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St. Johns Ship Building has delivered the Windea Enterprise, the second of the three Jones Act-compliant Incat Crowther 30m CTV ordered at the shipyard by Windea CTV; a partnership of Hornblower Wind and MidOcean Wind. The vessel is the third CTV to be delivered by St. Johns within six months. Two more are in...

Damen Shipyards Group has developed a new concept for offshore charging, offering a way to dramatically reduce emissions during the operational phase of an offshore wind farm. The system envisages a fully electric crew transfer vessel (CTV) which can charge at either a turbine or one of Damen’s Commissioning Service Operations Vessels outfitted with...

Bureau Veritas (BV) and Hanwha Ocean have completed a Joint Development Project (JDP) to enable 3D model based approval for the classification of vessels. The JDP tested and validated the workflow of 3D model-based classification approvals, where classification reviews are directly based on the 3D model provided by the designer instead of using traditional...

Praxis Automation has been awarded a long-term collaborative contract by Rawabi Vallianz Offshore Service (RVOS), a Saudi world class support service provider to the offshore industry. RVOS is one of the offshore service companies of Rawabi Energy company. Under this RVOS fleet-wide contract, new build and existing offshore support vessels will be equipped with...

Concordia Damen recently delivered a special project: the conversion of a Dutch barge into a Nigerian dredger. The  trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Sayonara has now arrived and is at work on the Lagos lagoon. Three years ago, the Werkendam shipyard came into contact with a Nigerian dredging company via Damen Shipyards Gorinchem. This...

The Abu Dhabi Ports Group has commissioned Penguin Shipyard International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore-based Penguin International, and leading digital shipbuilder Incat Crowther to design and deliver two new 56m Ro-Pax catamaran passenger and vehicle ferries. The new vessels will be built by Penguin International in Indonesia and are capable of transporting up...

DeepOcean has entered into a long-term charter agreement for a newbuild unmanned surface vessel (USV) which will be utilised for subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) and survey work in the offshore renewables and oil and gas industries. DeepOcean is chartering the vessel from USV AS – a joint venture company established by Solstad...

Nexans has announced an expansion in its presence in the offshore wind and interconnection market, by adding a third cable laying vessel to its fleet. This strategic decision will allow the Group to meet the increasing demand for electrification, especially in the American and European markets, driven by a record project backlog and recently...

The first 32m parallel hybrid crew transfer vessel (CTV) designed by Incat Crowther for Emden-based EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) has been successfully delivered, with the vessel already servicing Germany’s offshore wind industry. Windea One is the world’s first CTV to utilise Volvo Penta’s new parallel hybrid system together with IPS propulsion and can be...

Ulstein Design & Solutions AS has signed a contract with Tersan Shipyard for two methanol-fuelled ULSTEIN SX216 Construction Service Operating Vessel (CSOV) designs. The vessels will be constructed for the Netherlands-based ship owner Acta Marine and will be number 3 and 4 with the novel TWIN X-STERN solution in the Acta fleet. Acta Marine...

Jan De Nul’s heavy lift vessel Les Alizés has been getting ready for its first assignment, the transport and installation of 107 monopile foundations and one offshore substation topside at Ørsted’s Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms. The vessel departed the CMHI Haimen Shipyard in China in January this year,...

The biennial exhibition and conference at the Rotterdam Ahoy presents a diverse line-up of events and attractions designed to promote collaboration and innovation towards a more sustainable shipping industry. Taking place from 7 to 10 November, Europort once again brings the shipping world together in Rotterdam, which officially hosts this year’s event following its...

Swiss marine power company WinGD and Japanese shipbuilder and technology developer Mitsubishi Shipbuilding have signed a memorandum of understanding to enter into a partnership on ammonia-fuelled vessels. The project will see WinGD applying its X-DF-A ammonia-fuelled engines to a range of vessel designs, with Mitsubishi both designing the vessels and completing the fuel chain...

deugro Danmark and its partners Siemens Gamesa and Amasus Offshore will bring two newly designed vessels, customised for transporting offshore wind turbine components, to the market. Siemens Gamesa and deugro have entered into a long-term charter agreement for the Rotra Futura and Rotra Horizon which will be delivered in 2025. The new concept builds...

KenzFigee has delivered two tailor-made pipe handling gantry cranes for Spliethoff’s two new build multipurpose DP2 B-type vessels Brouwersgracht and Bloemgracht. The two removable and automated pipe handling gantry cranes are, in close collaboration with Spliethoff, specially developed and designed by KenzFigee to enable a fast, safe and efficient loading and discharging operation of...

GE Power Conversion convened recently, with the world’s leading navies and industry at IMDEX Asia, to showcase its electric ship power and propulsion solutions. IMDEX represents a respected platform within the large Asia Pacific maritime sector in Singapore, where GE Power Conversion showcased electrification technologies that are helping the world’s leading navies to energize...

Palfinger Marine is currently updating their state-of-the-art transportation system for the maritime and offshore industry – the Offshore Passenger Transfer System (OPTS). At Nor-Shipping 2023, Palfinger Marine will showcase a model of this technology for the first time. The OPTS is a 3D-compensated passenger and cargo transfer system. Designed specifically for marine applications in...

GE Power Conversion was recently awarded a contract from Keppel Shipyard for the design, supply and delivery of two electrical modules for the Petrobras P-80 and P-83 FPSO vessels that will operate in Brazil. The integrated electrical module to be provided by GE Power Conversion is considered the ‘heart’ of the platform as it...

Damen Shipyards and offshore wind services provider Purus Wind have signed a contract for the build and delivery of eight new vessels. Four Damen Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 Hybrid and three Damen FCS 3210 Hybrid Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) and one, 90-metre Construction Service Operation Vessel (CSOV). The FCS 3210s and the CSOV...

When sailing the ocean, feeling the greatness of the earth, there is a longing for nature on board. We want to stay connected with nature and you can see that reflected in the latest interior designs. There is a calling for natural materials and in recent boat shows we have seen some exquisite examples...

An international ship design company and a Dutch software company have joined forces to create a software program to optimize the hull design process, making it up to two times faster. C-Job Naval Architects, an independent ship design company, and VIKTOR, leading application development platform for engineers, have worked together on the ACD Resistance...

Irish crew transfer vessel (CTV) owner and operator Farra Marine, has expanded its fleet of CTVs after ordering a further seven vessels from Singapore-based Penguin Shipyard International. The new CTVs – part of the WindFlex-27 series – will, when complete, see Farra Marine boast a fleet of fourteen CTVs servicing the UK and European...

Today, on 23 February 2023, The Vertom Group, one of the leading short sea shipping operators within Europe, announced the successful launch and christening of their latest vessel, MV Vertom Cyta. The vessel was built at Thecla Bodewes Shipyards. She is the second of eight vessels being constructed at the yard facility in Kampen,...

The U.S.-based shipowner, SunStone Ships, goes for another cruise vessel in its Infinity class. All the vessels in this class are designed by Ulstein Design & Solutions. These vessels were the first to introduce the patented X-BOW design in the cruise industry, a solution that has been warmly welcomed by cruise passengers and crews...

Van Oord subsidiary Mackley and its joint venture partner Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK, have been awarded the engineering and construction of the Havant Thicket Reservoir in Hampshire – the first major new water storage reservoir in the UK since the 1980s. The contract, with a value over 150 million pounds, has been awarded...