RAD launches remote control for existing propulsion systems
RAD has launched the RAD Autonomy Core designed to make vessels remotely controllable. Built to integrate with existing propulsion and onboard systems, the Autonomy Core provides a practical pathway to advanced marine autonomy, without compromising on safety or...
Damen Services and Mc Energy to supply new shore power solution
Damen Services and Mc Energy have signed an agreement to bring an innovative shore power solution to the market. Damen B-Shore can connect ships worldwide to local shore power safely and reliably. The agreement was signed on 20 October 2022. Providing ships with shore...
How an offshore supply vessel collided twice in 45 minutes
Too many assumptions and too little communication can lead to bad outcomes. That is what The Nautical Institute has to say about an accident in which an offshore supply vessel collided with a Coast Guard buoy tender twice in 45 minutes. The incident is covered in the...
Sailing freighter Canopée reaches Netherlands to be completed at Neptune
Neptune Marine will start completion of the sailing freighter Canopée at its yard in Hardinxveld-Giessendam. The vessel reached the Netherlands after being towed by the shipbuilder's EuroTug Neptun11. The vessel was built at the Partner Stoczina shipyard in Szczecin,...
Throughput Port of Rotterdam remains steady
In the first nine months of 2022, almost the same freight volume was handled in the Port of Rotterdam as last year: 351 million tonnes (+0.3%). There are some underlying major differences, though, especially due to the war in Ukraine, the sanctions against Russia, and...
How Huisman’s new composite casings will help turn CO2 into stone
Carbfix has contracted Huisman for the delivery and installation of Huisman Composite Tubulars. The pipe system will be installed in the pilot well of the Coda Terminal, a large carbon transport and storage hub in Iceland. The company has developed a process that...
MSC to acquire towage company Rimorchiatori Mediterranei
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to acquire all of the share capital of Rimorchiatori Mediterranei S.p.A. Rimorchiatori is an international leading towage operator active in Italy, Malta, Singapore, Malaysia, Norway, Greece and Colombia. MSC will acquire the...
Dutch navy’s new Combat Support Ship Den Helder floated
The Dutch navy's new Combat Support Ship Den Helder is taking more and more shape at Damen's Romanian yard in Galati. Just over a week ago, the vessel was moved to a deeper part of the dock and floated. Over the past six months, a lot of hard work has gone into...
Two dead and two missing after water taxi and ferry collide near Terschelling
The Netherlands Coast Guard launched a major search and rescue operation after the water taxi Stormloper and ferry Tiger collided on 21 October in the Dutch Wadden Sea. Two people were killed in the collision. Two others, including a 12-year-old child, are still...
Is there still a future for LNG as a shipping fuel?
Last month, a vigorous discussion unfolded, also among SWZ's editors, about the future of LNG as a fuel for shipping. The environmental movement interprets the energy transition and the pursuit of zero-emission shipping as a complete ban on the use of fossil fuels...
Neptune Energy: Dutch energy security at risk without investment allowance
Neptune Energy has called on the Dutch government to introduce an investment allowance in its plans to raise levies on energy companies. Such an allowance is to avoid risks to the country’s energy security and net zero targets. The government intends to significantly...
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