BIMCO and ICS report warns of future officer shortage
The Seafarer Workforce Report 2026 from BIMCO and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) forecasts that given the growing demand for STCW certified officers, there will be a need for an additional 113,735 officers by 2030 to operate the world merchant fleet. The...
Submarine power plants: potential of new configurations
From the magazine - In recent years, Nevesbu BV and the TU Delft have developed, through a number of MSc graduation studies, a Mean Value First Principle submarine power plant model. This model is used to perform multiple design studies to investigate the potential of...
VIDEO: Damen builds recyclable pontoon for Port of Rotterdam
Damen Shipyards has built the first pontoon ever made of environmentally conscious high density polyethylene (HDPE). Built at its yard in Gorinchem for the Port of Rotterdam, the Damen Stan Pontoon B4 is fully recyclable, preserving valuable raw materials and...
Pressure washer injury on tanker
A pressure washer is like a loaded gun, warns The Nautical Institute in its latest Mars Report. In the accident described, a water jet penetrated the safety shoe of a crew member on board a tanker. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of maritime accidents and...
UK university develops VR for enclosed space training
Safety experts from Solent University/Southampton's Warsash Maritime School, are collaborating with the Centre for Factories of the Future (C4FF) to create Virtual Reality (VR) maritime safety training. The project focuses on enclosed space simulation. Aimed at...
Wavepiston to research wave energy with Ørsted
Wavepiston has started a collaboration with Ørsted to investigate the potential for co-location of offshore wind and wave energy in Denmark. The collaboration will analyse the benefits of combining offshore wind and wave energy and show the potential of optimising the...
Rotterdam looks into shore power for tankers
As part of a CEF Study project co-funded by the European Union, Port of Rotterdam, in collaboration with the municipality of Rotterdam and various partners in the Port of Rotterdam, is conducting four feasibility studies for shore power. One of these researches the...
Speed limit urged in Mediterranean to protect whales
According to OceanCare, the probability of a collision having a lethal effect on a whale is very low when the ship's speed does not exceed 10 knots. Yet, eigthy per cent of the ships that sailed in the north-western part of the Mediterranean Sea went faster in 2023....
Line breaks six times – when is enough enough?
During discharging operations, a tug's line fastened to the tanker broke no less than six times due to the weather conditions, yet operations were never halted. The Nautical Institute discusses the incident in its latest Mars Report. The Nautical Institute gathers...
German shipbuilding sector optimistic, but vulnerable
From the magazine - Indeed, optimism in such a volatile industry as shipbuilding is almost a prerequisite for survival. But it does sound somewhat paradoxical, to say the least, to display such optimism about the mood in German shipbuilding at a time when the...
SWZ|Maritime’s July-August 2024 issue: Germany, a good client for Dutch shipbuilding
The SMM exhibition in Hamburg has long been a must for Dutch shipbuilders and suppliers to sell their products, knowledge and skills to customers worldwide and to those in our largest neighbouring country. Because Germany is and remains an important market for Dutch...
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