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ABS and Pelagus 3D to Advance Additive Manufacturing for Spare Parts
ABS and Pelagus 3D Pte. Ltd., a joint venture company of thyssenkrupp and Wilhelmsen, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to advance the technologies and adoption of on-demand additive manufacturing (AM) of marine and offshore spare parts. …
Oct 23, 2023 / Curious
NORDEN partners with Spar Shipping on use of biofuel
NORDEN, in collaboration with Spar Shipping AS, recently bunkered two chartered vessels with approximately 1100 tonnes of biofuel at GoodFuels in Rotterdam for two separate voyages to Asia and Africa. This marks the first instance of biofuel …
Apr 5, 2023 / Curious
Subsea7, Spark Renewables and Simply Blue Group Partner to Pursue Floating Offshore Wind Development in New South Wales, Australia
Subsea7, together with a leading local developer in Australia, Spark Renewables, and international floating offshore wind developer Simply Blue Group have formed a consortium to pursue floating offshore wind development off the coast of New South …
Mar 23, 2023 / Vessels
Spar Shipping AS, Fleet Management Limited and GoodFuels successfully complete biofuel-powered trial voyage
A 10-day trial onboard a Spar Shipping AS bulk carrier enabled a reduction of at least 75% in carbon and sulphur emissions, and further confirms technical viability of GoodFuels’ sustainable marine biofuelLong-term dry bulk tonnage provider Spar …
Jul 28, 2022 / Vessels
Master Boat Builders Announces Delivery of “Spartan” Hybrid Tugboat for Seabulk
Master Boat Builders, Inc. on Tuesday (Mar28) announced that earlier this month, Spartan, an electric-hybrid tugboat was delivered to Seabulk. This modern and unique tug was built at MBB’s Coden, Ala., yard for Seabulk.“The Spartan is the latest …
Mar 29, 2022 / Vessels
Royal IHC hands over the world's largest and most innovative cutter suction dredger 'SPARTACUS' to DEME
On 3 August, Royal IHC transferred cutter suction dredger SPARTACUS to DEME. With the signing of the hand over, the construction process officially comes to an end and the ship can now be implemented for use on her first job.The SPARTACUS sets a new …
Aug 5, 2021 / Vessels
Spotted: DEME holds naming ceremony for the world’s most powerful cutter suction dredger Spartacus
Although it was not possible to have DEME’s traditional naming festivities and family day given the coronavirus restrictions, DEME was honoured that Mrs Annik Penders, the wife of the Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander De Croo, accepted to be the …
May 31, 2021 / Vessels
DEME awarded the prestigious Abu Qir Port Project in Egypt - The largest ever dredging and land reclamation contract in its history
DEME has secured a large contract (1) for the Abu Qir port project in Egypt. The project will see the deployment of DEME’s giant new cutter suction dredger ‘Spartacus’.This vast project includes the reclamation of 1,000 hectares of new land, the …
Nov 27, 2020 / Curious
Evergreen Marine joins the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative
Evergreen Marine Corporation (Taiwan) Ltd. becomes the eleventh shipowner to publicly disclose its approach to ship recycling through the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI) online platform. Caption: Containership EVER BEFIT - Image …
Aug 3, 2020 / Curious
Wilhelmsen further expands 3D printing horizons with Singapore start-up F-drones
Wilhelmsen's Marine Products division has signed an MOU with Singapore-based drone delivery provider F-drones, for last mile delivery of its 3D printed spare parts.As the only drone delivery provider currently authorized by the Civil Aviation …
Jun 11, 2020 / Curious