Press Releases
WIND Group welcomes Draftec
WIND Group has announced that equipment engineering and manufacturing company Draftec will join the WIND family. Together, they will enhance the support and services provided to their shared clients in international offshore and renewable projects. Draftec was founded in 2009 by Martijn Boone who, together with fellow Director Martijn Holtkamp, will continue to manage the… Read more »
Heavy lift shipping company United Heavy Lift names F900 Eco-Lifter UHL FABLE
Hamburg (July 15, 2024) – Just six months after United Heavy Lift launched the UHL FRESH, the Hamburg-based heavy lift shipping company is now strengthening its environmentally friendly F900 Eco-Lifter fleet with another newbuild: The UHL FABLE is the 19th vessel to complete this series, which was further developed and is operated by United Heavy Lift. With… Read more »
KR Hosts 19th European Committee Meeting in London, Highlighting Decarbonization and Digitalization Advances
KR held the 19th KR European Committee (KREC) meeting in London, UK, on July 1st. The KREC, established in 2004, includes members from major international maritime organizations and key European KR customers as follows: Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO) International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) Baltic and International… Read more »
Alleima unveils new compressor valve steel for more sustainable and energy efficient refrigerators and freezers
Alleima, is thrilled to announce its latest compressor valve steel Freeflex® Versa, a successor of the award-winning Freeflex® Core. The new material contributes to designing smaller, more sustainable and more energy efficient compressors for refrigerators, and freezers. It is pioneering compressor valve steel with exceptional fatigue resistance, residual stresses, and wear resistance. Over the past decades, Alleima, a global… Read more »
High power PCB relay paves the way for faster and more compact EV charger wallboxes
Hoofddorp, The Netherlands, 15 July 2024. Omron Electronic Components Europe has launched a new high power PCB relay for use in AC wallboxes for Mode 3 AC EV charging stations. The G9KC relay provides the lowest contact resistance available on the market and produces significantly less load terminal heat rise when in operation compared to… Read more »
Nordex Group announces robust order intake of 3.4 GW in the first half of 2024
Key Highlights: H1 2024 order intake increased by 27% year-on-year to 3,357 MW Stable pricing continued with ASP of EUR 0.89 million per MW in the first half of 2024 Hamburg, 15 July 2024. In the first half of 2024 the Nordex Group secured 3,357 MW of orders in the Projects segment (excluding service… Read more »
NKT confirmed partner for two Scottish power cable projects with SSEN Transmission
On 28 August 2023, NKT confirmed reservation of production and offshore installation capacity for Scottish transmission system operator (TSO) SSEN Transmission, for power cable systems for two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission links running from the Western Isles to the Scottish mainland, and from Spittal in Caithness to Peterhead. Now, NKT has signed a framework… Read more »
AAL HAMBURG’ – SECOND OF EIGHT SUPER B-CLASS VESSELS SET TO EMBARK ON MAIDEN VOYAGE
Guangzhou, China, Friday 12th July 2024: Premium project heavy lift carrier AAL Shipping (AAL) is about to take delivery of the second of eight vessels in its Super B-Class newbuilding series, ‘AAL Hamburg’, following the formal naming ceremony at the CSSC Huangpu-Wenchong Shipyard in Guangzhou, China. She will now set sail on her busy maiden voyage… Read more »
Delft Students Sail from the Netherlands to England with Self-Built Hydrogen Boat
On the 11th of July, Dutch students from the TU Delft Hydro Motion Team arrived in Ramsgate with their self-built hydrogen boat, becoming the first to cross from the Netherlands to England with a fully hydrogen-powered vessel. The students departed from Breskens and made the nearly 169-kilometer journey across the North Sea on a single… Read more »
Ørsted successfully pilots new technology that further optimises offshore wind monopile installation
Building on existing marine life protections, Ørsted has developed a new, lower-noise installation method that could potentially revolutionise the way offshore wind foundations are installed. The groundbreaking new technology has been successfully tested in Germany, proving that this innovative approach can dramatically reduce noise levels during foundation installations, strengthening existing protections to marine life and… Read more »
