Jan De Nul Group recently announced that its trailing suction hopper dredger, ‘Alexander von Humboldt’, had completed 2,000 hours operation on 100% renewable, second-generation Biofuel Oil (BFO). The vessel is powered by 2 × MAN 12V32/40 and 1 × MAN 7L32/40 main engines.
Bollinger Shipyards, LLC (“Bollinger”) announces that it will construct a state-of-the-art, floating dry dock for General Dynamics Electric Boat to support the construction and maintenance of the United States’ new Columbia Class of Ballistic Missile Submarines.
Harvey Gulf International Marine announced that it has begun converting four 220’ DPS-2 Platform Supply Vessels, which will be capable of stowing one set of four Jumbo fenders (4.5m dia X 9.0m length) and one set of four smaller Jumbo fenders (4.5m dia X 6.3m length) on the vessels’ back decks, along with other STS related equipment, e.g., three (12 inch dia. X 90 feet length) cargo transfer hoses, four smaller fenders, personnel transfer basket, wires, shackles, and other hardware used by Mooring Masters.
Kongsberg Maritime has been contracted to design and equip a highly innovative vessel for the Norwegian krill processing firm Rimfrost.
Teledyne Marine is proud to announce that the STS Leeuwin II, through Skippers Technology, is updating the navigation equipment with a TSS Meridian.
The unique battery system for efficient fuel consumption in shipping, EASy Marine® is as of now approved for operation.
Vestdavit Inc., the US operation set up by industry-leading davit supplier Vestdavit, has won a contract to deliver boat launch-and-recovery systems to two Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessels belonging to the United States Navy.
Global trade enabler DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali Port welcomed HMM GDANSK, one of the world’s largest container vessels, which is now on the return leg of her maiden international voyage between the Far East and Europe.
Crowley successfully lightered and delivered nearly four million gallons of military specification fuel to Eareckson Air Station on the Aleutian Island of Shemya in Alaska, overcoming challenges that included Mother Nature’s destruction of the island’s shoreside dock, remote location and challenging weather and sea conditions.
A new multi-purpose oil spill response and towage vessel being built for the Kuwait Oil Co will be installed with a Cathelco marine growth prevention system (MGPS) to prevent bio-fouling and corrosion in seawater pipework. The system is manufactured by Cathelco which has been part of the Evac Group since 2018.
As part of wider expansion plans, maritime cyber security systems pioneer Naval Dome has established a significant presence in the Americas with the opening of a new product development and customer service center in Boston, Massachusetts.
Market leading developers of smart water quality monitoring technology, Rivertrace Limited have established a new, web-based calibration portal that will enable complete transparency of compliance and inspection paperwork related to water monitoring equipment.
On September 11th, Damen Shipyards Group launched a Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD) 3500 at its Galati yard in Romania. Damen is building the MAD for UK-based Hanson. The company will use the vessel to conduct offshore aggregate extraction in water depths up to -55 meters in the North Sea and English Channel.
Ampelmann, the Dutch offshore access provider, has signed a contract with Seaway 7 for a project due to start in 2021. This contract marks the company’s first contract in Taiwan, and it is also the first time an Ampelmann system will be deployed for an offshore wind job in Asia.
Two new Physical Oceanographic Real-Time Systems, also known as PORTSⓇ, are improving maritime safety near Kings Bay, Georgia, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, near two U.S. Navy installations. NOAA and the U.S. Navy partnered to install the first new PORTS in two years, the 34th and 35th in the nationwide network.
Harvey Gulf announces in addition to its new two million gallon diesel bunkering facility in Port Fourchon, LA, it will now offer a full service fuel carrying vessel solely dedicated to offshore fuel and water deliveries, through the conversion of Harvey’s 300’ PSV Harvey Hawk.
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