Koninklijke Smals has ordered a fully-electric deep suction dredger at TV Dredging BV. The new vessel, a custom build dredger, will be used for sand extraction. The jointly designed vessel, measuring 22,00m long and 7,51m wide, will have a dredging depth of 27,30m. The totally installed power is 100
Two giant pipelay vessels owned by offshore contractor Allseas are now, for the first time ever, both in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Cemre Shipyard has launched the first of the three service operation vessels (SOVs) currently under construction for MHI Vestas and Esvagt at its yard in Turkey. The vessels are of the Havyard 831 L SOV design and will service the Borssele III and IV offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, the Triton
Eight crew members of the Portuguese-flagged containership Tommi Ritscher are believed to have been taken by a group of pirates that boarded the ship on April 19, 2020 while the vessel was within the Cotonou anchorage area, West Africa. The 4,957 TEU ship was approached by a speedboat and a number o
The master of the container vessel Spirit of Hamburg was found dead on board the ship on April 16, 2020 while the vessel was in the Port of Cartagena, Colombia, local authorities informed. The ship’s manager Zeaborn Ship Management confirmed that a seafarer died on board the containership after succ
A giant containership squeezing under the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge as it made way toward the Port of Oakland was a sight for sore eyes yesterday as shipping enthusiasts flooded social media with images of the sea giant. The 19,200 TEU MSC Anna, owned by Mediterranean Shipping Company, has do
Crew transfer vessel (CTV) operator Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) has acquired two CTVs from the UK-based Rix Shipping Ltd. The two vessels, RIX Lynx and RIX Leopard, will now join the N-O-S fleet of 39 vessels. The vessels are being renamed to M/V Mover and M/V Maker and will be part of the M-
Germany’s engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions has won the order to supply two-stroke engines for Finnlines’ new hybrid roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessels.
Vard has signed a contract with Ta San Shang Marine for the design and construction of the first Service Operation Vessel (SOV) in Taiwan.
Bavarian ship management company MINSHIP and its subsidiary MINMARINE have embarked upon a biofuel trial as part of their efforts to cut the carbon footprint of their fleet. The trial run is being carried out by their managed bulk carrier M/V Trudy which bunkered biofuel at the Port of Rotterdam on
SCHOTTEL will deliver a full propulsion package for Jan De Nul’s new super-sized offshore installation vessel Les Alizés.
The shoalbuster Laurie M, owned by Bhagwan Marine, is currently in Gladstone, assisting the backhoe dredger Woomera on the $80 million Clinton Vessel Interaction Project. The project, led by Gladstone Ports Corporation, will widen the waterway by about 100 meters and to further develop port facility
Incat Crowther has delivered the first two low emission EPA Tier 4 compliant passenger ferries to NYC Ferry.
Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) has commenced the installation of the new crane boom onboard its jack-up vessel Pacific Osprey. The 422-tonne boom was lifted onto the vessel in the Port of Esbjerg, Denmark, yesterday morning with the help of two shore cranes and locked to the base of the crane, SBO said. Acc
