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JR Shipping container ship suffers fire, crew evacuated

JR Shipping container ship suffers fire, crew evacuated

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 22, 2023 | Maritime accidents, News, Salvage, Shipping

In the early hours of Wednesday, 22 February, a fire broke out on JR Shipping’s container ship MV Escape. The fifteen crew were evacuated while the vessel was left adrift in the Baltic Sea. Tugboats were deployed to salvage the vessel, which have managed to tow...
SWZ|Maritime’s February 2023 issue: Nothing beats Groningen in shipbuilding

SWZ|Maritime’s February 2023 issue: Nothing beats Groningen in shipbuilding

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 22, 2023 | Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ship design, Shipbuilding, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime

Where in the Netherlands is there a network where government and industry work together to keep the maritime sector going? In The Hague, the government is failing badly. In Amsterdam, they prefer to fill up the port with new buildings. In Rotterdam, they are mainly...
VIDEO: World’s largest inland tanker bunkers world’s largest vessel

VIDEO: World’s largest inland tanker bunkers world’s largest vessel

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 22, 2023 | Inland navigation, Marine fuels, News, Offshore, Offshore wind, Ports, Shipping, Tankers

VT Group’s Vorstenbosch, which is the world’s largest inland tanker, has delivered fuel to Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit, the world’s largest offshore construction vessel, in the Port of Rotterdam. The operation was caught on camera. The 13,500 mt...
Damen branches out into offshore construction

Damen branches out into offshore construction

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 22, 2023 | News, Offshore, Offshore wind

Damen Shipyards is leveraging its resources and shipbuilding expertise for offshore construction. The company now offers a complete construction service including delivery, working to clients’ designs and providing fabrication engineering expertise. Two projects are...
VIDEO: Oceanbird gears up for testing of Wings

VIDEO: Oceanbird gears up for testing of Wings

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 22, 2023 | Emissions, Energy transition, Maritime research, News, Ship conversion/refit, Ship design, Ship propulsion, Shipbuilding, Shipping, WASP

In a next step towards realising the wind-powered vessel concept Oceanbird, a prototype of its Wing is currently undergoing tests in a wind tunnel. Later this year, there will be land-based testing of a full-scale version of the rig before retrofitting a vessel with...
Van Oord subsidiary to build major water reservoir in the UK

Van Oord subsidiary to build major water reservoir in the UK

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 21, 2023 | News

Van Oord subsidiary Mackley and its joint venture partner Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK have been awarded the engineering and construction of the Havant Thicket Reservoir in Hampshire. It is the first major new water storage reservoir in the UK since the 1980s. The...
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