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Archaeologists find remains of 1573 IJ shipping blockade

Archaeologists find remains of 1573 IJ shipping blockade

by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 2, 2024 | News, Shipwreck

Remains of the shipping blockade from the Eighty Years’ War in the IJ of 1573 have been found. At the time, shipwrecks were used to block access to the IJ. After the 2023 campaign, which revealed no traces of the blockade, specialists decided to make one more...
Damen delivers Europe’s first fully electric tug

Damen delivers Europe’s first fully electric tug

by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 2, 2024 | Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ports, Ship design, Ship propulsion, Shipbuilding, Towage, Workboats

Damen Shipyards Group has delivered six RSD Tugs 2513 to the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in Belgium. The delivery consists of five RSD Tugs 2513 and one RSD-E Tug 2513 – the first fully electric tug to operate in a European port. With its fully electric propulsion, the...
Hapag-Lloyd signs green methanol offtake deal

Hapag-Lloyd signs green methanol offtake deal

by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 2, 2024 | Emissions, Energy transition, Marine fuels, News, Shipping

Hapag-Lloyd has reached an agreement with Goldwind, a global strategic partner in clean energy with headquarters in Beijing, China, for the delivery of 250,000 tonnes of green methanol per year. The green methanol will consist of a blend of bio- and e-methanol,...
Huisman bags fourth Knuckle Boom Crane order of 2024

Huisman bags fourth Knuckle Boom Crane order of 2024

by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 29, 2024 | Heavy lift, News, Offshore, Offshore wind

Huisman will deliver two 250-mt Knuckle Boom Cranes, to be installed on the new ST-245-designed offshore energy support vessels of Sea1 Offshore, a Norwegian shipping company. The contract was signed with COSCO (Qidong) Offshore Co., Ltd. The cranes will feature...
U-Ming orders Anemoi Rotor Sails for VLOC

U-Ming orders Anemoi Rotor Sails for VLOC

by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 29, 2024 | Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ship conversion/refit, Ship propulsion, WASP

Taiwan-based U-Ming Marine Transport has contracted Anemoi Marine Technologies for four Rotor Sails to be installed on one of U-Ming’s 325,000-DWT very large ore carriers (VLOCs). The installation work is expected to be completed at the end of 2025. Fuel and...
Confined space gas test on ship using live chickens fails

Confined space gas test on ship using live chickens fails

by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 29, 2024 | Maritime accidents, News, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime

A new Nautical Institute Mars Report highlights that the lack of training for crew on enclosed space rescue endures. On a general cargo vessel, chickens were used for gas testing and a subsequent rescue operation resulted in two fatalities. The Nautical Institute...
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