Gas carrier, dredger and CSOV up for Ship of the Year 2026
The KNVTS has revealed the three nominees for the Ship of the Year Award 2026. They are: gas carrier Carbon Destroyer I – Royal Niestern Sander, cutter dredger Rotterdam 26 – DE Klop BV, and commissioning service operation vessel Windcat Rotterdam – Damen Shipyards....
Dutch Ministry of Defence signs contract for four new frigates
Damen and Thales Netherlands will definitively design, build and deliver the four new Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) frigates. Two for the Dutch navy and two for the Belgian navy. Dutch State Secretary of Defence Christophe van der Maat signed the contracts today, 29...
Europe’s large shipbuilding in dire straits
It is clear that the European large shipbuilding industry is struggling. What can we say about where we are now when we look at what was being built by European yards around the end of last century and what we are doing today? Do we still have a position in the world...
In SWZ|Maritime in June 2023: Dutch shipbuilding and the last Maritime Monthly
For seventeen years, since June 2006, our fellow editor Gerrit de Boer made his column Maritime Monthly (Maand Maritiem) for every issue of SWZ|Maritime, listing all orders for, launches at and deliveries from our Dutch shipyards. But all good things come to an end...
The safeguards needed to mitigate the risks of ammonia as fuel
Safety risks of ammonia as a fuel can only be mitigated if effective technical and operational safeguards are implemented whilst addressing human factors considerations. This follows from a study by the Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub and the Maersk...
VIDEO: FSO Safer oil transfer preparations almost completed
Over the past two weeks, further good progress has been made by Smit Salvage to prepare the FSO Safer for the oil transfer phase of the operation. Recent work has focused on inspecting and reinstating equipment on board the FSO Safer. This includes various winches...
Mv Helge ready to set sail again
On Friday morning, 9 September 2022, MF Shipping Group's mv Helge was involved in a collision off the coast of Denmark. The ship had suffered considerable damage, but on Wednesday 21 June, after months of repair work, the vessel is ready to sail the seas again. The...
Wärtsilä to convert Stena Line ferries to methanol
Wärtsilä has been contracted by Swedish ferry operator Stena Line to carry out the conversion of some of its vessels to operate with methanol fuel. The conversions will include the fuel supply system and engine modifications, as well as integrating the new...
Hong Kong Convention on ship recycling to enter into force
After fourteen years since adoption by the International Maritime Organization, the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (Hong Kong Convention) will enter into force. It comes after Bangladesh and Liberia...
Maersk orders six more methanol-powered container ships
Maersk has made an order of six mid-sized container vessels – all having dual-fuel engines able to operate on green methanol. Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group will build the six 9000 TEU vessels, which will be delivered in 2026 and 2027. 'With this order, we take...
‘Offshore wind energy is becoming too expensive’
The offshore wind energy is facing multiple challenges, such as bureaucracy, rising cost, a lack of standardisation, and a shortage of workers. That is why participants of the Offshore Day that took place on 15 June call for complexity reduction. The Offshore Day,...
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