Van Oord's recently upgraded heavy lift installation vessel Svanen has put in place the first foundation, consisting of a monopile fitted with a transition piece, of ORLEN and Northland Power's 1.2-gigawatt offshore wind energy (OWE) farm 23 km off Poland's coast.
The tech company from Sliedrecht - specialising in optical character recognition (OCR), image processing, and software development for the transport & logistics sector - has acquired the start-up developing artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and video processing solutions.
The Maritime Efficient & Easy Carbon Capture (ME2CC) project has received funding from the Dutch Maritime Masterplan for the development, construction, and demonstration of a compact, modular onboard carbon capture (OCC) system to be installed on the multipurpose vessel in question.
The Swedish shipping company plans to kick off a new container feeder loop in the first week of 2025, connecting the Baltic ports of Kokkola, Oulu, Tornio and Piteå with Antwerp and Rotterdam.
Following a trial on one of Langh Ship's vessels, the Damen Shipyards Group will install the company's system for onboard carbon capture (OCC) on four dry bulk carriers in 2025 (along with hybrid scrubbers).
The Japanese container shipping line has introduced the SCX (Scandinavia Express) service that links the ports of Rotterdam, Gothenburg, Helsingborg, Aarhus, and Copenhagen.
The Dutch shipbuilders from Ferus Smit have launched Lidan and Spiken, the first in a series of six 4th generation of dry cargo freighters designed for trading through the Trollhätte Canal and in the Lake Vänern.