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Collision in fog in a Traffic Separation Scheme

Collision in fog in a Traffic Separation Scheme

by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 16, 2026 | Maritime accidents, Navigation, News, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime

In restricted visibility all contacts – whether AIS-equipped or not – must be tracked on radar. The Nautical Institute gives this warning in a new Mars Report. The report describes a collision between two vessels in limited visibility. The Nautical Institute gathers...
BRM under pilotage takes a dive

BRM under pilotage takes a dive

by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 7, 2026 | Grounding, Maritime accidents, Navigation, News, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime

Strong bridge resource management (BRM) with a pilot on board is often a challenge, but is absolutely necessary to prevent single point failure. The Nautical Institute gives this warning in a new Mars Report, in which a bulk carrier under control of a pilot grounded...
Fatigue contributes to vessel collision

Fatigue contributes to vessel collision

by Mariska Buitendijk | Sep 25, 2026 | Maritime accidents, Navigation, News, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime

Sufficient restorative sleep is the only antidote for fatigue, warns The Nautical Institute in a new Mars Report. The report describes a vessel colliding with an anchored vessel resulting in fires on both vessels. Fatigue was found to a contributing factor. The...
Pilot boat hits rocks

Pilot boat hits rocks

by Mariska Buitendijk | Sep 23, 2026 | Grounding, Maritime accidents, Navigation, News, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime

Navigating using exclusively visual means in reduced visibility, even in well-known waters, is a recipe for an accident, warns The Nautical Institute in a new Mars Report. In this case, it resulted in the grounding of a pilot boat. The Nautical Institute gathers...
Heerema, Amphitrite speed up Sleipnir’s Atlantic transit

Heerema, Amphitrite speed up Sleipnir’s Atlantic transit

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 29, 2026 | Digitalisation, Navigation, News, Offshore, Shipping

Heerema Marine Contractors has shortened the North Atlantic transit of its semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir by 2.5 days using a data-driven voyage optimisation pilot. The pilot was conducted together with French ocean intelligence company Amphitrite. The...
The harder half of remote pilotage

The harder half of remote pilotage

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 23, 2026 | Digitalisation, Maritime research, Navigation, News, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime

From the magazine – This February, the bulk carrier MS Viikki worked its way through ice toward the port of Raahe. Several hundred kilometres south, colleagues in Turku watched it on a wall of screens. They could have been piloting the vessel from shore. They weren’t,...
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