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...
Expedition cruise ship Ocean Explorer pulled free
A new refloat attempt of the Ocean Explorer has proven successful. This morning (local time), the expedition cruise ship that grounded off Greenland was pulled free by the Institute of Natural Resources’ research vessel Tarajoq. On Monday afternoon, 11 September, West...
Port of Rotterdam launches remote-controlled drone project
For the first time, the Port of Rotterdam Authority has received authorisation to test a drone that is controlled from the Command & Control Centre in the Harbour Coordination Centre of the Harbour Master Division. The actual drone will take off 40 kilometres away...
EC President names first methanol container ship Laura Maersk
The world’s first methanol-enabled container vessel will carry the name Laura Mærsk. The EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen revealed this today, 14 September, at a ceremony in Copenhagen. The name was revealed in the Port of Copenhagen on Thursday during a...
Scot Carrier and Karin Høj had no lookouts during fatal collision
At 0327 on 13 December 2021, the UK registered general cargo ship Scot Carrier and the Denmark registered split hopper barge Karin Høj collided resulting in two fatalities. The UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has found neither vessel had a dedicated...
PortLiner signs berth deal with Port of Rotterdam for charging pontoon
On Wednesday 13 September, PortLiner signed a contract with the Port of Rotterdam Authority for the berth of the charging and storage pontoon that PortLiner is preparing. This is a pontoon where electrolyte will be charged with electricity to supply power to electric...
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Expedition cruise ship Ocean Explorer grounds off Greenland [UPDATED]
The expedition cruise ship Ocean Explorer ran aground in Alpefjord, in the national park in Northeast Greenland, on Monday afternoon. The Danish Joint Arctic Command reports a first refloat attempt has failed. On Monday afternoon, 11 September, West Greenlandic time,...
Heerema installs west Alpha topside for TenneT
With the help of Heerema Marine Contractors' crane vessel Thialf, the superstructure (topside) for the offshore transformer platform Hollandse Kust (west Alpha) was successfully placed on the jacket. The topside is located some 50 kilometres off the coast of Egmond...
How MARIN verifies Tetrahedron’s new tag line system
For the past two years, MARIN has supported Dutch startup Tetrahedron to design, verify and improve the performance of an innovative tag line system applied on its novel crane. The Tetrahedron crane was winner of the 2020 Offshore Wind Innovators Award. The...
Paltry PPU position predictor leads to grounding
GPS "smoothing" can make a portable pilotage unit (PPU) less accurate. This was one of the contributory factors in a vessel grounding discussed in The Nautical Institute's latest Mars Report. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of maritime accidents and...
Concordia Damen to deliver new type of river pusher to Girona
Paraguayan shipowner and operator Girona S.A. – Rio Sur Transporte y Logistica has contracted Dutch inland shipping construction yard Concordia Damen to build a CDS4115 Shallow Draught 5400 HP River Pusher. The pusher has been specifically designed for local...
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