ShippingThe Eemslift Hendrika safely arrived at the port on Flatholmen in Ålesund at 5 pm on 8 April. The listing ship was towed there after Smit Salvage managed to secure towing lines to two tugboats...Read more
SalvageDue to the weather in the area around the listing Eemslift Hendrika, the salvage operation has to be postponed until Thursday morning 8 April, reports the Norwegian Coast Guard. The ship has been adrift since...Read more
ShippingA salvage attempt of the Eemslift Hendrika is underway this morning. The Norwegian coastguard will try to place salvors onboard the drifting heavy-lift vessel where they will attempt to secure the towing lines of two...Read more
PRESS RELEASE – Offshore Heavy Transport’s (OHT) new heavy-lift vessel Alfa Lift has been launched at the China Merchants Heavy Industry shipyard in Jiangsu. The preparations to install the vessel’s 3,000-tonne main crane are now...Read more
ShippingPRESS RELEASE – Spliethoff has acquired another P14-type vessel on Tuesday 15 December 2020.
The vessel is renamed ‘Pottersgracht’ and reflagged to the Dutch register.Read more
Fleet expansionBBC Chartering has taken delivery of the MV BBC St. Petersburg, the first of six new F500 multipurpose vessels to join the company’s fleet. The vessel set sail on May 1st and is currently on...Read more
EquipmentRopeblock, the designer of the faulty crane hook that caused the Orion accident, says it is appalled by the incident and the impact it has on the industry. “Based on the information that is currently...Read more
Heavy-lift vesselsSpliethoff has acquired the former Zeamarine heavy-lift vessel Zea Gold. The ship is currently in Rotterdam for maintenance and will depart for its next project in May carrying a new name, the MV Palmgracht. Read more
Offshore windOffshore Heavy Transport (OHT) has won a large transport and installation contract for two of the three Dogger Bank offshore wind farms, each capable of delivering 1.2 GW of electric power. The contract will be...Read more
With another nine-second fast lift, Allseas’ heavy lift and pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit has removed the 25,000-tonne Brent Bravo topsides from the North Sea. The move took place last week at the Brent oil and...Read more
Collision A court in Mississippi has issued an arrest warrant for the heavy-lift vessel Hawk after it collided with a barge at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula last month, causing it to damage the new U.S. Navy...Read more
