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Samskip expands strategic Baltic Sea development to increase service capacity and include Klaipeda in the network
Samskip expands strategic Baltic Sea development to increase service capacity and include Klaipeda in the network. Friday, March 1st marked the date when Samskip took the next step in its strategic Baltic Sea development by increasing service …
Mar 5, 2024 / Curious
Van Oord awarded contract for large-scale offshore wind project in Poland
Van Oord has been contracted for the construction of the Baltica 2 Offshore Wind Farm, developed by Ørsted and PGE. The wind farm is located 40 kilometres offshore in the Polish area of the Baltic Sea. Van Oord will transport and install 111 extended …
Feb 14, 2024 / Vessels
Baltic Workboats to Build Multipurpose Vessel for Estonia's State Fleet
Last week Baltic Workboats AS signed a contract for the design and construction of a new multipurpose vessel with the Estonian State Fleet. The vessel will be powered by biomethane and electricity to guarantee ecological sustainability and will be …
Jan 24, 2024 / Vessels
Van Oord completes foundation and cable installation at Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm
Van Oord has successfully completed the installation of all 50 foundations and inter-array cables for Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm. Earlier this year, heavy-lift installation vessel Svanen installed the monopiles. The wind turbine …
Dec 20, 2023 / Vessels
X-Press Feeders Poised To Launch Green Shipping Routes To Baltic States and Scandinavia
X-Press Feeders, the world’s largest independent common carrier, plans to lead the global maritime industry by using dual-fuel vessels, powered by green methanol, to create ‘green routes’ early next year to the Scandinavia-Baltic region of northern …
Dec 12, 2023 / Curious
The world’s largest LNG-fueled container ship has arrived at the Baltic Hub
On September 13, the world’s largest LNG-fueled container ship, the CMA CGM Concorde, arrived at the Baltic Hub. This is the second test call as a newly launched French Asia Line 1 service, which is a direct route between South Korea and Northern …
Sep 14, 2023 / Curious
MSC’s SWAN service makes first direct call at Baltic Container Terminal
Baltic Container Terminal (BCT), International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) business unit at the Port of Gdynia in Poland, received the first direct call of Mediterranean Shipping Company’s (MSC) SWAN service on 23 August. Restored by …
Sep 5, 2023 / Curious
Solstad Offshore ASA Awarded Contract for CSVs Normand Baltic and Normand Samson
Solstad Offshore ASA (Solstad) has announced the following new contract awards for two of its subsea vessels (CSV). CSV Normand Baltic has been awarded a 180-day contract for providing “Walk to Work” services on Offshore Wind project in Asia. …
Sep 5, 2023 / Vessels
Boskalis awarded large cable contracts for Baltica 2 offshore wind farm
Boskalis has acquired two contracts for the transportation and installation of the export and array cables for the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm off the coast of Poland. The two contracts have a combined value which is considered to be large(1) and …
Sep 5, 2023 / Vessels
Baltic Workboats AS and BLRT Grupp to build a fully electric waste collection tanker for the Port of Klaipeda
The design and construction of a tanker collecting waste from other vessels arriving at the Port of Klaipėda will be the first large collaboration project between Baltic Workboats and Western Baltija Shipbuilding, a subsidiary within BLRT Grupp. The …
Aug 3, 2023 / Curious