Design of USVs for new ASW frigates begins
The new Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy will each be equipped with a 12-metre unmanned surface vessel (USV). At the end of July, the Dutch Ministry of Defence gave Dutch Naval Design (DND) the go-ahead to start the design. DND is a...
New trailing hopper simulator for MIWB
The Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz (MIWB) on Terschelling, the Netherlands, will acquire a new trailing hopper simulator. An investment from the Training and Development Fund for Hydraulic Engineering (Opleidings- en Ontwikkelingsfonds Waterbouw) enables the...
Tidy up or trip: Keep your deck free of clutter
Keep walkways free of clutter, also during dry dock work. This is The Nautical Instute's warning in one of its latest Mars Reports, in which a trip and fall of a crew member led to an injury. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of maritime accidents and...
Royal IHC and Kalypso ink LoI for cable lay vessel
Royal IHC and Kalypso Offshore Energy have signed a letter of intent (LoI) to build America’s first innovative Jones Act compliant cable lay vessel (CLV) for the offshore wind market. The 5000-tonne CLV is to be built in the USA. Kalypso, an emerging contractor for...
Damen Naval contracts Hatenboer for ASW Frigates
Damen Naval will partner with Hatenboer-Water on all freshwater systems on board the four Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Frigates that the shipyard is building for the Netherlands and Belgium. With this contract, Damen Naval has once again found a Dutch supplier for 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...
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