Alewijnse wins contract for world’s largest sailing cargo ships
Alewijnse has signed a contract with French shipbuilder Piriou to deliver the electrical system integration on board four more new sail cargo vessels with hybrid propulsion. The Phenix class has been developed by shipping company TransOceanic Wind Transport (NEWTOWT)....
ECTMarine delivers workboat built for Dead Sea conditions
Dutch marine engineering company ECTMarine has handed over a purpose-built workboat to Arab Potash Company (APC) in Jordan. Designed and built in the Netherlands, the workboat was tailored to the conditions at the Dead Sea, where the dense, highly saline brine and the...
Equinor opens Marine Robotics Centre in Norway
On 28 October, the K-lab Marine Robotics Centre (KNARR) opened, a new facility dedicated to the testing, qualification and development of marine robotic technologies. The centre, located at Equinor's processing plant at Kårstø in Tysvær, will be used for testing,...
Construction of KNRM’s largest lifeboat kicks off
Construction of the the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution's (KNRM) new generation of large lifeboats began in Makkum on 31 October with the keel-laying of the Prins Johan Friso. It is the first of thirteen new vessels, each more than 19 metres long, that will...
Damen builds response/SAR vessel for Lithuanian Navy
Damen Shipyards has signed a contract with the Lithuanian Navy for an Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) 6711-based pollution response and Search and Rescue (SAR) vessel. It will replace an existing unit and strengthen the country’s emergency response capabilities at sea....
First ship of new Conoship CIP6300 design launched
The first Conoship International CIP6300 vessel, Wilson Energy I, was launched at Udupi Cochin Shipyard in India on 26 October. It is the first larger ship in a fourteen-vessel programme, following the delivery of six CIP3800 vessels. Norwegian operator Wilson ASA...
Casper Versteylen presented with Maritime Talent Award
According to the jury, Casper Versteylen is bringing the energy transition in the shipping industry a step closer by combining materials science expertise with practical experiments. He won the Maritime Talent Award for his efforts. Among other things, he is...
SensoriumC-Onboard lands Maritime Innovation Award
Container loss at sea is an urgent and systemic problem. SensoriumC-Onboard helps to reduce this risk by providing the captain on board with better information. Company GBMS won the Maritime Innovation Award for this invention last night at the Maritime Awards Gala....
Susan Christianen wins Maritime Security Award
At the Maritime Awards Gala on 2 November in Hilversum, Susan Christianen was named winner of the Maritime Security Award. Through her research into a National Maritime Safety Centre, Christianen focuses on a highly topical issue: strengthening the Netherlands’...
Maritime Achievement Award for trade protection research
In his PhD research into the protection of the Dutch merchant fleet between 1935 and 1991, LTZ1 dr. Matthijs Ooms links lessons from the past to current issues surrounding trade security and geopolitical tensions. It landed him the Maritime Achievement Award at the...
Windcat Rotterdam named Ship of the Year 2026
The Windcat Rotterdam has won the Ship of the Year Award 2026 at the Maritime Awards Gala, held at Studio 21 (ORYN) in Hilversum on 2 November. This carefully designed and constructed commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) demonstrates the strength of Dutch...
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