November 12th, 20190Belgian tanker giant Euronav has signed a service agreement making Malaysia’s Linggi Port its supply base providing low sulphur fuel and other services for ships heading through Asia. Euronav had earlier this year sent one of its two ultra large crude carriers (ULCCs) to Kuala Linggi International Port (KLIP) for floating storage...
October 23rd, 20193Ship equipment manufacturers have a new lucrative sulphur cap side business - repairing corroded scrubber apparatus. Hydrex, the Belgian underwater repair specialists, has detailed how it is handling a growing number of scrubber pipe repair cases with plenty of reports of corrosion leading to water ingress on ships in as little as six...
October 23rd, 20190Belgian offshore service provider Jan De Nul has secured a contract for its newbuild jackup installation vessel Voltaire. The vessel will transport and install the world’s largest offshore wind turbines at GE’s Haliade-X at the Dogger Bank site off the Yorkshire coast. Jan De Nul ordered the vessel, featuring a lifting capacity...
October 21st, 20194Amid enormous competion across northern Europe, the Belgian ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge are in discussions over a possible merger, something that could take another two years to compete. “he current cooperation between the two ports has little impact because of the existing competition, limited scope and low engagement,” the...
September 26th, 20190The Port of Antwerp has furthered its leading position in the development of hydrogen as a marine fuel, placing an order for a world-first hydrogen-powered tug. Dubbed Hydrotug, the vessel will be driven by combustion engines that burn hydrogen in combination with diesel. The motors also comply with the very strictest standard, the EU...
September 24th, 20190Heavylift specialist OHT has been awarded a contract by DEME Offshore to transport 48 jacket foundations for the Moray East offshore wind farm. The company will transport the 45 wind turbine jackets and three offshore transformer module (OTM) jackets from Lamprell’s fabrication yard in the UAE to the Port of Nigg in...
September 18th, 20190Jens Ismar is returning to his gas roots, taking the position of executive director at Belgium’s Exmar. Ismar, a Norwegian citizen, had been at the helm of Western Bulk for nearly 11 years through to April this year. He has been a boardmember at Exmar since 2010. Ismar spent seven years at Bergesen - rebranded BW Gas - earlier in...
September 17th, 20190Belgian shipping giants Peter Cremers and Nicolas Saverys have found a new way to work together. Cremers’ Anglo-Eastern Univan Group and the Saverys-controlled Exmar Ship Management have announced the formation of a joint venture dedicated to the newbuilding supervision and vessel management of LNG carriers for third-party...
September 12th, 20190Sodraco International, a French subsidiary of Jan De Nul Group, has signed a contract to transport and install 80 offshore wind turbines on the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm offshore France. The contract was awarded by Parc du Banc de Guérande, a joint venture between the French renewable energy company EDF Renewables and the...
September 5th, 20190Belgian tanker giant Euronav has detailed its ultra large IMO 2020 sulphur cap plans today, and, under new management, gave a hint that this erstwhile vocal opponent of scrubbers may still buy into the controversial technology. The ultra large crude carrier (ULCCs), , is currently off South Africa scheduled to reach Sungai Linggi, a...
