Oceanbird completes sea trial with Wing560 on car carrier
Oceanbird has completed the installation of Wing560 on Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s 230-metre car carrier Tirranna. The company has since then been finalising the retrofit and completed a harbour acceptance test (HAT) and sea acceptance test (SAT). DNV granted the design...
Climate neutral island supply vessel for Marshall Islands launched
As part of an international climate protection project with the participation of Emden/Leer University of Applied Sciences, the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) has commissioned the construction of a new island supply vessel with sail propulsion for...
Neptun and Smulders to build offshore converter stations
The Meyer Group, which includes Neptun Werft in Warnemünde, is joining forces with the Belgian company Smulders to build offshore converter platforms at the Warnemünde site. To this end, they will launch two companies: Neptun Smulders Offshore Renewables and Neptun...
Royal Huisman sportfish yacht nears completion
Royal Huisman Project 406 has left Hall 2 of the shipyard’s newbuild facilities in Vollenhove for installation of its upper deck, sun awning hardtop and radar mast. The 52-metre Alustar aluminum motor yacht is the world’s largest true sportfish yacht. The yacht...
ECSA calls for affordable marine fuels before vote on trucks CO2 standards
Ahead of the European Parliament (EP) plenary vote on CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles, European shipowners, gathered in the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA), highlight once more the urgent need to make clean affordable fuels available for...
First newbuild hydrogen inland vessel Antonie performs trials
Lenten Scheepvaart (the Netherlands) will go down in history as the owner of the world's first-ever newbuild hydrogen-powered inland shipping barge. The hydrogen electric cargo ship Antonie was realised by Concordia Damen. The ship is considered an important step...
No guts, no Dutch glory, but sometimes being bold is not enough
From the magazine - It is a beautiful, appealing, because ambitious title given to the Maritime Manufacturing Industry Sector Agenda. "No Guts, No Dutch Glory" certainly sounded promising at the presentation on Thursday 26 October at the RDM Werf in...
Kenmare orders custom mining dredgers from IHC
Kenmare Resources plc and IHC Mining have signed the contract for the delivery of two large customised mining dredgers. The dredgers will be electrically powered by using renewable hydro-electric power. The two dredgers will each have a total installed power of 6800...
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...
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