DNV to lead ammonia bunkering safety study in Singapore
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) in Singapore has selected DNV to lead an ammonia bunkering safety study. The study aims to define a robust set of safety guidelines and operational envelopes that will establish the basis of a regulatory sandbox...
Jan De Nul carries out beach replenishment at Ostend on biofuel
On 15 February, Jan De Nul will start dredging and beach replenishment works in Ostend for the Belgian Public Maritime and Coastal Services Agency (MDK). The trailing suction hopper dredger Alexander von Humboldt will bring some 600,000 cubic metres of dredged sand to...
Dutch Sea Rescue Institution orders twelve custom RHIBs with Palfinger
Palfinger will develop a new series of rigid-hulled inflatable boats (RHIBs) for the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (KNRM). The twelve RHIBS will be built at Palfinger's production facility in Harderwijk, the Netherlands, with the first to be delivered at...
SWZ|Maritime’s January 2022 issue: A dossier on arctic shipping
This January edition is another fine example of the knowledge the editorial staff of SWZ|Maritime can collect and the network our colleagues represent. Thanks to these qualities, Björn von Ubisch collected a mass of knowledge about all the relevant developments in...
IJmuiden now has the world’s largest sea lock
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands officially opened the IJmuiden sea lock on Wednesday afternoon, 26 January. The opening marks the commissioning of the largest sea lock in the world. The lock will be taken into use in mid-2022. The new, larger sea lock...
‘Let shipowners invest their profits in more sustainable ships’
For the debt-laden Dutch shipping company Vroon Shipping in Breda it all comes too late, but many fellow shipowners have made so much money in the past year that they can both pay off their debts and invest in new ships with more sustainable propulsion. However,...
‘On safe ships run by quality companies, persons washed overboard should be zero’
Accessing a ship's deck in heavy weather is always a risk. In its latest Mars Report, The Nautical Institute describes how a bosun was washed overboard by a large wave and subsequently never found. A preventable accident, according to the Mars editor, if the right...
European shipowners support EU proposal to make operators pay for EU ETS
The European Parliament’s Rapporteur on the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), MEP Peter Liese, wants commercial operators to pay for the costs of the ETS. He also wants revenues of shipping allowances allocated to a sector-dedicated fund. The European Community...
MOL trials autonomous sailing and mooring with coastal container ship
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has concluded a trial of unmanned ship operation from port to port with a coastal container ship. The Mikage sailed from Tsuruga Port to Sakai Port in Japan. A berthing/unberthing support sensor was used for autonomous mooring and a drone...
Dutch Navy charters roll-on, roll-off ship
The Dutch Ministry of Defence will charter a medium roll-on, roll-off (RoRo) ship for the next ten years. This will provide the Royal Netherlands Navy with permanent strategic sea transport. The contract with the shipping company has been signed and the ship will be...
EcoClipper purchases its first sail cargo vessel
EcoClipper Coöperatie has purchased the Dutch Klipper De Tukker to establish sustainable shipping on the North Sea. It is the first vessel to join the EcoClipper fleet. The vessel will require a retrofit and will begin providing trade and passenger travel under sail...
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