Vessels News – Page 9
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NewsLatest Van Oord offshore installation vessel delivered
A new offshore installation vessel that will be ‘the largest of its kind’ has been delivered to Van Oord.
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NewsAdvanced methanol-ready OCVs for offshore renewables
Two new vessels will allow PaxOcean to address increasing demand for innovative offshore construction solutions.
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NewsContentious subsea cable damage fully repaired
A second damaged subsea cable has had to be repaired by a specialised cable-repair vessel in northern Europe just a month after the first one was detected.
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NewsA cutting-edge autonomous subsea monitoring system
EIVA and Tuco Marine are introducing a cutting-edge autonomous system for inspecting subsea assets
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NewsUnderwater gliders to survey 200m North Sea depths
Subsea ocean data will be collected by specialist gliders in the North Sea over a period of three years.
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NewsNew SRI vessel breaks records in size
The largest Subsea Rock Installation vessel in the industry has been ordered by Boskalis for delivery early next year.
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NewsDouble delivery ends buoyant year for Sanmar
Sanmar Shipyards has marked the end of a productive 2024 with deliveries of a powerful compact tug to its owner in Croatia and an ice-class tug to Finland.
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NewsTwo solar-electric ferries delivered to Italy
German shipbuilder Ampereship has delivered the first fully electric ferries in Italy, it says, partially charged by solar panels.
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NewsVard delivers advanced cable-laying vessel
Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has delivered what it calls a state-of-the-art cable-laying vessel to Danish subsea firm NCT Offshore.
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NewsSanmar’s all-electric tug – a progress report
Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards has provided a progress report on the performance of one of its battery-powered, all-electric ship-handling tugs.
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NewsDamen delivers Shoalbuster to Kazakhstan owner
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered one of the larger versions of its Shoalbuster range of tug/workboats to Caspian Offshore Construction.
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NewsChristmas rescue confirmed for Harland & Wolff
Just six days before Christmas more than 1,000 employees have discovered their jobs are now safe at Harland & Wolff, following a deal struck by the UK government with Spanish shipbuilder Navantia.
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NewsSalvaging container ships in European waters
Salvage companies debated the handling of container ship accidents off Europe’s congested coastline at an annual conference in London last week.
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NewsEU mission to overturn Jones Act revealed
The European Commission has paid a media firm €7,000 to produce ‘TikTok-style’ videos to lobby the US government to overturn or amend the Jones Act.
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NewsBTA revises standard towage conditions document
The British Tugowners Association (BTA) has revised its UK Standard Conditions for Towage and Other Services (UKSCT) to align it with the contemporary world of, among other things, automation, electronic systems and digitalisation.
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NewsINTERVIEW: Leading the charge in marine batteries
As the marine industry shifts towards sustainability, more marine battery makers are emerging – not least Tesvolt Ocean, which was formed this year in a bid to disrupt the current market.
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NewsOffshore giants combine to form ‘CO2 highway’
Equinor and Fugro have agreed to develop a pipeline to transport up to 27 million tonnes to a permanent storage location on the Norwegian continental shelf.
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NewsEngine fire linked to poor state of repair
A report into the engine room fire on Ro-Ro passenger ferry Stena Express in February 2023 has concluded bad repair and inadequate modifications led to the incident.
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NewsINTERVIEW: Vessev on its electric hydrofoiling ferry
An electric hydro-foiling ferry has joined New Zealand’s largest ferry operator after Maritime New Zealand awarded the vessel commercial certification.
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NewsFirst electric tug launched in South America
The first electric tug in South America has been launched by SAAM Towage for operations with the Chilean Oil Company ENAP.
