Vard Delivers Worldās First Electric & Autonomous Container Ship to Yara
Norwegian shipbuilding firm Vard said Friday it had delivered the Yara Birkeland - the vessel that will be the worldās first all-electric autonomous container ship - to its owners Yara International.Vard was tasked with building a vessel prepared for autonomous operations which Yara will further develop.The hull was built by Vard Braila in Romania, and initially, the plan was for Vard Brevik to outfit and deliver the vesselā¦
Piriou Designs New Cable Layer
French shipbuilder and marine engineering firm Piriou has designed a new cable layer vessel, to be used to lay and repair both fiber-optical and energy cables. "This vessel will be able to lay cables on wind farms as well as repair a damaged cable on the continental shelf or deep sea," Piriou said.The 100 meters long vessel has been designed and developed by the Piriou Ingenierie teams in ConcarneauFranceAccording to Piriouā¦
DFDS Launches New Freight Ferry Route Between Ireland and France
Danish international shipping and logistics firm DFDS is setting up a new freight ferry route between Ireland and France, "to facilitate trade between Ireland and continental Europe."From January 2, 2021, the new freight ferry route between Rosslare in Ireland and Dunkirk in Northern France will offer trucks and their drivers direct and paperless transport between EU countries, avoiding the paperworkā¦
Tersan Orders Parat Boilers for Arctic Freezer Trawler
Turkish shipyard Tersan has ordered a boiler package from Parat for the NB1105 Arctic Freezer Trawler, which it is building for PF Havborg from the Faroe Islands."Steam will be delivered by our MCS combined steam boiler utilizing the exhaust heat and is equipped with an MDO atomizing burner. Parat will also deliver an MVH oil-fired smoke tube boiler for hot water," Parat said.The system will be delivered with a feed water tankā¦
Report: Venezuela Resumes Oil Shipments to China Despite U.S. Sanctions
Venezuela has resumed direct shipments of oil to China after U.S. sanctions sent the trade underground for more than a year, according to Refinitiv Eikon vesselā¦
Booming Offshore Wind Market Faces Shortage of Installation Vessels
Offshore wind is expanding rapidly, and as turbine and project sizes grow, demand for specialized installation vessels will soar, Rystad Energy said Thursday, however, warning that the boom might lead to a shortage of offshore wind installation vessels."The market for vessels capable of installing large offshore wind components is quickly being outpaced by growing demand from the global development pipeline, a Rystad Energy analysis shows.
Offshore Charging Station for Electrified Offshore Vessels Being Developed in UK
A project has been launched in the UK to explore the viability of developing an offshore charging facility for vessels as part of the industryās efforts to decarbonize its vessel operations. Funded by the first phase of the UK Governmentās Sustainable Innovation Fund, the project - led by Turbulent Simulations, alongside Aluminium Marine Consultants, the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, MJR Power & Automationā¦
DEME Bags Its Largest Ever Dredging Deal
The Belgian dredging and offshore installation firm DEME said Friday it had secured its largest ever dredging and land reclamation contract.The contract is for work for the Abu Qir port project in Egypt. The project will see the deployment of DEMEās giant new cutter suction dredger āSpartacusā.While it said the contract was a "large" one, and its largest ever in the dredging and reclamation space, DEME did not provide the exact figure.
