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New Boskalis Windpiper will be world’s largest rock installer

Royal Boskalis B.V. reports that the latest addition to its fleet will be the Windpiper, a subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel with a cargo capacity of 45,500 tonnes, making it the world’s largest capacity vessel in this sector. It is set for delivery in the first quarter of 2026, with its first projects expected to be located in Northwest Europe.

The Windpiper is being developed by converting an existing new vessel under the supervision of Boskalis. With dimensions of 227 meters in length and...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/new-boskalis-windpiper-will-be-worlds-largest-rock-installer/

“Fremantle Highway”: Friday Shipbrokers concludes charter contract with Boskalis

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  Friday Shipbrokers has chartered Boskalis’s heavy-lift vessel “Boka Vanguard” to transport the ship, a journey expected to take 55 days. Once in China, it will be restored and re-enter …

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https://maritime-professionals.com/fremantle-highway-friday-shipbrokers-concludes-charter-contract-with-boskalis/

Boskalis “mega hopper” dredge will be first MAN 49/60 marine application

The 31,000 cubic meter capacity “mega hopper” trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) ordered at Royal IHC by Royal Boskalis last year will be powered by three MAN 49/60 engines. This is the first marine application of MAN Energy Solutions’ most powerful diesel engine.

The MAN 49/60 successfully passed its type approval test in March 2023 and features a high power-per-cylinder of 1,300 kW, reducing the number of installed cylinders necessary to meet customer power demands. While in this particular...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/boskalis-mega-hopper-dredge-will-be-first-man-49-60-marine-application/

Boskalis orders a methanol-ready megahopper

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Two leading Dutch players are again pushing dredge technology forward. Following an extensive design phase that began in 2020, Boskalis has signed a contract with Royal IHC for a giant methanol-ready trailing suction trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD). With a hopper volume of 31,000 cubic meters (40,546 cubic yards), it’s being described by Boskalis as a megahopper.

To be built at Royal IHC’s Krimpen aan den IJssel shipyard in the Netherlands, the vessel’s energy-efficient design will feature...

https://www.marinelog.com/uncategorized/boskalis-orders-a-methanol-ready-megahopper/

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