Value Maritime installs first scrubber in China
Value Maritime has completed the first in a series of nine installations of its emissions reducing Filtree systems for product and chemical tanker company Ardmore Shipping. Taking place in China, this was the first time that Value Maritime has installed its system...
WinGD wins first AiP for ammonia two-stroke engine
Swiss marine power company WinGD has secured the first ever approval in principle (AiP) for two-stroke engines fuelled with ammonia. Lloyd’s Register awarded the AiP to WinGD’s X-DF-A dual-fuel range. The AiP gives shipowners the assurances they need to realise vessel...
Heinen & Hopman contracted for Dutch/Belgian frigates
With Heinen & Hopman, Dutch shipbuilder Damen Naval has again found a Dutch supplier for the new Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigates. The company, based in Spakenburg, will supply the climate and filtration systems for the four new frigates being built for the...
What Feadship’s new concept Dunes looks like in detail
The 2023 Monaco Yacht Show debuts Feadship’s twelfth cutting-edge Concept Design, an 83-metre superyacht with significantly reduced energy needs. Dunes combines a lot of sustainable solutions, ranging from methanol and a new propulsion system to low impact steel and...
VIDEO: New NIOZ research vessel Wim Wolff launched
The new research vessel (RV) Wim Wolff for the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) was launched yesterday, 27 September, at Thecla Bodewes Shipyards in Harlingen. Once in service, the Wim Wolff will replace the RV Navicula. The RV Wim Wolff is a new...
Will the EU align with IMO on ship recycling?
The International Maritime Organization's (IMO's) Hong Kong Convention, which sets standards for more sustainable ship recycling, will enter into force on 26 June 2025. The European Union has its own Ship Recycling Regulation. Will the latter now align with the first?...
Port Marlborough NZ orders new Damen tug design
Port Marlborough New Zealand (PMNZ) and Damen Shipyards have signed a contract for the delivery of an Azimuth Stern Drive Tug 2111. Just 21 metres in length, the new ASD Tug 2111 class has a bollard pull of 50 tonnes and its twin fin skeg and azimuth thrusters ensure...
Cargo fire takes ten days to extinguish
Any situation where potentially "live" circuits or wires are exposed should be corrected with the briefest of delays. The Nautical Institute gives this advice in its latest Mars Report in which a live wire resulted in a fire that took ten days to extinguish. The...
New research vessel Wim Wolff almost ready for launch
The new research vessel (RV) Wim Wolff for the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) is almost ready for its launch. The new ship is currently under construction at Thecla Bodewes Shipyards in Harlingen. The RV Wim Wolff is a new shipbuilding project for...
RWE to build battery storage facility in Eemshaven
RWE will build a battery storage facility at its biomass plant in Eemshaven, the Netherlands. The facility will have an installed power capacity of 35 megawatts (MW) and a storage capacity of 41 megawatt-hours (MWh). A total of 110 lithium-ion battery racks are to be...
Allianz: Risks of offshore wind need to be managed
The potential of offshore wind as a viable source of clean power for the energy transition is indisputable. However, developers and their insurers need to manage a range of risks to successfully scale offshore wind globally, among them prototypical technology,...
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