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First Belgian and Dutch minehunter donated to Ukraine

First Belgian and Dutch minehunter donated to Ukraine

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 30, 2025 | Navy, News

The Belgian minehunter BNS Narcis and the Dutch HNLMS Vlaardingen have recently been handed over to Ukraine. The transfer took place during a ceremony at the Belgian naval base in Zeebrugge. Due to operational security reasons, this is only now being communicated...
EST-Floattech launches LFP maritime battery system

EST-Floattech launches LFP maritime battery system

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 27, 2025 | Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ship propulsion

EST-Floattech has expanded its Octopus Series with the introduction of Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) battery modules. With this addition, the company addresses market demand for maritime battery systems based on another chemical configuration. EST-Floattech is a Dutch...
Stena Futura completes sea trials in China

Stena Futura completes sea trials in China

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 27, 2025 | Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ship design, Ship propulsion, Shipbuilding

Stena Line’s Stena Futura, the first of its new hybrid ferries destined for the Irish Sea, has completed its sea trials. The vessel is on schedule to enter service on the Belfast-Heysham route in late summer. Sea trials are designed to test the vessel at sea to...
Burning plastic on deck causes fatality

Burning plastic on deck causes fatality

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 27, 2025 | Maritime accidents, News, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime

Burning shipboard plastic resulted in an explosion and a fatality on board a ship. The incident is described in a new Nautical Institute Mars Report. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of maritime accidents and near-misses. It then publishes these so-called Mars...
Econowind installs four VentoFoils on tanker Jutlandia Swan

Econowind installs four VentoFoils on tanker Jutlandia Swan

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 26, 2025 | Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ship conversion/refit, Ship propulsion, Tankers, WASP

Econowind has installed four 16-metre VentoFoils on board the chemical tanker M/T Jutlandia Swan, owned and operated by Danish shipping company Uni-Tankers. The ATEX-proof wind-assisted ship propulsion units were installed in just four days in the port of Rotterdam....
Kongsberg supplies propulsion system for Colombian frigate

Kongsberg supplies propulsion system for Colombian frigate

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 26, 2025 | Navy, News, Ship design, Ship propulsion, Shipbuilding

Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract with Damen Naval to supply twin controllable pitch propellers (CPPs) and shaftlines as part of a contract with the Colombian Navy for a new frigate. Construction is to begin at the end of 2025, with commissioning expected at...
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