Recognition for Dutch maritime role in D-Day
More than eighty years after D-Day, a commemorative plaque has been unveiled in Arromanches-les-Bains, France. It honours the contribution of Dutch merchant navy and Royal Netherlands Navy personnel to the Allied landings of 6 June 1944. The initiative came from the...
Rotterdam gets world’s first large-scale Battolyser factory
The world’s first large-scale Battolyser factory will be constructed in the Port of Rotterdam to meet soaring demand for green hydrogen and electricity storage. The 1 GW per annum Battolyser factory will be located in the M4H area, an industrial site in the heart of...
Wagenborg adds another four multi-purpose vessels to its fleet
After adding four multi-purpose vessels to its fleet in October, Royal Wagenborg has repeated this feat in November and early December. The shipping company acquired the Sprinter, Daan, Panta Rhei and Ashley. On 2 November, the MV Sprinter was transferred to Wagenborg...
Zero-emission container ship design granted AiP
Lloyd's Register has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) for the ZULU Mass vessel design. This 100-metre shortsea vessel is set to be one of the first of its kind to have the capability of operating autonomously as a zero-emission container ship in the English Channel...
USCG: Lack of situational awareness and poor BRM caused Ever Forward grounding
The US Coast Guard (USCG) completed its marine casualty investigation on 6 December into the grounding of the container ship Ever Forward on 13 March 2022. The incident’s causal factors were the pilot’s failure to maintain situational awareness and attention while...
Damen supplies dredger for fleet expansion in Argentina
Argentinian contractor Merco Vial S.A. has ordered a Damen CSD650. This cutter suction dredger (CSD) will expand the current fleet shortly. The delivery of the CSD650 includes the supply of a matching booster station, enhancing the flexibility of the set-up immensely....
What can be taken away from the fatal accident aboard tug En Avant 7?
On 25 August 2021, a fatal accident occurred on board tug En Avant 7 while assisting a bulk carrier. The Dutch Safety Board investigated the accident and gives a number of recommendations to prevent such incidents in the future. The incident occurred in the Eastern...
Maersk pulls plug on blockchain initiative TradeLens
Maersk and IBM have decided to withdraw the TradeLens offerings and discontinue the blockchain-enabled trade platform. The companies say that although a viable platform was developed, the need for full global industry collaboration has not been achieved. 'TradeLens...
GCMD plans to study offloading of shipboard captured CO2
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) wants to evaluate the safety, technical and operational requirements for offloading shipboard captured CO2 during port calls. The outcomes of a study to this effect are to enable the offloading of liquefied carbon...
Shipping Technology and SEAFAR to boost semi-autonomous inland navigation
SEAFAR and Shipping Technology have joined forces. The companies seek to combine SEAFAR's remote and semi-autonomous navigation technology with the latter's autonomous and data-driven management systems based on artificial intelligence (AI) for joint value...
IHC to supply design and hardware of locally built TSHD for DCI
IHC Dredging has signed a deal with Cochin Shipyard for a design and engineering, hardware and support package for the licensed construction of a Beagle 12 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). Cochin Shipyard will build the TSHD for the Dredging Corporation of...
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