by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 21, 2022 | Emissions, Energy transition, Maritime regulations, News, Shipping
Last week, NGO Transport & Environment said EU plans for carbon pricing for shipping left too many loopholes, which would leave almost 26 million tonnes of CO2 unaffected. The Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners (KNVR) now says it agrees with this finding...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 18, 2022 | Emissions, Energy transition, Maritime regulations, News, Shipping
The European Commission’s proposals to decarbonise the maritime sector will only apply to ships above 5000 GT and exclude a number of ship types such as offshore, service, military and fishing vessels and yachts. According to NGO Transport & Environment...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 21, 2021 | Fishing, Maritime regulations, News
Over 150,000 Europeans have signed a petition calling for the EU to phase out destructive fishing practices, starting with an immediate ban of bottom trawling in all Marine Protected Areas. Environmental NGOs presented EU Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius with the...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 20, 2021 | Maritime regulations, News, Ship recycling, Shipping
The Icelandic District Prosecutor has searched the Eimskip offices in Iceland looking for documents relating to the sale of the vessels Goðafoss and Laxfoss in 2019. The investigation is to determine whether ship scrapping regulations have been breached. Eimskip...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 16, 2021 | Digitalisation, Dredging, Energy transition, Fishing, Maritime regulations, Navigation, News, Offshore, Offshore wind, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime
The cover of SWZ|Maritime’s December edition shows something different than what readers are usually offered. Instead of an often brand-new ship in its elements, we show a map of the Netherlands and a big chunk of the Dutch part of the North Sea. And what this...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 10, 2021 | Marine fuels, Maritime regulations, News, Ship design
Classification society ClassNK has issued an approval in principle (AiP) to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line) and Shin Kurushima Dockyard for their jointly developed design of an ammonia-fuelled pure car carrier. The design incorporates safety measures to deal with the...
