Sweden orders four frigates from Naval Group
Naval Group has signed a contract with the Swedish Ministry of Defence for the procurement of four defence and intervention frigates (FDIs) for the Royal Swedish Navy. The signing comes less than four months after Sweden announced its selection of the FDI. The...
Saltwater reveals new offshore survey vessel design
Saltwater Engineering, a Papendrecht-based engineering firm in the maritime sector, has introduced its latest vessel design, Blue Quest. Drawing from extensive experience in vessel conversions, Blue Quest offers multifunctionality within a streamlined and efficient...
Hapag-Lloyd orders 24 ammonia-ready container ships
Hapag-Lloyd has signed two contracts with two Chinese shipyards for a total of 24 new container ships. All of them will be equipped with liquefied gas dual-fuel engines, capable of operating on biomethane, while the vessels are also ammonia-ready. Of the 24, twelve...
VIDEO: NIOZ research vessel Anna Weber-van Bosse launched
The RV Anna Weber-van Bosse has been launched in Spain. In a year's time, the new flagship of the Dutch research fleet will be ready for use. Construction of the ship is now about halfway through. Source article, picture and video: NIOZ. During the first year, the...
‘Container ship deliveries hit record of 2.5m TEU’
In the first ten months of 2024, shipyards have delivered more container ships than ever before, reports BIMCO in its latest Shipping Number of the Week. So far, 410 ships have been delivered with a capacity of 2.5 million TEU. This figure surpasses 'the previous full...
Royal Huisman sailing yacht Sarissa wins multiple awards
Despite not winning the Ship of the Year Award at the Maritime Awards Gala on 4 November, Royal Huisman's sailing yacht Sarissa did take home several awards at the International Superyacht Society (ISS) Awards Gala. The 59.7-metre Sarissa was elected "Yacht of the...
Fourth Mine Countermeasure Vessel launched, steel cut for number eight
The fleet of Mine Countermeasure Vessels for the Royal Netherlands Navy and Belgian Navy continues to grow. On 5 November, two new milestones of the binational project were achieved at the shipyard in Romania. This included the launch of the Scheveningen, the fourth...
Amsterdam and Den Helder ports to advance energy transition
Port of Amsterdam and Port of Den Helder have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to further explore the added value of intensified cooperation. The energy transition and offshore wind activities in both ports can benefit from this, thereby contributing to...
75-metre Feadship yacht ONE leaves yard at Kaag
The 75.75-metre, four-deck Feadship ONE has left the Feadship yard at Kaag and is scheduled for delivery in early 2025. The yacht features a number of design and layout solutions aimed at optimising its appeal and functionality both for private use and as a charter...
Multraship adds new Damen tug to its fleet
Multraship Towage & Salvage held a christening ceremony on Friday, 1 November, to name its newest Damen-built tug, the Multratug 36, in the port of Terneuzen, the Netherlands. The christening coincided with Multraship’s fortieth anniversary. The tug will work on...
SeaO2 lands funding to extract 1 Gt of CO2 out of the sea
Dutch start-up SeaO2 has received over EUR 2 million in new investments. Utilising its breakthrough Direct Ocean Capture (DOC) technology, the company wants to remove one megatonne of CO2 from seawater by 2030 and a gigatonne by 2045. The DOC technology efficiently...
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