Hydrogen engine for large vessels passes land-based testing
Japan Engine has completed the world’s first hydrogen-fuelled engine for large commercial vessels, the 6UEC35LSGH. During factory testing, the engine achieved a hydrogen co-firing rate of at least 95 per cent, reducing GHG emissions by more than 95 per cent compared...
RV, yacht and CSS up for Ship of the Year Award 2025
The KNVTS has revealed the three nominees for the Ship of the Year Award 2025. They are: research vessel (RV) Wim Wolff, built by Royal T Shipyards,superyacht Breakthrough, built by Royal van Lent and Combat Support Ship Den Helder built by Damen Naval. All submitted...
TKMS to upgrade German submarines for € 800 million
TKMS has signed one of the largest service contracts in the company’s history with the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw). As prime contractor, TKMS will provide comprehensive modernisation and support...
AiP for world’s first LCO2/methanol carrier
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding have acquired an approval in principle (AiP) from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) for their jointly developed liquefied CO2 (LCO2)/methanol carrier. The AiP for this type of carrier marks a world first. An AiP...
Van Oord’s offshore giant Boreas in pics
SWZ|Maritime's editor Hengameh Farahpour travelled to Rotterdam in June to visit the christening event of Van Oord's Boreas and take a tour of this special vessel. The Boreas is now the largest and most sustainable offshore wind installation vessel in the world. The...
DNV: Alternative fuels orderbook shows resilience
Ordering of alternative-fuelled vessels is continuing to grow in 2025, despite a slowdown in the overall newbuild market. According to data from DNV’s Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) platform, new orders for alternative-fuelled vessels reached 19.8 million gross...
Huisman to supply Knuckle Boom Crane for DFO vessel
Huisman has signed a contract with VARD for the delivery of a state-of-the-art 250-mt Knuckle Boom Crane, which will be installed on a newbuild offshore construction vessel for Dong Fang Offshore (DFO). The vessel is currently under construction at VARD and is...
WSC: 576 container lost at sea in 2024, well below average
The World Shipping Council (WSC) has released its annual Containers Lost at Sea report, showing that 576 containers were lost at sea in 2024. While this represents an increase from the record-low 221 containers lost in 2023, it remains well below the ten-year average...
Netherlands drops two spots on flag state performance list
The Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has published its new performance lists for flag states and recognised organisations. France now tops the list, up from 11. The Netherlands loses two spots and moves from 2 to 4. The new Paris MoU lists take effect from the...
AI-driven MOB system wins British Safety Council Award
Edinburgh’s Zelim has won this year’s British Safety Council (BSC) Health and Safety Transformation Award for its AI-driven automatic man overboard (MOB) detection system, ZOE. ZOE uses machine learning and a proprietary dataset of over 7 million maritime images to...
Ship recycling could double to 16,000 ships
Now that the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships has entered into force, BIMCO has updated its estimate for the ship recycling potential over the next ten years. In a new Shipping Number of the Week, the...
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