Decks & Lifting Gear

VESSELS

VESSELS

Dutch marine contractor Van Oord is upgrading its heavy-lift installation vessel Svanen to cope with the ever-increasing size of offshore wind turbines.

12th December 2023

Higher and heavier for Van Oord’s ‘Svanen’

12th December 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Rotterdam-based Hapo International Barges B.V. is increasing its salvage capabilities with the addition of a large grab and two ex-wind turbine installation vessel cranes to its fleet.

4th December 2023

Hapo Barges expands lifting gear portfolio

4th December 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Propspeed has developed a new toolkit and products geared at speeding up and simplifying the process of foul-release application.

14th November 2023

Propspeed takes the like a pro approach to foul-release

14th November 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Vestdavit’s Mission Bay boat-handling system and a specially designed davit will equip a second Nexans newbuild cable-layer being built at Ulstein Verft.

25th October 2023

More Vestdavit boat-handling expertise for Ulstein

25th October 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

As offshore wind farm developers struggle to find installation vessels to help complete their orders, progress in a deal to combine two vessel giants should provide some optimism.

20th October 2023

Deal on track to form world’s largest jack-up fleet

20th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Despite recent apparent misgivings within the US offshore wind industry – a recent auction received just one bid – there are many signs that the sector is still emerging and it is…

26th September 2023

SMST to deliver first 3D crane to US SOV

26th September 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received an order worth more than €25 million for general cargo cranes for 10 multipurpose vessels built in Asia.

26th September 2023

€25 million order welcomed for cargo cranes

26th September 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Belfast shipbuilder Harland & Wolff has won a contract to repair a heavy-lift vessel that is the first of its kind to be drydocked at the shipyard.

15th August 2023

First-of-a-kind vessel to be drydocked at H&W

15th August 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

SMST has been awarded a contract by Fincantieri Marine Group for the delivery of a motion compensated gangway on a newbuild service operation vessel (SOV) for Crest Wind.

10th August 2023

SMST gangway for offshore wind SOV

10th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Spirit Energy is experiencing its busiest year-to-date in decommissioning with offshore campaigns across the North Sea and the East Irish Sea.

8th August 2023

Spirit marks busiest year yet for decommissioning

8th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Two North Sea wind farms with a power generation capacity of 900MW each should come online next year.

7th August 2023

Monopile installations begin on German wind farms

7th August 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

MacGregor has received a large order for a comprehensive package of access equipment for a cruise vessel, which will be built at a French shipyard.

28th June 2023

MacGregor chalks up access equipment order for cruiser

28th June 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

DP World Yarimca says it is the first port in the world to use remote-controlled, electric cranes in a bid to improve safety during operations.

20th June 2023

Turkish port in first with remote-controlled cranes

20th June 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A series of vessels under construction for SAL Heavy Lift will feature a networked suite of navigation, steering and heading management systems from Sperry Marine.

5th June 2023

High-tech bridge systems for SAL’s innovative newbuilds

5th June 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Finland’s Fitjar Mekaniske Verksted has boosted its facility offering with a mobile 900t lifting cradle.

23rd May 2023

FMV makes ship lifting cradle investment

23rd May 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

SMST has won a contract from Damen Shipyards Group to supply two sets of mission equipment for Windcat Offshore’s two newbuild Elevation Series Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs).

23rd May 2023

World first 10t 3D motion-compensated offshore crane

23rd May 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

MacArtney is delivering custom-built winches that can withstand exploding mines for the US Navy.

22nd May 2023

MacArtney supplies custom winches for Textron’s USV

22nd May 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kees-Jaap van Nes is senior project manager at Ampelmann and has been overseeing the development of a W-type gangway that he is aiming to unleash on the market by the end of…

18th May 2023

Motion-compensated gangway optimised for wind market

18th May 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

SMST has been awarded a contract by Damen Shipyards for the delivery of two sets of mission equipment for its two newbuild Elevation Series CSOVs for Windcat Offshore.

9th May 2023

SMST supplies critical mission equipment for Damen CSOVs

9th May 2023

SAFETY & TRAINING

SAFETY & TRAINING

Three marine technology companies are among those to receive the first King’s Awards for Enterprise, including one which uses ultrasound to clean up the seas.

25th April 2023

Royal seal of approval for marine technology innovators

25th April 2023