Wattlab launches battery system for inland shipping
Rotterdam-based Wattlab is introducing WEstack: a standardised battery system for inland shipping that can be installed on board within a single working day. With WEstack, Wattlab aims to remove two key barriers to applying battery systems: the high cost and long...
VIDEO: Is this what a floating city will look like?
Lazzarini Design has unveiled Pangeos, the terayacht. The Pangeos is an itinerant floating city, comprising various hotels, shopping centres, parks, ship and aircraft ports, and all other facilities needed to house up to 60,000 people in the middle of the sea. The...
Huisman wins Japan’s first Monopile Gripper order
TOA Corporation and Obayashi in Japan has contracted Huisman for the delivery of a state-of-the-art Monopile Gripper. The gripper allows TOA and Obayashi to upend and install monopiles without using a separate upending bucket, improving safety and efficiency of...
Ship repair sector grows and thrives in Rotterdam’s Waalhaven
The Dutch ship repair sector is flourishing after a number of lean years. The cluster of medium-sized repair yards in the Rotterdam Waalhaven plays a growing role in this. They are very busy and have grown in number. For example, De Haas Maassluis opened subsidiary De...
Van Oord’s Nexus rescues 49 refugees
After Jan De Nul announced to have rescued refugees with its offshore installation vessel Simon Stevin yesterday, now Van Oord reveals it has done the same thing. With its cable laying vessel Nexus, the Dutch contractor picked up 49 refugees in the Mediterranean Sea....
Meyer Werft to complete Global Dream cruise ship for Disney
Disney Cruise Line has acquired the partially completed cruise ship Global Dream and has contracted Meyer Werft to finish it. The ship had been under the care of an administrator after MV Werften filed for bankruptcy in January 2022. It will now set sail in 2025 and...
Jan De Nul crew rescues fifteen refugees at sea
During a sea journey from Turkey to Belgium, Jan De Nul crew on board the offshore installation vessel Simon Stevin noticed a sloop with fifteen refugees on Thursday evening, 10 November. Eight men, two women and five children had been drifting for several days on the...
Renewed prospects for ship repair after years of slump
The Dutch ship repair sector for sea-going vessels is currently doing well, better than it did until two years ago. Previously, there was a steady downward trend for this sector in a mainly regional market. But partly due to the Covid pandemic and despite lower rates...
SWZ|Maritime’s November 2022 issue: Innovative ships and an inventive approach
It's not that we asked for it, because it adds considerable extra stress when the deadline for the November issue falls on the morning after the Maritime Awards Gala 2022. And celebrating is not very convenient when there is still a lot of work to be done to include...
How Feadship plans to power yachts ready for future fuels
Like most superyacht builders, Feadship is looking to design and build yachts in the most eco-friendly way possible. The Dutch company has now received approval in principle for its agnostic fuel system. This flexible system can work with both the fuels of today and...
Crew member without PPE suffers hot sludge burns
Don't forget personal protective equipment (PPE) when carrying out maintenance tasks on board a ship an expect the unexpected. The Nautical Institute gives this advice in its latest Mars Report, in which an engineer suffered hot sludge burns. The Nautical Institute...
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