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Ship&Offshore
11.02.2025
Ship Operation

LR joins four-year-long underwater noise project

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has joined the European Union-funded LOWNOISER project, an initiative in which 15 partners aim to develop noise reduction technologies, establish a regulatory framework, and promote new industry practices to protect marine…

Ship&Offshore
10.02.2025
Shipbuilding

Corvus to supply battery pack of almost
25 MWh

Corvus Energy has revealed that it will deliver a Blue Whale Battery Energy Storage System providing close to 25 MWh of power for a new electric commissioning service operation vessel (eCSOV) that will run principally on electricity. The lithium iron…

Ship&Offshore
07.02.2025
Offshore

Ulstein launches new W2W SOV design

Norway’s Ulstein has unveiled a new wind farm support vessel design that combines the functionality of a crew transfer vessel (CTV) with that of a larger service operation vessel (SOV). The aim of the shipbuilder’s design team was to develop a…

Ship&Offshore
06.02.2025
Shipbuilding

Thecla Bodewes delivers new multi-purpose coaster

Thecla Bodewes has delivered a short-sea multi-purpose vessel, the 5,050dwt Iana, to Van Dam Shipping. The first ship in the Salmo class has a diesel-electric propulsion system comprising three generator sets of 532 bkW each and two electric motors…

Ship&Offshore
06.02.2025
Offshore

Cadeler takes delivery of sixth wind installation ship

Copenhagen-based Cadeler has taken delivery of its sixth wind turbine installation vessel. The jack-up unit, Wind Maker, with DP2 capability, was named last week at Hanwha Ocean Shipyard in South Korea.

The vessel is the first of two M-class wind…

Ship&Offshore
03.02.2025
Offshore

Grampian Tweed completes Dogger Bank SOV fleet

Delivery and commissioning of the service operation vessel (SOV), Grampian Tweed, completes North Star’s fleet of support ships serving the Dogger Bank Wind Farm which, when completed, will be the world’s largest offshore wind facility. The naming…

Ship&Offshore
03.02.2025
Shipbuilding

Rönner and Lürssen take over FSG-Nobiskurg

Flensburg shipyard, FSG, and Nobiskrug in Rendsburg have been rescued from collapse as two provisional insolvency administrators have accepted takeover offers in a seven-week timeframe. The Rönner Group from Bremerhaven will take control of FSG and…

Ship&Offshore
03.02.2025
Companies & People

Elomatic acquires cruise engineering specialist Ablemans LCS Oy

Turku-based engineering firm, Elomatic, has bought Ablemans LCS Oy (ALCS), a cruise ship docking, refit, and technical service specialist. The acquisition will broaden Elomatic’s service provision in the marine sector, taking the company beyond…

Ship&Offshore
03.02.2025
Comment

Editorial of Ship&Offshore 02/2025: Second term ahead

Journalists and editors are rarely speechless. Nor should they be, as communication is their profession, the principal tool of their trade. And yet, I don’t really know where to start at the moment. Almost every conversation – professional or…

Ship&Offshore
31.01.2025
Shipbuilding

MAN’s ammonia test engine runs at 100% load

MAN Energy Solutions’ two-stroke ME-LGIA (Liquid Gas Injection Ammonia) engine, undergoing tests at the engine company’s Research Centre Copenhagen facility, has operated at 100% load for the first time, the MAN has reported. Its proprietary…