Largest LNG container ship calls at Rotterdam
On Wednesday 8 July, the CMA CGM Notre Dame made its maiden call at the Port of Rotterdam. With an LNG tank capacity of 18,600 m3, it is currently the largest LNG-powered container ship in the world. The dual-fuel vessel, which was christened in Le Havre on 2 July,...
VIDEO: First of Dutch navy’s updated landing craft launched
The Royal Netherlands Navy's first retrofitted Landing Craft Utility ship (LCU) was launched on 9 January. This took place at De Haas Shipyards in Rotterdam, which is carrying out the so-called midlife upgrade for all five LCUs. The upgrade will allow the vessels to...
Orca AI launches fully automated navigational assistant
Orca AI has unveiled SeaPod, a situational-awareness platform for ships, featuring eight highly sensitive cameras. The fully automated lookout uses artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision to assist the crew on the bridge. The system is said to provide...
Quiet but exciting rescue year for KNRM
The Royal Dutch Rescue Society (KNRM) looks back on a relatively quiet year, with on average fewer requests for help than in the past six years. At the same time, an exciting year because of preparations for the 200th anniversary in 2024. With special events, special...
Air Liquide to build CO2 capture unit in Port of Rotterdam
Air Liquide will build, own and operate a world-scale carbon capture unit, leveraging its proprietary Cryocap technology. The new unit will be installed at the Group’s hydrogen production plant located in the port of Rotterdam and will be connected to Porthos. Porthos...
Maritime industry becomes more important for Dutch economy
On behalf of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and in collaboration with the Dutch Maritime Network (Nederland Maritiem Land, NML), Ecorys and the Erasmus Centre for Urban, Port and Transport Economics (Erasmus UPT) carried out the annual monitoring...
Only slight impact of Red Sea unrest on Rotterdam throughput
The recent disruptions at the Red Sea entrance are anticipated to exert additional strain on the container terminals in January 2024. However, the overall impact on the port of Rotterdam's throughput is projected to be minimal. The Port of Rotterdam Authority foresees...
Maersk continues to re-route around Cape of Good Hope
Maersk has announced that all its vessels due to transit the Red Sea/Gulf of Aden will be diverted south around the Cape of Good Hope for the foreseeable future. According to IMO, at least eighteen shipping companies now re-route their vessels around South Africa....
Boskalis transports DolWin Epsilon platform
Boskalis has transported the DolWin Epsilon platform with its semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Mighty Servant 1. On 5 January, the 23,000-tonne high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter platform arrived in Haugesund, Norway. The platform will transmit the...
TU Delft faculty 3mE becomes Mechanical Engineering
The TU Delft's Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Science (3mE) drops maritime and materials from its name and is starting the new year as the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (ME). The name change took effect from 1 January. With this name, the faculty...
Bulk carrier boarded by pirates in Arabian Sea
The bulk carrier MV Lila Norfolk was approached, fired upon and boarded by seven pirates in a skiff launched from a mother vessel on 4 January in the North Arabian Sea. The crew mustered in the citadel, while an Indian navy vessel came to the ship's aid. The pirates...
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