28 November 2024
New drone inspection service available for offshore units
Huisman, a Dutch offshore crane maker has recently launched a drone inspection service for cranes, drilling, and pipelay equipment.
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World’s First Hydrogen Powered Vessel
World First Hydrogen-Powered Vessel will reduce fossil fuel consumption by more than 40% while it has been funded NOK 92.5 million from Enova.
The First Tug in the World with Methanol Fuel Cells
The world’s first fuel cell harbour tug, running on green methanol, is set to be developed by Svitzer, part of Maersk. The subject project will carve the path for future Svitzer newbuilds of this kind while it is scheduled to…
Giant Offshore Crane (LEC) for WTIV
Huisman, a Dutch offshore crane maker confirmed that has been contracted to deliver (again) what it says will be the largest leg encircling crane for a newbuild Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV). Wait. What is a Leg Encircling Crane (LEC)?…
Retrofitting Carbon Capture and Storage Systems
Wärtsilä Exhaust Treatment and Solvang ASA, a Norwegian shipping company, have agreed on a full-scale pilot retrofit installation of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) system on one of Solvang’s ethylene carriers, the 21,000-cbm Clipper Eos. Wärtsilä Exhaust Treatment designs…
Rotor Sails on Another Hybrid Ferry
Following the successful installation of the Norsepower Rotor Sail on the hybrid ferry M/V Copenhagen in 2020, and a year of demonstrated results, Scandlines has prepared the sister ferry M/V Berlin for its own Rotor Sail installation. The hybrid ferry,…
WTIV for New Era Offshore Wind Turbines
Van Oord, a Dutch marine and offshore services company, has recently ordered from Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard in China, a new offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) with the scope of installing new era wind turbines, rated up to 20MW.…
Methanol-Fuelled Crew Transfer Vessel
In an effort to eliminate carbon emissions which are incorporated with the supply chain of the offshore wind industry, the Canadian naval architect and marine engineering firm, Robert Allan Ltd. will move to the development of a methanol-fuelled crew transfer…
World’s First Ammonia Conversion Project
The implementation of Ammonia as fuel on an OSV vessel.
Motivation for Automated Port Terminals
The automation of the port sector is an interpretation that can start from the simple digitalization of the operational documentation processes (see Digitalization of German Ports) and extend up to the development of fully automated port terminals, where human interception…