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Vard Delivers World’s First Electric & Autonomous Container Ship to Yara
MarineLink News 27 Nov 2020 | 18:19 pmNorwegian shipbuilding firm Vard said Friday it had delivered the Yara Birkeland - the vessel that will be the world’s first all-electric autonomous container ship - to its owners Yara International.Vard was tasked with building a vessel prepared…
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Piriou Designs New Cable Layer
MarineLink News 27 Nov 2020 | 16:49 pmFrench 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[…]
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DFDS Launches New Freight Ferry Route Between Ireland and France
MarineLink News 27 Nov 2020 | 14:11 pmDanish 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…
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Tersan Orders Parat Boilers for Arctic Freezer Trawler
MarineLink News 27 Nov 2020 | 12:58 pmTurkish 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[…]
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Report: Venezuela Resumes Oil Shipments to China Despite U.S. Sanctions
MarineLink News 27 Nov 2020 | 11:36 amVenezuela 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 vessel-tracking data and internal documents from state company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).Chinese…
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Booming Offshore Wind Market Faces Shortage of Installation Vessels
MarineLink News 27 Nov 2020 | 11:22 amOffshore 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…
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Offshore Charging Station for Electrified Offshore Vessels Being Developed in UK
MarineLink News 27 Nov 2020 | 10:09 amA project has been launched in the UK to explore the viability of developing an offshore charging facility for vessels as part of the industry’s efforts to decarbonize its vessel operations. Funded by the first phase of the UK Government’s[…]
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DEME Bags Its Largest Ever Dredging Deal
MarineLink News 27 Nov 2020 | 09:47 amThe 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…
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DNV GL Suspends Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Work for Fear of U.S. Sanctions
MarineLink News 26 Nov 2020 | 18:53 pmNorway's risk management and quality assurance firm DNV GL has suspended work on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project led by Russia's Gazprom for fear of being sanctioned by the United States, it said on Thursday.Nord Stream 2 runs[…]
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SASEMAR, ASCM Recover Wreckage of Aircraft Crashed Off Spanish Coast
MarineLink News 26 Nov 2020 | 18:42 pmThe Spanish Maritime Safety and Rescue Society in cooperation with ACSM, the Spanish provider of subsea services, have this week recovered the wreckage of a light aircraft Piper PA-34 Seneca, which fell into the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of[…]
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