Royal IHC appoints new CEO
Royal IHC CEO Derk te Bokkel will hand over his role to Erik-Jan Bijvank with effect from 1 October 2026. CFO Bert-Jaap Dijkstra will also leave the company at the end of October to continue his career elsewhere. Te Bokkel joined Royal IHC in early 2023 with a mandate...
Stena lays keel for first methanol dual-fuel NewMax
Stena Line has laid the keel of the first NewMax vessel to be deployed on the Belfast-Heysham route. At the same time, the ferry’s name was disclosed: Stena Futura. It will be able to operate on methanol fuel. The keel laying ceremony took place at China Merchants...
ABS and Dutch FibreMax explore floating wind mooring tech
ABS and FibreMax have signed a pioneering agreement to collaborate on stiffness-driven mooring tendons for the offshore wind market. The collaboration, which is principally focused on floating offshore wind assets, will see ABS provide qualification of the Dutch...
Olaf Waals and Hannes Bogaert new directors at MARIN
The Supervisory Board of the Maritime Research Institute of the Netherlands (MARIN) has appointed Olaf Waals and Hannes Bogaert as the new Board of Directors of the institute as of 1 January 2025. Together, they will take over from Bas Buchner, MARIN’s current...
TU Delft Hydro Motion Team conducts first ‘flight’
Over the past weeks, the TU Delft Hydro Motion Team has been putting its new boat to the test. Initially, powered only by the battery, and finally, powered by hydrogen. This also set the stage for the latest feat, the boat's first "flight" using its hydrofoils....
Cost and supply chain infrastructure hinder green fuel shift
The cost of sustainable energy and inadequate supply chain infrastructure are thought to be the biggest barriers to transitioning to sustainable fuel sources. Transportation industry professionals have indicated this in a survey spearheaded by global law firm Reed...
Fan blade finger injury on board tanker
Lock out/tag out procedures (LOTO) are crucial in preventing accidents on ships. An electrician on board a tanker suffered a finger injury as a result of not using these procedures. The Nautical Institute describes the incident in its latest Mars Report. The Nautical...
These are the key factors for EU shipping’s competitiveness
At an ECSA event on the Day of the Seafarer, the Royal Belgian Shipowners’ Association interviewed some of the speakers on the future of the maritime sector. Belgium’s Deputy Prime Minister feels that for European shipping to remain competitive, the focus should be on...
Shell to launch carbon capture and storage in Canada
Shell has taken the final investment decision for Polaris, a carbon capture project at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park, Scotford in Alberta, Canada. Polaris is designed to capture approximately 650,000 tonnes of CO2 annually from the Shell-owned Scotford refinery...
Shipbuilders have to wait (too long) for Rijksrederij orders
From the magazine - Politicians and government expect a lot from making shipbuilding and shipping more sustainable. However, for now, the central government is mainly sitting with its arms crossed when it comes to investing in and ordering more climate-friendly, less...
SWZ|Maritime: A June edition featuring the 2023 annual review
After the harsh Covid years, the Dutch shipbuilding industry fared better again last year, but it really needs to bring in more work to stay on track. That, in short, is the main conclusion to be drawn from the 2023 annual results that interest group NMT was able to...
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