Wallenius Wilhelmsen will reactivate up to 9 of its 16 vessels that are currently in cold layup. Reactivation will take...Wallenius Wilhelmsen takes 9 vessels out of cold layup
PRESS RELEASE – Boskalis has acquired Rever Offshore’s subsea services business. Rever, formally known as Bibby Offshore, offers a broad...Boskalis acquires Rever offshore’s subsea services business
Dutch shipyard Neptune Marine has been selected to build the sailing cargo vessel Canopée, which will transport Ariane 6 rockets...Neptune Marine contracted to build futuristic Ariane rocket ship
Jüngerhans succeeds in difficult heavy-lift fleet restructuring
After almost two years of intensive negotiations and preparations, Jüngerhans has succeeded in securing financing for 10 heavy-lift ships.Read more
Construction of Spliethoff’s new offshore vessels begins
Construction on Spliethoff’s new B-Type heavy-lift vessels has begun with a steel cutting ceremony at the Mawei shipyard in Fuzhou, China. The vessels will combine DP2 station-keeping abilities with two 500-tonne heavy-lift cranes, making them...Read more
Volga Dnepr relaunches first AN124 aircraft
The first AN124 from Volga-Dnepr has taken off again after about a month of inactivity. Now that technical checks on the first aircraft have been completed, the rest of the AN124 fleet will follow soon,...Read more
Bakker Sliedrecht readies Heerema’s crane vessels for shorepower
Bakker Sliedrecht will electrify the crane vessels Thialf and Sleipnir of Heerema Marine Contractors so that they can be powered by green shore power. The shore power connection allows the vessels to turn off their...Read more
USD 600 million to build first Jones Act compliant offshore wind vessel
Dominion Energy has contracted Keppel Offshore & Marine to build the first Jones Act compliant Wind Turbine Installation Vessel. It will cost about USD 600 million and will be built at Keppel’s yard in Brownsville,...Read more
Ceva rebrands AMI and Manica in Africa
PRESS RELEASE – Effective per 2021, Ceva Logistics is rebranding the African freight forwarders AMI and Manica as Ceva Logistics following their acquisition last summer. Exceptions are Manica in Zimbabwe, Malawi and the borders, which...Read more
Jumbo installs mooring system in record water depth
Jumbo Offshore has installed a 14-point FPSO mooring system at a depth of 1,760 metres, breaking its own deepwater record. The project was carried out in preparation for the installation of the first FPSO ever...Read more
EU and UK finally reach Brexit deal
Negotiators from the European Union and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement on their future trade relationship. Both the EU and the British government announced this on Thursday afternoon.Read more
Boskalis performs float-over of 11,500-tonne topsides
Surgical precision, that’s how the float-over installation of the 11,500-tonne Bokor CPP-A platform topsides offshore Sarawak, Malaysia, can be characterised. For this incredibly precise operation, Boskalis’ semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Forte was fitted out with...Read more
Collett transports 150-year-old Victorian clock tower
PRESS RELEASE – Collett has delivered an almost 150-year-old Victorian clock tower from Elland in West Yorkshire to Ripon in North Yorkshire. It’s the second time Collett is moving this rare piece, although the last...Read more
Heerema installs 1,650-tonne water handling module
PRESS RELEASE – Heerema Marine Contractor’s heavy lift vessel Aegir has transported and installed a 1650-metric-tonne water handling module for client Technip FMC. The module was installed on the Woodside operated Pluto Alpha platform.Read more
Sarens opens new office in Estonia
PRESS RELEASE – Sarens is opening a new business unit in Estonia in response to the increasing scope of services and growth opportunities in the Baltic and Scandinavian countries. Read more
France and UK reopen border for freight traffic
Transport companies and trade associations are relieved that the border between England and France is reopening for freight traffic. However, it will take days before all the trucks that have accumulated on the British side...Read more
Boskalis awarded EUR 1.5 billion airport construction project
PRESS RELEASE – Boskalis has received its largest project to date: the land development design and construction of the Manila International Airport (MIA) in the Philippines. The project has an estimated value of EUR 1.5...Read more
Grenaa plans large port expansion with heavy-load area
The Port of Grenaa in Denmark is readying itself for a large port expansion which will add 17,000 sqm of port area, 350 metres of quay, a heavy-load area and increase the available shore power...Read more