Damen offers cruise ship passengers dry dock experience
Damen Shiprepair has completed an exceptional project for AIDA Cruises’ vessel AIDAmar. The 253-metre cruise ship docked at Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam’s Botlek location for its annual bottom survey while carrying around 2000 passengers on board – an unusual and...
TU Delft launches Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion Research Programme
The urgency of decarbonisation is evident, yet large uncertainty exists in finding the best transition method. One of the solutions might be the use of hybrid ships that use the energy of wind as an auxiliary means of propulsion. This will be the topic of a new Delft...
Another collision in daylight and good visibility
Not following company procedures stipulating two persons on the bridge at all times and mobile phone use have resulted in a costly collision between a bulk carrier and an offshore supply vessel. The Nautical Insitute discusses the incident in its latest Mars Report....
Boskalis commissions 2 GWh shore power facility in Rotterdam
Boskalis commissioned a large-scale shore power facility on 14 November at its premises in the Waalhaven in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Boskalis vessels are (de)mobilised for own projects at this service centre. From now on, the moored vessels will switch off their...
Seaqualize conducts first transfer lifts from heaving ship
Dutch heave compensation specialist Seaqualize executed the world’s first offshore transfer lifts of wind turbine components from a heaving supply vessel. Its newly developed offshore lifting device, the Heave Chief 1100, is deployed by DEME Offshore US. Together with...
Wärtsilä launches world’s first 4-stroke ammonia engine
Wärtsilä has introduced the marine sector’s first commercially available 4-stroke engine-based solution for ammonia fuel. The new solution enables a significant advance in sustainable shipping operations. Zero-emission shipping company Viridis Bulk Carriers will be...
How DMC redesigned the Optima nozzle to provide more thrust
Rudder and steering systems specialist Damen Marine Components (DMC) launched the new and improved Optima nozzle at Europort 2023 in Rotterdam last week. The optimised design provides over three per cent extra thrust with the same engine power. The original Optima was...
SWZ|Maritime’s November 2023 issue: This issue is all about engineering
Actually, it is of course obvious for the maritime professional that shipbuilding and shipping is almost all about engineering. The best ship has the best technology, is safe, reliable and future-proof, i.e. adaptable to achieve zero emissions of climate-threatening...
Smooth sailing for hydrogen vessels?
From the magazine - Now that the Dutch SH2IPDrive project exploring hydrogen as a maritime fuel is about halfway through its four-year duration, we can start to see the initial results and concrete actions. What do we know about the ships’ energy demand? What are...
Severe injury during routine task
Shortcuts and complacency can easily work their way into common everyday tasks. A recent Mars Report by The Nautical Institute gives an example of this behaviour, which resulted in a serious injury for a crew member. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of maritime...
Ferus Smit launches first tanker of new class, Thun Resource
On Friday, the 10th of November, Ferus Smit launched the Thun Resource at its shipyard in Leer, Germany. The R-Class tanker is the first in a series of six to be built for Erik Thun A.B./Thun Tankers. The R-Class vessels are a further development of the E-class...
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