1478 containers lost at sea in 2025, above three-year average
The World Shipping Council (WSC) has released its annual Containers Lost at Sea Report, showing that an estimated 1478 containers were lost at sea in 2025 out of approximately 280 million transported globally. This is equivalent to 0.0005 percent of global containers...
PowerCon to install shore power for Cruiseport Rotterdam
Danish PowerCon A/S has been appointed to realise the shore power installation of Cruiseport Rotterdam. Once realised, Cruiseport Rotterdam will be ahead of European regulations, which state that by 2030 all cruise ships in European ports must use shore power. The use...
VIDEO: Royal Huisman delivers 47-metre sailing yacht Nilaya
The 47-metre high-performance cruiser Nilaya has departed from Royal Huisman’s facilities in Amsterdam following sea trials on the North Sea and subsequent delivery. Project 405 was transported earlier this year from the yard’s newbuild facilities in Vollenhove in...
Niestern Sander cuts steel for EasyMax 4 for Wagenborg
Construction of the fourth EasyMax vessel for Royal Wagenborg has started with a steel cutting ceremony. The new multi-purpose vessel is being built at shipyard Royal Niestern Sander and is expected to be delivered and put into operation in 2024. The EasyMax concept...
How Dutch startup wants to harness ocean current energy
Equinox Ocean Turbines has developed a revolutionary turbine that could become the third clean energy source. The turbine features a 50-metre diameter concrete blade. Located at each end are smaller turbines that allow the generation of up to 3 MW of electricity at...
tkMS wants to build submarines for and in India
thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited on the intended construction of conventional, airindependent-propulsion submarines on 7 June. tkMS will be responsible for engineering, design and...
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...
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