Archaeologists find remains of 1573 IJ shipping blockade
Remains of the shipping blockade from the Eighty Years' War in the IJ of 1573 have been found. At the time, shipwrecks were used to block access to the IJ. After the 2023 campaign, which revealed no traces of the blockade, specialists decided to make one more search...
Damen delivers Europe’s first fully electric tug
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered six RSD Tugs 2513 to the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in Belgium. The delivery consists of five RSD Tugs 2513 and one RSD-E Tug 2513 – the first fully electric tug to operate in a European port. With its fully electric propulsion, the...
Hapag-Lloyd signs green methanol offtake deal
Hapag-Lloyd has reached an agreement with Goldwind, a global strategic partner in clean energy with headquarters in Beijing, China, for the delivery of 250,000 tonnes of green methanol per year. The green methanol will consist of a blend of bio- and e-methanol,...
Huisman bags fourth Knuckle Boom Crane order of 2024
Huisman will deliver two 250-mt Knuckle Boom Cranes, to be installed on the new ST-245-designed offshore energy support vessels of Sea1 Offshore, a Norwegian shipping company. The contract was signed with COSCO (Qidong) Offshore Co., Ltd. The cranes will feature...
U-Ming orders Anemoi Rotor Sails for VLOC
Taiwan-based U-Ming Marine Transport has contracted Anemoi Marine Technologies for four Rotor Sails to be installed on one of U-Ming's 325,000-DWT very large ore carriers (VLOCs). The installation work is expected to be completed at the end of 2025. Fuel and emission...
Confined space gas test on ship using live chickens fails
A new Nautical Institute Mars Report highlights that the lack of training for crew on enclosed space rescue endures. On a general cargo vessel, chickens were used for gas testing and a subsequent rescue operation resulted in two fatalities. The Nautical Institute...
UK and US to speed up nuclear tech for industry
The United Kingdom and United States have joined forces at COP29 to speed up the deployment of cutting-edge nuclear technology to help decarbonise industry and boost energy security. The cooperation aims to support information-sharing on advanced nuclear technologies...
Royal Netherlands Navy decommissions minehunter Makkum
The Royal Netherlands Navy ceremoniously bid farewell to HNLMS Makkum on 25 November. The minehunter was decommissioned after almost forty years of service at the naval base in Den Helder. The vessel will now be donated to Ukraine. During its operational life, HNLMS...
Damen and Herman Sr. to build new Multi-Purpose Vessel 4916
Damen Shipyards Group and Herman Sr. have signed a letter of intent (LoI) for the construction of a new Multi-Purpose Vessel (MPV) 4916. It will be the first in a series of vessels combining the qualities of the Damen Shoalbuster and Multi Cat series to offer next...
VIDEO: New Amasus RoRo vessel launched
Concordia Damen is working with Amasus, Deugro Danmark, Siemens Gamesa, and DEKC Maritime in the development and construction of two new and advanced offshore wind RoRo vessels: Rotra Futura and Rotra Horizon. The first was launched on 24 November at Jiangsu Zhenjiang...
Van Oord completes estuary for Fish Migration River
To restore the connection between the Wadden Sea and the IJsselmeer for migratory fish, a Fish Migration River is being constructed straight through the Afsluitdijk. The estuary on the Wadden Sea side has recently been completed. Via the estuary, the fish will be able...
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