SWZ|Maritime’s April 2024 issue: Innovative inland navigation
Isn't that impressive, the front page of our April issue, as full as the harbours of Werkendam are with inland navigation vessels? Of course, a ship is primarily a tool that must sail to transport cargo, otherwise no money is made, skippers have no income and loans...
First hybrid electric Feadship superyacht gears up for trials
Project 1012 has exited the construction shed at the Feadship facility in Makkum. Fitting out will continue as the yacht is readied for sea trials prior to delivery. It is the first Feadship superyacht to carry full Hybrid Electric Class notation. With design by Sinot...
‘Pandemic slashed 24.6M TEU from container market’
'Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the global container market grew only 1.5 per cent from 171.0 million TEU in 2019 to 173.5 million TEU in 2023. Without the pandemic, that figure would have been 24.6 million higher, landing at 198.1 million in 2023,' says Niels...
Over-pressurised keel bladder sends warning shot across the bow
A cruise vessel in Antarctic waters offered sightseeing excursions to passengers using small inflatable open boats. On one occasion, the keel bladder of the boat suddenly ruptured in an explosion-like occurrence. One passenger was severely injured and another was...
Container throughput Rotterdam on the rise in first quarter
Total throughput at the port of Rotterdam fell by 1.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period last year. However, container throughput was on the rise, with a 3.3 per cent uptick. In the first three months of this year, throughput was 110.1...
How ports can supply green methanol and ammonia by 2030
A new report outlines strategies for ports to become first movers in providing green methanol and ammonia bunkering. It provides insights into the sources of green methanol and ammonia that could be available to the shipping industry and how ports can secure supply to...
HGK develops inland tanker for shipping ammonia and LCO2
HGK Shipping is introducing a groundbreaking inland waterway vessel design with the project name Pioneer. Equipped with innovative tank and loading systems, it will transport gases in liquefied forms, particularly cold liquefied ammonia (NH3) and liquefied carbon...
Hapag-Lloyd and Seaspan to retrofit five vessels to methanol propulsion
Hapag-Lloyd and Seaspan Corporation have partnered up to retrofit and convert five 10,100 TEU container ships powered by conventional MAN S90 engines to dual-fuel engines capable of operating on methanol. Following the engine retrofit, the vessels will continue to be...
VIDEO: Van Oord completes Spain’s largest beach restoration yet
Van Oord has completed the largest beach restoration in Spain’s history, restoring the beaches south of the city of Valencia to their original size. The beaches have been slowly eroding since 1965. The Spanish government contracted the joint venture of Van Oord...
Meriaura orders two biofuel-powered vessels from Royal Bodewes
Meriaura has signed a delivery contract for two Ecotrader cargo ships with the Dutch shipyard Royal Bodewes. According to the contract, the ships will be built in Hoogezand in Holland and their delivery will take place in January and December 2026. The ordered...
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...