Boluda inaugurates Rotterdam headquarters
Boluda Corporación Marítima has officially inaugurated its Netherlands headquarters in Rotterdam, located in the city’s historic Maritime Quarter. It will serve as the nerve centre of its operations in Northern Europe through its subsidiaries Boluda Towage and Boluda...
Vessel speed exacerbates bank suction, take two
Be aware of bank suction. If extreme helm is required to hold the vessel steady in a restricted waterway, speed must be reduced as soon as possible before removing the helm. The Nautical Institute gives this warning in its latest Mars Report, in which a tanker ended...
Oil clean-up following Vox Maxima collision continues
Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger Vox Maxima allided with a stationary Singapore-flagged bunker vessel, the Marine Honour, on 14 June, which led to an oil spill. Clean-up efforts are ongoing. The Marine Honour will be lightered in order to be able to tow it...
New project for Wadden Sea autonomous ferries
A cross-border consortium of nine partners is launching the innovative Ferry Go! project, aimed at developing autonomous ferries in the German-Dutch Wadden Sea. This pioneering project, with a three-year duration and a total budget of around EUR 3.7 million, is being...
Port of Rotterdam makes room for large-scale electrolyser
Zeevonk II, winner of the wind park IJmuiden Ver tender for plot Beta, is going to build an electrolyser on the Maasvlakte. It will make it possible to convert wind farm energy into green hydrogen. In the construction of the second conversion park on the Maasvlakte,...
NIBC sells shipping portfolio to Hamburg Commercial Bank
NIBC has reached agreement to sell its shipping portfolio to Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB). According to the Dutch bank, this divestment enables a sharper focus on key business segments where growth can be accelerated. The transaction comprises NIBC’s well-performing...
DEME’s new fallpipe vessel Yellowstone about to head to US
On 4 June, Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid, Princess of Belgium, officially named DEME's new fallpipe vessel Yellowstone in Zeebrugge, Belgium. This summer, the vessel, boasting a payload capacity of 37,000 tonnes, sets sail for the US to work on the Coastal...
Dutch Ministry wants clearer regulations for water taxis
It must become clearer what regulations water taxis have to comply with. To achieve this goal, the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management is adapting the Inland Shipping Regulations. This is one of the ways in which the Ministry is following up on the...
Jan De Nul to connect artificial energy island to Belgian grid
Jan De Nul Group, in consortium with LS Cable & System, has won a contract to supply, install and test three 220 kV alternating current cables. These subsea cables will transmit renewable energy from the Princess Elisabeth Island to the Belgian high-voltage...
Enclosed space claims one victim, but spares two others
Always consider the atmosphere of an enclosed space as unsafe unless confirmed otherwise. The Nautical Institute gives this warning in its latest Mars Report, in which one crew member lost his life. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of maritime accidents and...
Dutch shipyards ramp up sea-going vessel builds
The construction of new sea-going vessels in the Netherlands is on the rise. In 2023, 34 ocean-going vessels were completed. This is equivalent to an estimated value of EUR 410 million and a significant increase over 2022. This follows from Netherlands Maritime...
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