All News articles – Page 199
-
NewsFastest electric passenger ship launches 2022
The world’s fastest all-electric passenger ship will hit Stockholm’s waterways in 2022 and start commercial operations in 2023.
-
NewsDelivery and order round-up
This month’s review covers tug deliveries and orders from European shipyards and a series of newbuildings from an Ohio USA-based yard with European connections.
-
NewsRemote tugs a step closer
Svitzer, Kongsberg Maritime and classification society ABS have signed an agreement to jointly develop RECOTUG, the ‘world’s first fully operational and remotely-controlled tug’.
-
NewsMaking the towing connection quick and easy
Maritime and offshore synthetic fibre and steel wire rope manufacturer Lankhorst Ropes has introduced Lankoloop, described as the world’s quickest and easiest towing and mooring connection.
-
NewsSAAM completes acquisition of Intertug
SAAM Towage has completed its acquisition of 70% of fellow South American tug operator Intertug in a deal valued at US$49.7M.
-
NewsISU working to revise wreck removal contracts
A high-powered group representing International Salvage Union (ISU) members are working with other parties to revise wreck removal contracts.
-
NewsBusy winter for Scottish tugs
As the UK gradually emerges from winter we look back at activities that have kept the country’s northern towage fleet busy.
-
-
NewsStuck Suez ship back on track
Ship traffic has resumed in the Suez Canal following the refloating of a stuck mega vessel.
-
NewsReal-time information for pilot vessels
A new vessel monitoring solution offers real-time information on vessel pitch, roll and heave to increase efficiency and reduce risk.
-
NewsSubstation cranes for Hornsea 2
Having supplied 14 cranes for Hornsea 1 offshore windfarm, Palfinger has announced an important part of its lifting gear contract for Hornsea 2.
-
NewsNorwegian hydrogen from wind pilot project progresses
Following a major investment in the project, Norwegian company TechnipFMC is moving ahead with a pilot project for the Deep Purple green hydrogen offshore energy system.
-
NewsMaritime hub for Malta
The Mediterranean Maritime Hub Malta (MMH) is investing more than €20 million to turn Valletta into a hub for vessels from the maritime and oil and gas exploration sectors.
-
NewsWave energy converter ready for testing
Testing will begin shortly on a new wave energy converter (WEC) that allows the conversion of wave motion into electricity and desalinated water.
-
NewsC-Job sees customizable future for dredgers
Netherlands based C-Job Naval Architects has launched an in-house developed trailing suction hopper dredger series intended to fill the gap between standard designs and fully tailored vessels.
-
NewsRoyal IHC sends super cutter to SCA
Royal IHC officially handed over the cutter suction dredger Mohab Mameesh to the Suez Canal Authority at ceremonies in Rotterdam last month.
-
News
WODCON XXIII set for Copenhagen in May 2022
The 23rd edition of the World Dredging Congress, WODCON XXIII, will take place in Copenhagen, Demark on 16-20 May 2022.
-
NewsBiodegradable oil research for dredgers
Bakker Sliedrecht, the Netherlands based provider of electrical and automation solutions for the marine industry, is starting research to determine whether biodegradable oil can be used in submersible motors.
-
NewsTwo special newbuilds for Jan De Nul
Belgium''s Jan De Nul has added two newbuild dredgers to it international fleet with deliveries of the cutter suction dredger Willem van Rubroeck and the trailing suction hopper dredger Galileo Galilei.
-
News
Nominations sought for IADC Safety Awards
The Netherlands based International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) is now seeking nominations for the annual IADC Safety Award.
