Enter now for the 2027 Prince Friso Engineering Award
Who will be Engineer of the Year 2027? Nominations are now open for the Prince Friso Engineering Award. KIVI, the Royal Netherlands Society of Engineers, is looking for an engineer who excels in their field, develops innovative solutions and makes a visible...
PortXL selects 11 maritime startups and scale-ups
PortXL has chosen eleven startups and scale-ups for its 2026 acceleration programme. They were selected from more than 250 applicants worldwide. Together they cover the three focus areas Maritime & Offshore, Energy & Infrastructure, and Dual Use. 'PortXL’s...
Wärtsilä/RCT joint venture for energy storage kicks off
Technology group Wärtsilä closed the transaction of the joint venture for its Energy Storage business on 1 October. Under the arrangement, Wärtsilä and German engineering company RCT Solutions now each hold a fifty per cent stake in the joint venture, called Valo....
Tug connection gone wrong
Line handling operations are very common but inherently hazardous for tug crews, warns The Nautical Institute in a new Mars Report. It describes a mooring operation supported by two tugs with fatal consequences. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of maritime...
Boskalis to install cables at Zeevonk Offshore Wind Farm
Boskalis will transport and install the inter-array cable system for phase 1 of the Zeevonk Offshore Wind Farm in the Dutch North Sea. Zeevonk, the joint venture between Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, awarded the contract to the Dutch contractor....
Damen undersigns European maritime innovation agenda 2050
On 29 September, Damen Shipyards Group and other representatives of the European waterborne sector signed nine Technology Roadmaps at the Waterborne Leadership Event in Brussels. The roadmaps provide a shared framework for maritime research, development and...
HNLMS Evertsen sets sail for Middle East
The Netherlands has once again sent an air defence and command frigate to the Middle East. HNLMS Evertsen departed on 27 September and will be away for more than three months. The ship is taking over the duties of HNLMS De Ruyter, which recently returned. When the...
Practice-oriented Professional Doctorate driving innovation
From the magazine – In 2023, the pilot Professional Doctorate (PD) programme was launched as a post-master doctoral pathway within the universities of applied science (HBO). While traditional PhD programmes primarily focus on creating new conceptual knowledge, the PD...
Amer Shipping orders two more vessels from Concordia Damen
Amer Shipping has purchased another two CDS Dry Cargo 110 hulls from Concordia Damen. The first vessel, the AM Lianova, will sail for Stream Shipping. The second vessel, yet to be named, will join Amer Shipping’s own fleet. Amer Shipping is owned by the Buijks family....
LOTO failure leads to injury
Lock out/tag out (LOTO) when performing machinery maintenance on a ship and take vessel motions into account. The Nautical Institute gives this warning in a new Mars Report, which describes how an engineer sustained a serious hand injury. The Nautical Institute...
Damen launches TSHD 1000 for New Zealand ports
At its partner yard 189 Shipyard in Vietnam, Damen has launched a trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) 1000 for Port Otago and Napier Port. Once completed, the dredger will support harbour maintenance dredging operations in the two New Zealand ports. Scheduled for...
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