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VESSEL REVIEW | Calypso – Hybrid cable-layer joins Van Oord’s installation fleet

11 October 2023

Netherlands-based offshore installation specialist Van Oord has taken delivery of a new cable-laying vessel built by Norwegian shipyard Vard. Calypso is the second cable-lay vessel to join Van Oord’s current active fleet and will be operated in support of offshore wind farm construction activities....

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Offshore Vessel News Roundup | September 12 – Norwegian and Dutch cable-layers, UK hybrid crewboat and a recyclable workboat

12 September 2023

Deliveries include a cable-lay vessel for a Dutch operator and two crewboats for separate customers in the UK. Construction has meanwhile begun on a new cable-lay vessel for a Norwegian owner. Van Oord takes delivery of cable-layer Van Oord has taken delivery of a new cable-laying vessel built by Norwegian shipyard Vard. Calypso will be […]

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Keel laid for Van Oord’s new cable-layer

10 December 2021

Van Oord has laid the keel for its new 130-meter hybrid cable-laying vessel Calypso. […] The post Keel laid for Van Oord’s new cable-layer appeared first on Offshore Energy.

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Finnish self-propelled icebreaking bow completes full-scale trials

15 April 2021

Finland’s Aker Arctic has successfully completed full-scale ice trials for the self-propelled, detachable icebreaking bow Saimaa and pusher tug Calypso. The test ..

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Finland unveils icebreaker concept demonstrator with removable bow

8 January 2021

The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FITA) has launched a new icebreaker concept vessel equipped with an innovative hybrid motorised removable bow. The vessel, ..

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[Watch] Hummingbirds to Dance Within Waterfalls

11 October 2020

Tiny fliers can traverse these splashy obstacles and waterfalls could protect against added threat.
For the insects, the journey across the waterfall was far more treacherous.
7 bottle flies & house flies made it to the other side, but 2 crashed immediately.
The Cascades could serve as a protective barrier to nesting birds.

Hummingbirds dancing under waterfalls scientist tested writes, Lucy Hicks for Science.

A mystery

Starlings, swifts, and small birds called dippers build nests in the most...

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Tanker Reports Successful Trial of Non-Lethal Antifouling Agent

9 May 2019

MR tanker has coated Team Calypso’s vertical sides with Chugoku Marine Paints’ SEAFLO NEO CF-Premium antifouling coating.
Team Calypso’s in-water-survey schedule 35 months after the coating was applied showed the hull to be virtually barnacle-free with no soft fouling coverage.
Third-party data analysis verified the performance of the coating, showing that at month 40, total added resistance on the vessel’s hull and propeller due to fouling was 16%.
Selektope works by activating the octopamine...

http://mfame.guru/tanker-reports-successful-trial-of-non-lethal-antifouling-agent/