SWZ|Maritime’s July/August 2025 issue: Nautics and the biggest nautical event SAIL
For most of us, the Day of the Seafarer (25 June 2025) passes unnoticed. With our strong focus on shipbuilding, we as a magazine often pay far too little attention to sailing itself and to those who ensure that all those ships with all those passengers and cargo get...
Royal T Shipyards lays keel of second GADUS vessel for Navigare
Royal T Shipyards has laid the keel of Hull 379, the second vessel in the pioneering GADUS series of 5600-DWT dry cargo ships. The vessels are being built for Navigare Shipping of the Faroe Islands. Following the lead vessel Hav Leiti, Hull 379 continues the roll-out...
Spike in armed robbery incidents in Singapore Strait
Over the first half year, ninety incidents of piracy and armed robbery were reported, a fifty per cent increase compared to the same period in 2024, reports the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre. The Singapore Strait saw a surge in armed...
Saildrone demonstrates USVs for NATO
Saildrone, a provider of maritime autonomy, has concluded its participation in NATO Task Force X’s multi-domain demonstration in the Baltic Sea. The deployment showcased the capability, reliability, and international utility of the Saildrone Voyager uncrewed surface...
Dutch government to vote on financial support for Damen
The Dutch House of Representatives will return from summer recess on Thursday 10 July to vote on financial support for the Dutch shipbuilder Damen Naval. The amount in question is said to be EUR 270 million. This has been reported by Dutch public broadcaster NOS, who...
Community service demanded in fatal Wadden Sea accident
The Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) holds two captains responsible for a fatal accident in the Schuitengat channel on the Wadden Sea on 21 October 2022 that could have been prevented. The OM has therefore demanded a community service sentence of 180 hours and a...
1% of offshore wind funds could restore marine life
A contribution of one per cent of all global investments in offshore wind projects by 2050 is sufficient for large-scale restoration of marine nature. That was revealed by an international study led by The Rich North Sea programme (De Rijke Noordzee) and the Royal...
Kinetics and MOL to develop floating data centre platform
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Kinetics, to jointly develop a next-generation floating data centre platform. The two companies will collaborate on the design, construction and deployment of a state-of-the-art data centre...
ABS EV battery fire simulation models thermal runaway
ABS has developed advanced simulation modelling of thermal runaway in lithium-ion battery fires, in a critical step forward in tackling one of maritime’s biggest emergent safety risks. The model, which has now been validated with Texas A&M University research,...
TU Delft Hydro Motion Team wins second place in Monaco
The TU Delft Hydro Motion Team has completed the races at Monaco with their student-built foiling liquid hydrogen-powered boat. They have come in second in the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge (MEBC) 2025 SeaLab Class. In December 2024, the Hydro Motion Team revealed...
World’s first hybrid solar-powered inland vessel launched
Wattlab has delivered a solar energy system for HGK Shipping’s inland shipping cargo vessel Blue Marlin. 192 solar panels will provide power to both the onboard and propulsion systems, making it the first such vessel in the world capable of hybrid sailing with solar...
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