Maritime news
Monitor breaking maritime news and insights for profitable, efficient and safe shipping.
Tagged in Nexus
Caribe Tankers to trial Inmarsat NexusWave for connected certainty and enhanced crew welfare
Trial will assess performance of Inmarsat Maritime’s fully managed bonded connectivity service as US-based Commercial and Operational Shipping Management company seeks ultra-reliable solution to meet operational and crew connectivity challenges. …
Apr 16, 2025 / Curious
Value Maritime and MOL Complete Carbon Capture First
Value Maritime (VM), a pioneer in emissions-reducing maritime technology, has successfully installed its unique Exhaust Gas Cleaning System (EGCS) and Carbon Capture unit aboard Nexus Victoria, an LR1 product tanker owned by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. …
Mar 24, 2025 / Vessels
Damen installs NOX-reducing SCRs to Van Oord’s Nexus
Damen Shipyards Group has recently carried out the installation of a series of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems to Van Oord’s Nexus. The Nexus is a Damen Offshore Carrier (DOC) 8500 delivered in 2014. The 122.68 x 27.45 metre vessel …
Feb 10, 2025 / Vessels
K LINE to trial Inmarsat Maritime's new bonded network service NexusWave on K LINE's fleet
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (K LINE) and Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, have announced that “K” LINE will conduct a trial of Inmarsat Maritime's new bonded network service NexusWave on “K” LINE's fleet. NexusWave seamlessly integrates …
Oct 25, 2024 / Curious
Inmarsat launches NexusWave - a game-changing ‘bonded’ network service for maritime communications
The new fully managed connectivity service offers a unified multi-dimensional network, delivering high-speed service, unlimited data, and global coverage at sea – all through a single provider. Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, has launched …
May 21, 2024 / Curious
MOL Becomes First Japanese Operator to Commercially Install Onboard CO2 Capture System
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) on Monday (Apr22) announced that it has decided to equip its LR1 product tanker Nexus Victoria (75,000 DWT class) with the "Filtree System," an onboard CO2 capture system with a SOx scrubber manufactured by Value …
Apr 24, 2024 / Curious
SWITCH Maritime Secures $10M to Expand Hydrogen and Electric Ferry Fleet in US
SWITCH Maritime LLC, a US-based company developing electrified, zero-emission ferries powered by battery and hydrogen fuel cell, has raised $10 million in a Series A round led by Nexus Development Capital to grow its fleet. Founded in 2018 by a …
Nov 20, 2023 / Curious
Van Oord awarded contracts for new offshore wind projects in Baltic Sea and Taiwan
Van Oord has been awarded two new offshore wind projects: Baltic Power in the Baltic Sea and Greater Changhua 2b and 4 in Taiwan. Together the two contracts have a value of more than EUR 500 million. Once operational, the two offshore wind farms will …
Nov 8, 2023 / Curious
Nexus rescues 49 refugees
Van Oord’s Nexus has rescued 49 refugees in the Mediterranean sea. The cable-laying vessel was contacted by the Malta Rescue Coordination Centre to give support, in the worsening weather conditions of the night of 16-17 November. It is unknown for …
Nov 17, 2022 / Vessels
Construction of Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm kicks-off
Van Oord kicked off the construction of the offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Noord by installing the first monopile. Hollandse Kust Noord is located 18.5 kilometres off the west coast of the Netherlands near Egmond aan Zee. The monopiles are the …
Oct 18, 2022 / Curious