How do you create a safe towing connection? Marin did research into this matter after the tugboat Fairplay collided with passenger ship Stena Britannica, which killed two of the tug’s crew members. Read all about the institute’s findings in SWZ Maritime’s May issue.
In addition, SWZ Maritime presents:
– Huisman’s new drill ship design for the Noble Globetrotters;
– a report of a special meeting at the KNVTS where the attendants discussed the (dis)advatages of applying evidence- or risk-based certification in maritime industry;
– the status of the Dutch fishing fleet;
– an infographic on the new rescue boats with an axe-bow of the KNRM;
– an article on the way the Maritime Labour Convention is inspected and how to comply with these demands;
– A report of departing Maritime Transport and Logistics professor J.C. Rijsenbrij’s final lecture;
– the second part of an article on the EFINS-project (Environment-Friendly Inland Shipping);
– an article on the deepening of the Elbe;
– an interview with the new and departing director of Van Voorden; and
– an interview with ‘College Zeemanshoop’.
Apart from these articles, returning regular sections are: News, ‘Maritieme Markt’, ‘Maand Maritiem’, News selected from other media, Mars Reports and news from and an events calendar of the KNVTS and the Holland Shipbuilding Association.
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