Boluda Towage Europe has ordered two 85-tonnes bollard pull ASD Tugs 2813 from Damen Shipyards Group, both complying with the most recent IMO Tier III emission standards, for operations in the Port of Zeebrugge as part of the extended concession for towage services. The new tugs will be named VB Bolero and VB Rumba and will be added to the fleet of Boluda Towage Europe, currently comprising of 81 tugs and operating in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom. Damen will deliver the newbuild tugs in December 2020. ...

Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) on Monday reported a 64.54 percent dip in standalone profit at Rs 42.64 crore in three months ended June, adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and subsequent lockdown. 1. This is further to our letter dated August 03, 2020 intimating the date of the Board Meeting of Cochin Shipyard Limited. We wish to inform you that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held today have approved the Unaudited Financial Results (Standalone and Consolidated) for the Quarter ended June 30, 2020. 2. ...

Australia’s new icebreaker RSV Nuyina is bound for final commissioning and sea trials in the Netherlands, surviving its first underwater scrape in the process. One of the world’s most advanced scientific research vessels, the Nuyina has been built in the Romanian shipyard of Galati and is now on a month long journey, under tow to the Dutch port of Vlissingen. This will allow teams of equipment installers from Western Europe to access the ship for final commissioning of essential propulsion, electrical and navigation systems, after work was suspended due to ...

Dogger Bank Wind Farm and Jan De Nul Group announce the signing of the final contract for the transport and installation of the GE Haliade-X offshore wind turbines at Dogger Bank A and Dogger Bank B, 130 km off the Yorkshire coast, starting in 2023. Turbine delivery and installation at the first two phases of Dogger Bank Wind Farm will be the first assignment for the world’s largest Offshore Jack-Up Installation Vessel owned by Jan De Nul Group, the Voltaire. The 3.6GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, which is being delivered ...

Reference is made to the release on July 17, 2020, where Aker Solutions announced its intention to spin off the company’s offshore wind development and carbon capture businesses into two separate companies. The two companies, Aker Offshore Wind Holding AS and Aker Carbon Capture AS, are intended to be listed on Merkur Market operated by the Oslo Stock Exchange, following private placement processes to secure funding for future operations. Carnegie AS and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) have been appointed as financial advisors for the process. In preparation for these ...

On July 9, 2020, Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering Co., Ltd. (President: Hideshi Shimamoto; a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.) was granted an “Approval in Principle” (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register Group Limited for a medium-size tanker equipped with a high-pressure LNG dual-fuel system. This tanker is equipped with an LNG dual-fuel system and large-capacity LNG tank. The vessel can substantially reduce the amount of sulfur oxide (SOx), nitrogen oxide (NOx) and carbon dioxide (CO2) contained in the engine exhaust gas by using LNG as primary fuel. LNG ...

The next phase of the construction of Ceiba is about to begin. After two years of shipyard construction at SAILCARGO INC., including a year of structural framing, the 3-masted, 45m wooden cargo schooner known as Ceiba is about to enter a new phase of construction. The next stage will be to install the hull, or exterior surface, of the ship. Everyday, construction teams are adapting to new roles as they switch from raising the skeleton of the ship, to planking its hull with long wooden timbers. Pat Woodland, Shipwright and ...

In the 24th Week of 2020 (8th to 15th June) we shared insights about the new tax structure in Pakistan that could boost the ship recycling sector and the traders working in the iron and steel industry. The points that we covered were as below:- 1. The financial budget for the year 2020-2021 has been announced. In the last 68 years, the economy has shrunken for its first time. 2. About 2% reduction will be granted in Additional custom. 3. Advance income tax is reduced from 4.5% to 2% (discount ...

On the 4th of August, Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA (“KCC”) took delivery of the MV Baleen from New Yangzi Shipyard in China. The MV Baleen is the fourth of in total eight contracted CLEANBU combination carriers. The CLEANBUs are unique vessels both in terms of design, their unprecedented environmental performance, operational and technical efficiency. These vessels have up to 40% lower CO2 emissions per ton mile transported cargo compared to standard vessels, in line with IMO’s 2030 targets for shipping. With the delivery of the MV Baleen, Klaveness Combination Carriers ...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Equipment Co., Ltd. (MHIMME) received orders for generator turbines and VOC-firing auxiliary boilers from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. in Korea. These will be installed in two 124,000 DWT LNG shuttle tankers (Ship No. H.5482/H.5483) for Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers※1. Both turbines and boilers are scheduled for delivery to DSME in middle of 2021. These vessels will be shuttle run between the North Sea and the Barents Sea for transport crude oil. The purpose of installing turbine and boiler is to use ...

In the world of tugs, the most commonly used measure of power is bollard pull. Simply put, bollard pull is the pulling power of a tug, typically measured by the force exerted on a shore-located bollard. “This is the static bollard pull, with a vessel speed of zero knots,” explains André de Bie, Damen Senior Design & Proposal Engineer Tugs. “But of course the situation at sea or in a port is, in general, never static and the speed is almost never zero. This is a dynamic situation and can’t ...

The third phase of an IMO-implemented project to enhance safe and environmentally sound ship recycling in Bangladesh has been given the go-ahead, with Norway committing approximately US$1.5 million (14 million Norwegian Kroner) to support improved ship recycling in Bangladesh. The agreement between IMO and the Government of Norway to support Phase III of the project on Safe and Environmentally Sound Ship Recycling in Bangladesh (SENSREC) was signed on 24 July 2020. This will pave the way for Bangladesh to move forward on its path towards becoming a party to the ...

Japanese shipbuilder Mitsui E&S Holdings is in discussions with compatriot Tsuneishi Holdings to form a shipbuilding tie-up, at a time when the domestic industry is struggling to compete with Chinese and South Korean rivals. The two companies announced on Friday an agreement to start discussions. Under the plan, Tsuneishi will acquire a minority stake in Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui E&S. The two sides expect to reach an agreement by yearend, with details such as investment ratios to be ironed out later. Combined, Mitsui E&S and ...

Revenue and earnings up sharply; annual targets confirmed. Key figures for the first half of 2020 Revenue: €203.8 million (+66.2%) and EBITDA: €136.6 million (+92.7%) 18 orders (12 LNG carriers, 2 FSUs, 1 FSRU, 3 onshore storage tanks) Interim dividend payment of €2.50 per share Highlights Orders that span the entire value chain New service provision agreements Sustained patenting effort Continued targeted acquisitions Outlook for 2020 Confirmation of 2020 targets, in terms of revenue, EBITDA and dividend Paris – July 29, 2020. Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT), an engineering and technology ...

On 8th of July, Damen Shipyards Group was awarded a contract by the Port of Antwerp to deliver two RSD Tugs 2513 after an intensive tender process. After a legal stand-still period of fifteen days, the award became final. The vessels are part of Damen’s Next Generation Tugs series and are built with the latest technologies in regards to safety, sustainability, efficiency and reliability. The Next Generation Tugs combine elements of Damen’s proven track record in tugs with state-of-the-art innovations leading towards a most efficient vessel; the RSD Tug 2513 ...