Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has launched a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) being built for offshore services provider Edda Wind. The vessel is presently at the facilities of Vard Braila in Romania. It will be towed to Vard Brattvaag in Norway for topside equipment installation,...
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VESSEL REVIEW | Hydromer – Hydrogen-ready hopper dredger to serve France’s Occitanie region
The government of the Occitanie region in southern France recently placed a new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) into service. Built by local shipyard Piriou, the 70- by 16.7-metre (230- by 54.8-foot) Hydromer was designed by the French office of Norwegian naval architecture firm LMG Marin in...
DP World invests €130 million in Romanian port expansion
UAE-based port operator DP World recently opened three new facilities in Romania. The country’s Black Sea port of Constanta is now home to two new facilities following a €65 million (US$71 million) investment: a five-hectares project cargo terminal for heavy, large and complex cargo, and a new...
Three missing following cargo ship sinking off Romania
Three people have gone missing after a cargo vessel sank off the northern coast of Romania near the border with Ukraine on Saturday, May 18. The Tanzanian-flagged, Turkish-owned Mohammed Z was underway some 26 nautical miles off Sfantu Gheorghe when it sank in the early morning hours (local time)...
Crew die as 1988-built ship sinks in the Black Sea
Three Syrian crewmembers are thought to have died when their 36-year-old ship collided with another ship and sank along the Ukrainian grain corridor bordering Romania early on Saturday morning. The Tanzanian-flagged 1988-built Mohammed Z sank, after what looks like a collision with the slightly...
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Romania gets much-needed port upgrades
Yesterday, DP World opened three new sites in Romania, adding much-needed capacity to marine infrastructure that has welcomed far more vessels in recent years. Constanta, the largest container port on the Black Sea, is now home to two new facilities following a €65m ($70.6m) investment: a 5 ha...
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EU prosecutors launch probe into Romanian agencies’ fraudulent purchase of tugs
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), the European Union’s independent public prosecution office, is leading 12 searches in an investigation against the officials of two Romanian government agencies in connection with suspected fraud relating to the procurement of two new river tugs....
Norwind Offshore welcomes newest CSOV to fleet
Norwegian offshore wind support company Norwind Offshore took delivery of its newest commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) on Thursday, March 21. Norwind Hurricane is the second of five CSOVs in a series designed and built for Norwind by compatriot shipyard Vard. The vessels are equipped to...
Romanian government approves €1.12 billion port expansion works
The Romanian government has given its approval for the expansion of the southern sector of the Port of Constanta on Romania’s Black Sea coast. The completion of the project, which has an estimated value of approximately €1.12 billion (US$1.23 billion), will allow access for large-capacity ships at...
Pakistan Navy’s fourth Yarmook-class patrol vessel hits the water
Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania has launched the final one of four Yarmook-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) ordered by the Pakistan Navy. Like its sisters, the future PNS Yamama is being built as a multi-purpose surface combatant that is also equipped to carry a helicopter, an unmanned aerial...