Safety by design – Engineering the future fleet: Daan Buitenhuis
From the magazine – Engineering a liquid hydrogen-powered powertrain of a foiling boat involves more than designing and building it. Daan Buitenhuis and the powertrain department of the TU Delft Hydro Motion Team are working hard to make it functional in time for the...
Damen to build sixth CSOV for Windcat
Damen Shipyards will build a sixth Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) for offshore personnel transfer provider Windcat, thus completing the six-ship "Elevation Series" of future-proof CSOVs. The Dutch shipbuilder will build the CSOV at Ha Long Shipyard in...
Yacht, ferry and dredger up for KNVTS Ship of the Year
The Ship of the Year Award is a broad recognition of Dutch shipyards for their innovative strength. This year, the KNVTS has nominated Royal Huisman's yacht Sarissa, Holland Shipyards' emission-free ferry Gorinchem XII and Kooiman Marine Group's water injection...
Heesen sells 55-metre superyacht Project Venus
Heesen Yachts has sold the 55-metre steel yacht YN 20655, also known as Project Venus. The yacht is part of Heesen's speculative programme and currently under construction. The launch is scheduled for January 2025. Rupert Connor from Luxury Yachts is representing the...
MAMII calls for methane emission measurement standards
There is an urgent need for universal methane measurement standards and regulatory frameworks to drive adoption of technologies reducing methane emissions from ships, according to the Methane Abatement in Maritime Innovation Initiative (MAMII). MAMII has issued a...
SBM and Technip kick off floating wind JV Ekwil
SBM Offshore and Technip Energies have formally implemented Ekwil, a 50/50 floating offshore wind (FOW) joint-venture. Ekwil is a pure player delivery partner offering a diversified range of "series production" floating offshore wind solutions to meet the growing and...
Amer and MSG launch inland shipping company
Inland shipping companies Amer Shipping BV from Raamsdonksveer, the Netherlands, and MSG eG from Würzburg, Germany, have established a joint venture under the name Stream Shipping. The new company, established on 4 July, is based in Raamsdonksveer. Stream Shipping is...
X-Press launches methanol-powered feeder service from Rotterdam
X-Press Feeders, claiming to be the world’s largest independent common carrier, has started Europe’s first feeder network services powered by green methanol. This non-fossil fuel reduces greenhouse gases by up to 65 per cent. The industry milestone coincided with the...
Royal IHC selects yard in Vietnam to build dredgers
Royal IHC and the Vietnamese shipyard Nam Trieu have signed an agreement for the construction of a trailing suction hopper dredger in Asia, with more possibly to follow. Right now, it involves the dredger with a hopper capacity of 2300 m3, that dredging company De...
Meyer to build new Disney cruise ship
It is an important signal for Papenburg as a shipbuilding location: The Oriental Land Company (OLC) has commissioned Meyer Werft to build a Disney Wish-class cruise ship for the Japanese market. Bernard Meyer signed the shipbuilding contract on 9 July in Tokyo. The...
Green water on deck causes fatality and injuries
Going forward with water on deck is always dangerous. In a new Nautical Institute Mars Report, a crew member was killed despite wearing the right PPE. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of maritime accidents and near-misses. It then publishes these so-called Mars...
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