RINA Maritime Innovation Award for Eco Boss Cap
EcoNavis Solutions’ founder Dr Batuhan Aktas has been awarded the prestigious Royal Institution of Naval Architects’ Maritime Innovation Award. He receives the prize for developing and commercialising the energy efficient Eco Boss Cap propeller hub. Eco Boss Cap...
Dutch Pilotage Service orders four new tenders at NGS
The Nederlands Loodswezen (Dutch Pilotage Service) has ordered our M-class jet-driven pilot tenders at Next Generation Shipyards (NGS). The vessels are to replace four 1996 Discovery-class tenders and will serve in the various pilotage regions of the country. The...
Erik Thun orders eight new vessels at Ferus Smit
Erik Thun AB has ordered eight new vessels with Dutch shipyard Ferus Smit. The contract consists of four multi-purpose dry cargo vessels of 5100 DWT with ice class 1B and four 7999-DWT coastal tankers. The multi-purpose are the next generation of Erik Thun's Troll-Max...
Wärtsilä: Maritime progress at risk over fears of digitalisation
Despite 78 per cent of industry professionals agreeing that change and technological innovation is a positive thing for the maritime industry, almost half (45 per cent) admit to having a volatile attitude towards technology. Over a third (36 per cent) say they are...
Grimaldi orders five more ammonia-ready car carriers
Grimaldi Group has ordered five new ammonia-ready pure car & truck carrier (PCTC) vessels, with an option for another two units, with subsidiaries of China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC). The shipping company placed a similar order for five such...
NMT: Dutch companies should build new Rijksrederij fleet
Netherlands Maritime Technology (NMT) presented a petition to Dutch parliament on 17 January on the importance of involving Dutch companies in the replacement of as many as ninety ships of the Rijksrederij in the coming years. This is necessary to remain competitive...
First Oceanbird type wind-powered vessel wins EU funding
Wallenius Wilhelmsen and project partners have secured a Horizon Europe funding totalling EUR 9 million to support building a RoRo sailing vessel of the Oceanbird type. Over the next five years, all aspects of planning, building, and operating a wind-powered vessel,...
Oceanco completes major rebuild of 23-year-old megayacht
Delivered in 2000 as H, this 105-metre superyacht returned to Oceanco for a major transformation, which the Dutch yacht builder calls 'practically unprecedented in its scale and nature'. The yacht was relaunched last week with a completely new superstructure and is...
Boskalis lands 100th offshore wind farm contract
Boskalis has acquired the contract to construct a large offshore wind farm off the United States coastline. It is the 100th offshore wind farm project that the offshore contractor has worked on over the past decade. The project scope includes the transportation and...
New committee to address issues impacting Filipino seafarers
Earlier this month, it became clear that the European Commission may stop recognising Filipino seafarers’ competency certifications after it was found the country does not comply with STCW regulations. Shipping industry leaders have now established a new advisory...
Anthony Veder to provide shuttling service for DRG’s FSRU
Anthony Veder has committed three LNG carriers to Deutsche ReGas (DRG) for its new floating LNG terminal in Lubmin, Germany, and took a participation in the same terminal. The floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) serving as terminal was officially launched...
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