Decks & Lifting Gear

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

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

DEME Offshore and Liftra ApS are developing a new vessel offshore installation system to cater for the next generation of offshore wind turbine generators.

19th April 2023

Developing next generation turbine installation crane technology

19th April 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A wind farm installation has been carried out using a new RNA floating method by marine contractor Heerema.

14th April 2023

Heerema installs wind turbines with new floating method

14th April 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A ‘major milestone’ in a €200 million expansion plan to the Antwerp Gateway terminal has been passed with the arrival of three gigantic quay cranes.

12th April 2023

Gigantic quay cranes arrive at Antwerp

12th April 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Jan De Nul Group has begun the transport and installation work on Ørsted’s 242MW Gode Wind 3 and 900MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms in Germany.

17th March 2023

Installation begins at new German offshore wind farms

17th March 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Denmark-based underwater technology firm MacArtney will supply winches that can withstand exploding mines to the US Navy for use on its ’Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vehicle’ (MCM USV).

16th March 2023

Special winches ordered for mine-sweeping USVs

16th March 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

SMST has equipped the newbuild Van Oord cable-laying vessel Calypso with a 100t active heave compensated knuckle boom crane.

6th March 2023

SMST heavy lift knuckle boom crane for Van Oord

6th March 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Belgian civil engineering firm Sarens has revealed details and footage of the successful load-out of a 2,200-tonne jacket from Lobito Bay in Angola.

16th February 2023

VIDEO: 2,200t jacket loadout completed by Sarens

16th February 2023

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Hydraulic, lifting and mechanical equipment firm Brimmond says it has a pipeline of projects for the year ahead along with a new fleet of stock marine cranes.

8th February 2023

Brimmond reveals new Heila crane fleet

8th February 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Axel Johnson International has taken over British firm Lifting Gear & Safety, including its dedicated maritime section, LGS Marine.

3rd February 2023

Axel Johnson acquires LGS

3rd February 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Dutch offshore equipment maker SMST has been awarded the contract for various equipment to an Asian Commissioning Services Operations Vessel (CSOV) 

20th January 2023

Mission equipment ordered for Asian CSOV

20th January 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Jan de Nul’s NextGen heavy lift vessel Les Alizés is on her way to Europe, the company has announced.

19th January 2023

New Jan de Nul installation vessel delivered

19th January 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Kongsberg Maritime is to supply Turkish tugboat builder Med Marine with Escort Series towing winches for nine escort tugs equipped with azimuth stern drives.

9th January 2023

Kongsberg Maritime wins tug winch order

9th January 2023