Pin holes create pathway to fatal reckoning
Vessels with common bulkheads between cargo holds and crew accommodation require extra scrutiny when it comes to the dangers of phosphine gas used for fumigation. The Nautical Institute describes a fatal accident in a new Mars Report. The Nautical Institute gathers...
Value Maritime supplies carbon capture systems for new container ships
For the first time, Value Maritime will supply its Filtree System with carbon capture to newbuild container ships. Purus Marine and Nordic Hamburg placed the order. The systems will be installed on four container vessels to be operated by BG Freight Line. The contract...
Construction of Acta Marine’s new methanol-powered CSOV kicks off
The steel cutting ceremony of the first of two DP2 construction service operating vessels (CSOVs) for Acta Marine took place on 18 January at Tersan Shipyard. The vessels will be methanol MDO/HVO powered and are the first to feature Ulstein's Twin X-Stern design. The...
‘Hundreds of thousands of seafarers will soon need training to decarbonise shipping’
A study commissioned by the Maritime Just Transition Task Force and performed by DNV investigates what training and skills seafarers will need to be able to support shipping's decarbonisation. Depending on how fast this will happen, this could involve 450,000...
Jan De Nul’s Les Alizés headed for Europe
Jan De Nul's next generation heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés has left the CMHI Haimen Shipyard in China and is currently on its way to Europe. The vessel was delivered by the shipyard on 16 January and departed on 19 January. Les Alizés is specifically designed for...
Van Oord wins Millport flood protection contract
Van Oord has signed a contract with North Ayrshire Council to construct a flood protection scheme for Millport, on the island of Great Cumbrae, UK. Preparations have already started and construction is due to commence in March. The scheme includes the works to improve...
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...
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