus. This was not only the first ever LNG bunkering of a CSD in DEME’s fleet, but also the first time...Read more
Video: Royal IHC concludes deepsea mining project Blue Nodules
Recently, the Blue Nodules project in which Royal IHC was the coordinating partner has ended. The deepsea mining research project has resulted in a prototype vehicle for nodule collection, the testing of many components and...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
Royal IHC delivers 3000-m3 dredger to Port Authority of Douala
Royal IHC has handed over the 3000-cubic-metre trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Mont Mandara to Cameroon’s Port Authority of Douala (PAD). The delivery completes the PAD fleet, following its acquisition of an IHC Beaver 50...Read more
Video: Load-out and commissioning of IHC pipelay system
Royal IHC has delivered a J-Lay system after one of the most complex mobilisation operations ever seen in the North East of England. It will be installed onto ZPMC’s multi-purpose vessel the JSD6000 in China...Read more
Almost 15.5 million euros corona state aid for Damen Shipyards
The Dutch Employee Insurance Agency (UWV) has revealed the amount of state aid companies have received as part of the Dutch government’s corona measures. On the list are also quite a few maritime companies. Dutch...Read more
State Secretary: Speeding up tender for Dutch submarines not an option
The decision on who will build the new Dutch submarines will not be taken before 2022. Despite government parties urging to speed up the process, particularly with the corona crisis in mind, the Dutch State...Read more
IHC built dredger Meuse River leaves for second sea trial
Trailing suction hopper dredger Meuse River has left Neptune Shipyards in Hardinxveld for a second sea trial on the North Sea, which is to last until 19 June. The ship was built at Royal IHC’s...Read more
Pandemic may break European taboo on state aid for maritime industry
For some shipbuilders in Spain, it’s just sour grapes. They are angry with the Dutch Government after its decision to save the Royal IHC shipyard from falling into Chinese hands. However, in his latest opinion...Read more
Shipbuilder IHC takeover completed – former State Secretary to supervise
Former Dutch State Secretary of Finance Menno Snel will become a member of the Supervisory Board of the recently rescued shipbuilding company IHC. On behalf of the Dutch State, he will supervise the course of...Read more