by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 31, 2021 | Grounding, Maritime accidents, Navigation, News, Passenger ships, Shipping
Blind pilotage requires not only a detailed plan, but information inputs on the state and position of the vessel in real-time. And the detailed plan must be a shared plan. The Nautical Institute gives this advice in its latest Mars Report, in which it describes a...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 28, 2021 | Grounding, Maritime accidents, Navigation, News, Passenger ships, Shipping
Practise your blind pilotage technique whenever possibly, especially in good weather. The Nautical Institute gives this advice in its latest Mars Report in which a ferry’s crew lost sense of their whereabouts due to fog and subsequently grounded. The Nautical...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 9, 2021 | Grounding, Maritime accidents, News, Salvage
In March this year, Boskalis was at the centre of worldwide media attention during the salvage of the stranded mega container ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal. In response to many requests and because of the unique nature of this salvage operation, the company...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 9, 2021 | Grounding, News, Ship repair/maintenance
Footage circulating on Twitter and YouTube show the damage container ship Ever Given sustained after it ran aground in the Suez Canal back in March. Sal Mercogliano, Chair of the Department of History Criminal Justice and Political Science at Campbell University, says...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 29, 2021 | Grounding, News, Ports
The container ship Ever Given, which blocked the Suez Canal in March, arrived in the port of Rotterdam early Thursday morning. The ship is expected to remain in Rotterdam until early August to unload and load containers. After that, it will leave for Felixstowe,...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 27, 2021 | Grounding, Maritime accidents, News
The container ship Ever Given, which blocked the Suez Canal in March, will arrive in the port of Rotterdam a day later than planned, namely Thursday. The ship is expected to stay in Rotterdam until early August to unload and load containers. After that, it will leave...
