North Sea

VESSEL REVIEW | Wim Wolff – Coastal and mudflat research boat designed for Netherlands’ Wadden Sea

The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (Nederlands Instituut voor Zeeonderzoek; NIOZ) recently welcomed a new coastal research vessel into service. The vessel has been named Wim Wolff after a Dutch ecologist who specialised in mudflat research. Aarnoud van de Burgt, the head of NIOZ’s National Marine Facilities Department, said the vessel is capable of […]

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Future ammonia-powered containership to serve North Sea routes

Belgian marine engineering firm CMB.Tech has secured an order for the development of an ammonia-powered container vessel in partnership with Norwegian companies Yara Clean Ammonia, North Sea Container Line, and Yara International. The vessel, to be named Yara Eyde, will be a 1,400TEU, ice-class...

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COLUMN | Where the wind blows part 1: Borealis, IT Telecoms, TotalEnergies, Ørsted and Vestas [Offshore Accounts]

One of the warmest winters on record seems to be drawing to a close in Europe, and the North Sea spot market is roaring back. On Friday, the 251 tonnes bollard pull anchor handler Maersk Mariner was spot chartered by Anasuria Operating Company at the princely day rate of £45,000 (US$57,000) for...

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Dutch sea research institute christens new coastal vessel

The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (Nederlands Instituut voor Zeeonderzoek; NIOZ) formally named a new coastal research vessel in a ceremony on Thursday, February 15. The vessel has been named Wim Wolff after a Dutch ecologist who specialised in mudflat research. Aarnoud van de Burgt,...

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Chinese yard to build two additional ice-class ships for Sweden’s Furetank

China Merchants Jinling Shipyard has been awarded a contract to build two additional ice-class tankers in a series for Swedish shipowner Furetank. The tankers will be built to a design by Swedish naval architecture firm FKAB Marine Design. Each will have ice class 1A notation, a maximum deadweight...

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COLUMN | Quick updates: Total buys a rig; Trident cans a rig; Standard sales succeed and fail; Saipem wins and loses corruption battles; Sapura hit with wind arbitration [Offshore Accounts]

Gong Xi Fa Cai, Kung Hei Fat Choi, and Chúc mừng Năm Mới! Happy Lunar New Year to all our readers, and welcome to the Year of the Dragon. At least, this is one time of year where nobody will be sneaking abandoned offshore rigs and supply vessels out of Chinese shipyards to the market […]

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VESSEL REVIEW | Van Eyck – Beam and stern trawler for Belgian fishing family

In 2022, when the Savels family of the Belgian port city of Zeebrugge was looking for a new vessel to replace their 1981-built beam trawler, they selected Dutch shipbuilder Padmos to fulfill the requirement. The newbuild trawler has been named Van Eyck, and it has since replaced a similarly named...

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Offshore Vessel News Roundup | January 24 – Ultra-deepwater drillship delivery, Danish cable-layer order and more

Deliveries include an ultra-deepwater drillship that will initially be deployed in the Gulf of Mexico and a hybrid-powered supply vessel for operation in Chinese waters. Two separate customers in Denmark have meanwhile placed orders for a North Sea walk-to-work vessel and a cable-laying ship. Stena Drilling welcomes new drillship to fleet Stena Drilling recently took […]

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VESSEL REVIEW | Daystar – North Sea prawn trawler delivered to Scottish owner

UK boatbuilder Parkol Marine Engineering has handed over a new trawler to fishing boat owner and skipper Stephen West based in Fraserburgh on Scotland’s east coast. The 25.09- by eight-metre Daystar replaces an earlier, similarly named but slightly smaller Parkol-built trawler in the owner’s fleet....

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