UK to order at least six UK-built warships
At least six new warships will be built for the Royal Navy under the Defence Investment Plan, delivering the UK's most advanced maritime air defence capability. The order is also meant to provide enough work to keep British shipyards working for decades to come. The...
Construction Porthos kicks off with first drilling
After a period of preparation, there is now a noticeable start to construction of the infrastructure on the Porthos project for transportation and storage of CO2. On 13 April, the first drilling took place. The drill made a hole under the seawall on the Maasvlakte....
Singapore leading maritime city, Rotterdam runner-up
Singapore has retained its title as the leading maritime city in the world, followed by Rotterdam and London. This follows from the 2024 Leading Maritime Cities (LMC) report from DNV and Menon Economics. The city-state, with its large owned and managed vessel fleets,...
TKMS to court over Dutch submarines, Saab-Damen leaves it to Parliament
The Dutch Ministry of Defence has confirmed that Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) is starting an objection procedure over the provisional contract award for four new submarines to French Naval Group. The third contender for the contract, the Saab-Damen combination,...
Dutch Naval Design to supply USVs to Dutch navy
The Dutch Ministry of Defence and Dutch Naval Design are teaming up to develop unmanned surface vessels (USVs). The vessels will be deployed from the Royal Netherlands Navy's new Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigates. Technologically highly advanced, sustainable, autonomous...
CY and BigLift order two heavy transport vessels
CY Shipping and BigLift Shipping plan to increase their fleet of heavy transport vessels (HTVs) to six vessels, by adding two new HTVs. The first vessel, owned by CY Shipping, will be delivered in Q4 2025 and the second vessel, owned by BigLift Shipping, in Q2 2026....
IMB: Somali piracy threat continues
A total of 33 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships were recorded in the first three months of 2024, an increase from 27 incidents for the same period in 2023. The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) raises concern on the continued acts of maritime...
Testing for digital sea and inland port networking kicks off
Platform operators Portbase and RheinPorts have launched a ground-breaking project in a joint initiative to digitally connect the maritime and inland port community. The aim is to optimise the flow of data between the seaports in the Netherlands and the inland ports...
Germany said to have plans for two more Damen frigates
Germany plans to make use of the option for two extra frigates included in the F126 frigate contract it has with Damen Naval. So reports Bloomberg on the basis of insiders. Damen Naval is currently building four F126 frigates for the German Bundeswehr. The contract...
Bakker equips Boskalis vessels with energy storage
Following Boskalis’ earlier announcement to hybridise numerous existing vessels, Bakker Sliedrecht implemented energy storage systems on the two diving support vessels Boka Atlantis and Boka Da Vinci. The systems reduce the vessels’ fuel consumption and associated...
Thecla Bodewes Shipyards launches fifth LABRAX vessel for Vertom
Thecla Bodewes Shipyards has launched the 7280-DWT vessel, MV Vertom Anette, for the Vertom Group. MV Vertom Anette is the fifth vessel out of twelve ordered by Vertom in the successful LABRAX series. The launch ceremony took place at Thecla Bodewes Shipyards'...
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