Damen Yachting sells another Amels 60 yacht
Damen Yachting has sold Amels 60 Project Vogue with Laura Sessa interior, scheduled for delivery in 2027. The sale marks the latest commercial success for the award-winning 60-metre Amels 60. Drawing on her longstanding experience with Amels Limited Editions, Laura...
Van Oord concludes emission-free dredging pilot
Van Oord, in cooperation with ZEDHub, Smart Delta Drechtsteden, the Municipality of Dordrecht and Port of Rotterdam, has carried out a pilot project with the crane vessel Christiaan P. This fully electrified vessel runs and operates emission-free, which is a first in...
Container lashing MOB fatality while in port
Having a crew perform a job such as unlashing containers, which is normally a task for stevedores, requires a full risk assessment and appropriate mitigating measures. The Nautical Institute gives this warning in a new Mars Report, in which unlashing by the ship's own...
Rotterdam Harbour Master announces Nieuwe Maas speed limit
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has released the 2024 nautical figures. Rotterdam saw slightly fewer sea-going vessels, but more inland vessels. The Nautical Safety Index fell due to three serious accidents. The accident near the Erasmusbrug calls for increased safety...
‘Autonomy is key to secure critical subsea infrastructure’
Autonomy must be at the heart of our reaction to growing threats to subsea critical national infrastructure, states Matthew Ratsey, the founder of a UK marine tech firm. He points out that as adversaries become more adept at exploiting weaknesses in existing systems,...
New European Maritime Skills Forum to tackle skills gap
The digital and green transition require new skills from seafarers. At the same time, there is a shortage of maritime professionals and limited mobility between land and on-board positions. The European Maritime Skills Forum, a joint initiative of ECSA and ETF, seeks...
SWZ|Maritime’s January 2025 issue: Tideman special and optimistic 2025
SWZ|Maritime is not so much a historical, but primarily a technological journal. But if there is any sector to which the adage applies that ‘he who does not know the past, cannot understand the present and cannot shape the future’, then perhaps it is shipbuilding....
US and Canada Coast Guard free cargo ship from ice
US Coast Guard cutters Bristol Bay (WTGB 102), Neah Bay (WTGB 105), and Canadian Coast Guard ship Samuel Risley broke the Manitoulin free from the ice on 25 January after arriving on scene. The vessel had been stuck since 22 January in Lake Erie, but is now continuing...
ABS approves HD KSOE’s hydrogen vacuum insulation system
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) has received ABS approval in principle (AiP) for a tank design that enables large-scale hydrogen transport and storage. The vacuum insulation system from HD KSOE is designed to reduce the time required to...
De Haas completes upgrade of Dutch navy landing craft
De Haas Shipyards in Rotterdam handed over the first two of four refurbished landing craft to the Royal Netherlands Navy on 23 January. The so-called Landing Craft Utilities (LCUs) have undergone modernisation. Thanks to the operation, the vessels will now last until...
Eastern Navigation orders 100mt Huisman crane
Huisman has won a contract from Zhenjiang Jiangsu Shipyard for the delivery of a 100mt Pedestal Mounted Crane to Eastern Navigation. This marks the fifth Pedestal Mounted Crane Huisman will supply for Eastern Navigation's fleet. Eastern Navigation provides maritime...
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