The Royal Netherlands Navy recently acquired the first vessel in a new series of three small line handling tugs built by local boatbuilder Stormer Marine. Bolder and its sisters Beting and Bakspier will replace the navy’s five Schelde-class tugs, which have been in service since the 1980s. Their...
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VESSEL REVIEW | Melite – Research and training newbuild for French engineering school
French multi-disciplinary engineering school ENSTA Bretagne recently welcomed a new boat to its fleet of hydrographic survey vessels. Melite was built by local company ACEBI to a design by Netherlands-based Stormer Marine as a replacement for Panopee, an earlier boat in the ENSTA Bretagne fleet....
Emergency Service Vessel News Roundup | February 10 – Rescue boats for Denmark, Netherlands, and Norway plus a UK-built unmanned recovery craft
Two new response boats have been delivered to separate operators in Denmark and the Netherlands as a UK company starts construction on a new series of unmanned rescue veh ..
Research and Training Vessel News Roundup | November 22 – US-built autonomous survey boat, Italian-designed hydrogen-powered vessel and more
A Florida-based autonomous systems company acquires a new survey boat while construction is nearly completed on a hydrogen-fuelled research vessel in Italy. Work is under ..
VESSEL REVIEW | Argus 22 – Antwerp Police’s new fast response craft
Belgium’s Antwerp Police has begun operating a new all-aluminium patrol and emergency response craft. Named Argus 22 after a Greek mythological figure, the centre conso ..
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Work Boat World Emergency Service Vessel Orders and Deliveries Roundup – June 24, 2022
New rescue boats have been delivered to operators in Romania, Finland, and New South Wales in Australia while police patrol craft are entering service in Belgium and the ..
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VESSEL REVIEW | Dutch waterjet-equipped workboat fitted with remote navigation system
A remote helm control system developed by US-based unmanned technology company Sea Machines Robotics has been installed on a waterjet-equipped, aluminium workboat built b ..
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VESSEL REVIEW | Gelderland – Compact hybrid electric boat for river surveys in Netherlands
Dutch marine projects company Martens en Van Oord (MVO) has taken delivery of a new shallow-draught survey boat for use in some of the country’s inland waters. The ..
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Dutch hybrid survey boat to operate in Rhine, Waal Rivers
Dutch marine projects company Martens en Van Oord (MVO) has taken delivery of a new survey boat for use in inland waters. The hybrid-powered Gelderland will be operated i ..
Harbour workboat delivered to Hempstead, New York
The town of Hempstead in New York recently took delivery of a new multi-purpose harbour workboat from Safe Boats International of Bremerton, Washington. Built by Safe Boa ..