Record number of visitors for Seawork 2026
Advertorial – Europe's leading commercial marine and workboat exhibition, Seawork, closes its doors on another landmark year, welcoming record numbers of visitors and a global community of maritime professionals to Southampton's Mayflower Park. Seawork 2026 has...
Nesec finances carbon neutral event vessel Oceandiva London
Nesec is the main lender for the Oceandiva London, built at VEKA Shipyards, the Netherlands. Merging innovative architectural design with the latest technology, Oceandiva London is a 2.2MW powered battery CO2-neutral event vessel and will be the first carbon-neutral...
PortLiner to build two zero-emission inland ships
PortLiner intends to build two 135 x 14.50 m (429 TEU) inland waterway ships of the PortLiner “DUTCH” design. The company has now received a recommendation from Lloyd's Register for the concept flow battery on board these inland vessels, which allows zero-emission...
EC President to be godmother of Maersk’s first methanol vessel
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission (EC), has accepted to be named godmother of A.P. Moller-Maersk’s new feeder vessel. It will be the world’s first ever container vessel sailing on green methanol. The Commission President will formally name...
‘Falling freight rates threaten safety and decarbonisation progress in shipping’
The decline in freight rates threatens future investments in safety and decarbonisation. It could also impact maintenance levels and risk management budgets, according to the latest Allianz Safety & Shipping Review 2023. Following the post-pandemic boom in...
LR, SDARI, MAN & MSC to develop ammonia-fuelled container ship
Lloyd’s Register (LR), Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) and MAN Energy Solutions (MAN-ES) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a design for the ammonia dual-fuel operation of an MSC...
Ardmore makes three more tankers carbon capture ready
Product and chemical tanker company Ardmore Shipping Corporation has ordered Value Maritime’s carbon capture ready and emissions-reducing Filtree systems, including the Clean Loop system, for a further three MR Tankers. The company had already ordered six such systems...
SkillSea: Maritime professionals need to be up- and reskilled
Maritime professionals need to be up- and reskilled on a large scale. Rapidly emerging technologies, digital transformation on ships and in ship operations, and an increased focus on sustainability require future-proof skills. As an outcome of European Union funded...
IHC finally has large custom order in sight with TSHD for Boskalis
Royal IHC and Boskalis have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for the construction of a 31,000 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). It is precisely the type of order IHC has been waiting for after its restructuring. It also allows the shipbuilder to reopen its...
Dutch maritime industry had difficult year, but order books on the rise
Dutch yacht building and short sea are doing well, but all other categories of the Dutch maritime manufacturing industry are struggling. Trade association Netherlands Maritime Technology (NMT) draws this conclusion in its annual report 2023. Yet, there is a silver...
Inland vessel Zulu 4 sails autonomously in Belgium
After an autonomous trial with coastal cargo vessel Eidsvaag Pioner in Norway, Kongsberg Maritime has completed a second live trial with inland waterway barge Zulu 4 in Bornem, Belgium. The barge is equipped for remote-operated and autonomous transport demonstrations...
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