Dutch pilots to train on customised VSTEP simulator
The Dutch Pilotage Service Organisation has commissioned a customised VSTEP NAUTIS simulator to train crews involved in pilot transfer operations. The simulator has been specifically configured to replicate the handling characteristics and bridge layout of the...
Portuguese Navy orders multi-purpose drone carrier from Damen
The Portuguese Navy has contracted Damen Shipyards Group for the design, construction and outfitting of a state-of-the-art Multi-Purpose Vessel. The vessel will be capable of deploying unmanned drones and helicopters. The contract was signed by Director of Ships Rear...
Maersk signs landmark green methanol offtake agreement
An offtake agreement between A.P. Moller-Maersk and Chinese developer Goldwind is to enable long-term annual volumes of 500 KT of methanol to power the first twelve large methanol-enabled Maersk vessels on order. First volumes are expected in 2026. The offtake...
World’s first methanol-fuelled engine ordered for VLCC
China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), daughter company of China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI), has ordered an MAN B&W 7G80ME-LGIM (Liquid Gas Injection Methanol) main engine for a very large crude carrier (VLCC). The first such dual-fuel methanol order for the...
Van Oord installs first turbine at South Fork offshore wind farm
Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus has installed the first of twelve turbines at the South Fork offshore wind farm. South Fork is the first offshore wind project in the State of New York. Van Oord was chosen by the fifty-fifty joint venture partnership...
Scrap metal fire extinguished, but vessel sinks
Masters and crew should be aware of the most efficient fire fighting methods on their ship and quickly be able to put these into practice. The Nautical Institute gives this advice in its latest Mars Report, in which a vessel sank after a scrap metal fire. The Nautical...
Thecla Bodewes Shipyards launches Vertom Anne Marit
Thecla Bodewes Shipyards has launched the 7280-DWT vessel MV Vertom Anne Marit for the Vertom Group. The launch ceremony took place at Thecla Bodewes Shipyards in Kampen on 23 November. The ceremony celebrated the strong relationship between culmination of meticulous...
Subsidy for green innovations on Damen Combi Freighter
Damen Shipyards’ client Gerdes Green has received a subsidy from the German government for sustainable innovations for a Damen Combi Freighter (CF) 3850 currently under construction, as well as for a second vessel. This CF 3850 Hybrid is to reduce the environmental...
Yara to ship captured CO2 to Norway for subsea storage
Yara International, a global ammonia player, and Northern Lights, a CO2 transport and storage supplier, have signed a binding commercial agreement, enabling the first cross-border transportation and storage of CO2. Yara aims to reduce its annual CO2-emissions by...
A global standard for ship recycling
From the magazine - From June 2025, the Hong Kong Convention (HKC) will rule worldwide ship recycling activities. The HKC is expected to have a significant impact on ship recycling practices worldwide, and a step towards one unified global standard. Ir Martijn van...
MAN solution aims for 70% reduction in methane slip
MAN Energy Solutions is developing an oxidation catalyst for four-stroke engines that will significantly reduce methane slip. Called "IMOKAT II" and developed at the company's headquarters in Augsburg, Germany, the research project is currently undergoing testing at...
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