Decks & Lifting Gear

VESSELS

VESSELS

Concordia Damen has won a contract to build and deliver a Ro-Ro pontoon and two coupling pontoons for the Koninklijke Van der Wees Group transport company.

7th March 2025

Concordia Damen wins bid on pontoon contract

7th March 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Dutch engineering giant Heerema Marine Contractors has signed a contract with European transmission system operator TenneT for a float-over barge.

9th January 2025

Heerema plans float-over barge for North Sea wind farms

9th January 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Subsea vessel REM Pioneer is being built to cover a broad range of subsea construction, from traditional energy to wind activities with a net zero operation. 

19th December 2024

DEEP DIVE: Power challenges of a multi-purpose net zero vessel

19th December 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Tugdock and Sarens have successfully secured funding from The Crown Estate’s Supply Chain Accelerator to develop a heavy lift Operations and Maintenance (O&M) hub at ABP’s Port Talbot, Wales.

11th December 2024

Crown Estate backing for floating offshore wind O&M hub

11th December 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cygnus’s Hatch Sure ultrasonic leak detection system has been designed to offer an efficient and precise solution for watertight door inspections and deck equipment testing.

14th October 2024

More efficient watertight door inspections

14th October 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Lekstroom Transport, one of the Netherlands oldest tug and pontoon owners, has become the third partner operating under the name of Marine People, joining two of Rotterdam’s major marine service providers –…

10th October 2024

Marine People welcomes new firm to the family

10th October 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Jumbo Maritime has upgraded its heavy lift vessel Jumbo Jubilee with wind-assisted propulsion, boosting its capacity to support offshore renewable energy projects while reducing carbon emissions.

7th October 2024

Jumbo Maritime looks to wind propulsion to boost sustainability

7th October 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Henriksen’s launch and recovery systems (LARS), on show at Seawork in June, remain very straightforward, even though the latest iterations are fitted to extremely sophisticated boats, writes Stevie Knight.

24th September 2024

Simple Stinger solution for sophisticated boats

24th September 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

A new design from Danish naval architect Knud E. Hansen features a jack-up platform on a jack-up vessel, offering enough stability that crew could work on maintenance in any weather conditions.

4th September 2024

Jack-up on jack-up – new vessel design revealed

4th September 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

News that project heavy-lift carrier AAL Shipping is expanding its fleet and service provision is an indication of increased demand for transporting project cargo on an increasingly global scale – partly because…

27th August 2024

Offshore wind prompts project cargo expansion

27th August 2024