Multi-role Damen Stan Patrol 5009 enters service
Damen Shipyards has delivered a multi-role response vessel, MAI 0101, to a Romanian government agency. The vessel is based on a standard Damen Stan Patrol (SPa) 5009, tailored to the client’s multi-role requirements. The Naval Detachment of the Romanian General...
Cargo vessel adrift in storm on North Sea
A storm has left several cargo ships in trouble in the North Sea, reports the Netherlands Coastguard. The 82-metre vessel Valday is currently adrift, with tugs on site and underway to try and help the vessel. Other problems reported include ships' engines failing or...
Guideline launched for heavy-lift stability
After years of collaboration, the Heavy Lift Exchange Forum, a working group initiated by DNV, has issued the “Guidance on Stability of Lifts”. This guideline for stable and safe heavy-lift operations has been developed with expertise from BBC Chartering, BigLift...
EUR 4 million grant for greener port call project
More efficient port calls can make maritime transport faster and greener. To achieve this ambition, the PortCall.Zero project has been awarded EUR 4 million through the NWO Perspectief programme. Source article: TU Delft. Led by TU Delft, and with contributions from...
Shell and Equinor plan UK’s largest oil and gas company
Equinor UK Ltd, a subsidiary of Equinor ASA, and Shell UK Limited, a subsidiary of Shell plc, are to combine their UK offshore oil and gas assets and expertise to form a new company. It will be the UK North Sea’s biggest independent producer. The incorporated joint...
Experts explore pest-resistant container design
Pest-resistant container design has taken centre stage at a meeting between specialists from the global container shipping industry and biosecurity experts. Together, they aim to address the USD 423 billion global challenge posed by invasive pests every year....
Chowgule delivers first of twelve short-sea vessels to Vertom
Vertom Group has taken delivery of MV Vertom Rita, the first of a series of twelve diesel-electric short-sea vessels ordered from Chowgule Shipyards in India. The 6000-DWT vessel is the smaller version of the 7280-DWT vessel built in the Netherlands, of which six have...
Dutch Safety Board wants concrete action after another Nieuwe Maas collision
Following another collison between a water taxi and this time a water bus in Rotterdam, the Dutch Safety Board is holding a roundtable discussion in January. The Board has invited parties involved in passenger transport on the Nieuwe Maas in Rotterdam. On 23 November,...
MAN starts testing of full-scale ammonia engine
The development of MAN Energy Solutions' ME-LGIA (Liquid Gas Injection Ammonia) engine has entered a new phase with the commencement of testing of a full-scale, two-stroke engine running on ammonia. The tests are taking place at its RCC (Research Centre Copenhagen)....
‘Over 30% of installed BWTSs fail PSC inspections’
Over thirty per cent of all installed ballast water treatment systems (BWTSs) fail Port State Control (PSC) D-2 compliance inspections, despite 95 per cent of systems having successfully passed commissioning tests. This follows from data analysed by Global TestNet....
Damen Shiprepair Oranjewerf installs more shore power
Damen Shiprepair Oranjewerf has installed a new shore power installation. Developed by Elma Systems, the new system converts shore power to 60 Hz to cover all types of vessel that call at the yard. As part of Damen Shipyards Group’s mission to become the most...
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