SEAFAR to demonstrate remote-controlled inland navigation in Germany
With the establishment of a German initiative, SEAFAR aims to advance remote-controlled and crew-reduced inland navigation on German waterways on the path towards a (semi) autonomous future. The inland shipping companies HGK Shipping and Reederei Deymann provide seven...
Feadship to present new concept yacht Slice at Monaco Yacht Show
The 2022 Monaco Yacht Show will host the debut of Feadship’s latest concept yacht. Reflecting both the opinions of current superyacht owners and new design ideas from Studio De Voogt, 85-metre Slice reimagines ways to bring natural light to a yacht’s interior,...
When two anchors are not enough
Always check if a ship is stable after anchoring. The Nautical Institute gives this warning in its latest Mars Report in which a loaded general cargo vessel started dragging anchor and collided with another anchored vessel and a shore dock. The Nautical Institute...
Dutch Safety Board investigates increasingly crowded North Sea waters
The Dutch Safety Board is starting an investigation into the increasing crowdedness of the North Sea. The construction of, among other things, wind farms and the increase in shipping with ever larger ships are making the North Sea a lot busier. The Dutch Safety Board...
Meriaura and Wärtsilä plan to order project cargo vessel sailing on green ammonia
Green NortH2 Energy, Meriaura and Wärtsilä have signed Letter of Intent for building of a project cargo vessel that runs on green ammonia. The delivery of the vessel is targeted for 2024 and it is planned to start operating on green ammonia in 2026. The vessel will be...
VIDEO: Cargo vessel Sea Eagle starts listing and sinks in Turkey
The general cargo vessel Sea Eagle, which was moored in İskenderun Port, started to list to starboard due to the imbalance in the cargo weight distribution on 18 September. Efforts to stabilise the ship were unsuccessful and its sinking could not be prevented....
HAL succeeds in Boskalis takeover, company to be delisted
At the conclusion of the Post-Acceptance Period on 20 September, HAL managed to acquire a further 13.7 per cent of the issued share capital of Boskalis. This brings the total shares that will soon be in the hands of HAL to 98.3 per cent of all shares. As a result,...
Optimism about decarbonisation under threat of a China-US war
Times change for better and for worse, that much was obvious at the latest SMM, which took place from 5 to 9 September in Hamburg. Here, some 30,000 maritime professionals could meet once again after a four-year break from live exhibitions. Better times are coming as...
SWZ|Maritime’s September 2022 issue: Dutch yachting from leisure to industry
With the outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine, the focus of the media was immediately on the superyachts of the Russian oligarchs. Except for the problems with the Russian ownership of Heesen, which has been transferred to a Dutch foundation controlled by CEO...
Damen Shipyards to develop new anchor handling vessels to support floating offshore wind
Damen Shipyards is developing a new class of vessel that will be capable of supporting the next big development in offshore wind; the roll-out of large-scale floating offshore wind turbines. These turbines will require chains and anchors of unprecedented sizes as well...
RoRo vessel collides with tug while reversing and turning at the same time
The Nautical Institute warns that a vessel moving in two directions is harder to control while such a manoeuvre may also affect situational awareness. This was the case in the Institute's latest Mars Report, which saw a reversing and turning RoRo vessel collide with a...
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