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VIDEO: LDA launches first of three wind-assisted RoRos

VIDEO: LDA launches first of three wind-assisted RoRos

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 12, 2026 | Emissions, Energy transition, Marine fuels, News, Ship design, Ship propulsion, Shipbuilding, WASP

Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) is set to welcome the first ship of its next generation RoRo vessels chartered to Airbus. The Spirit of Toulouse, which will be equipped with Rotor Sails, was launched last week at Wuchang Shipyard (CSSC Group). Two other vessels – Spirit...
VIDEO: Holland Shipyards launches hull of floating hotel

VIDEO: Holland Shipyards launches hull of floating hotel

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 12, 2026 | News, Passenger ships, Ship design, Shipbuilding

Holland Shipyards Group recently completed the concrete hull for The Good Hotel’s modular floating hotel. This 108 x 18-metre barge is being built using over 200 truckloads of concrete. After construction on a temporary pontoon, the hull was carefully submerged...
VIDEO: MARIN reveals new wind setup for floating wind

VIDEO: MARIN reveals new wind setup for floating wind

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 11, 2026 | Maritime research, News, Offshore wind

Floating wind turbines are rapidly increasing in size and complexity. To keep pace with this development, MARIN has introduced a next‑generation wind setup that enables high‑fidelity testing of advanced floating wind systems. The new facility generates a fully...
Port of Rotterdam and VOTOB to tackle tank storage spoofing

Port of Rotterdam and VOTOB to tackle tank storage spoofing

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 11, 2026 | Marine fuels, News, Ports

At the World Port Center, a cooperation agreement has been signed between the Port of Rotterdam Authority and VOTOB (Association of Dutch Tank Storage Companies) to continue and expand a task force aimed at combating the fraud scheme known as storage spoofing. With...
Wasaline now officially part of Stena Line

Wasaline now officially part of Stena Line

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 11, 2026 | News, Passenger ships, Shipping

A ceremony in Umeå has marked the official completion of Stena Line’s acquisition of Wasaline. It was on 4 November 2025 that Stena Line announced the purchase of the company NLC Ferry Oy/Wasaline, which involved taking over the operation of the ferry service between...
Shipbuilding robotics project launches in the Drechtsteden

Shipbuilding robotics project launches in the Drechtsteden

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 10, 2026 | Digitalisation, Maritime manufacturing industry, News, Shipbuilding

On 9 February, Dutch Economic Affairs Minister Vincent Karremans and Maritime Manufacturing Envoy Marja van Bijsterveldt launched project STREAM. The initiative is to advance automation and robotisation in shipbuilding to cut costs and tackle labour shortages. The...
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