IMO adopts first global Code for autonomous ships
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted a new International Code of Safety for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS Code). It was adopted at the 111th session of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) in London. The Code starts on a voluntary basis....
VIDEO: Allseas’ Hidden Gem collects first nodules from 4 kilometres below the sea’s surface
Mineral-rich polymetallic nodules have arrived on board Allseas' production vessel Hidden Gem following successful initial pilot collection runs in the Pacific. The collector vehicle amassed more than 14 tonnes of nodules during a one-hour collection run at 4380...
Seaqualize supplies DEME with offshore lifting tool for US offshore wind project
Seaqualize will supply its first newly developed offshore lifting device, the Heave Chief 1100, to DEME Offshore US. The latter will deploy the HC1100 on the first commercial scale wind farm installation project in the USA, Vineyard Wind. The tool is used to transfer...
What an underwater superyacht could look like
Dutch U-Boat Worx has revealed the design of a 1250-tonne, 37.5-metre yacht submarine, the Nautilus. The underwater superyacht could be built within thirty months and comes with a price tag of EU 25 million. Since Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea came out in...
Titan plans world’s largest bio-LNG plant in Amsterdam
Dutch maritime fuel supplier Titan will scale up liquified biomethane (LBM or bio-LNG) production in the Port of Amsterdam together with BioValue as biogas supplier. Linde has been contracted to perform the basic engineering. The plant will be able to supply 200,000...
Holland America Line’s new Rotterdam repeats first Rotterdam’s maiden voyage
Holland America Line's ship Rotterdam VII departed the city of Rotterdam on 15 October on a transatlantic crossing. It is a reenactment of the fifteen-day maiden voyage of the cruise company's first Rotterdam, 150 years ago. The crossing ends in New York, with...
Amasus orders four multi-purpose shortsea ships
Dutch shipping company Amasus has contracted Handelskade Shipsales and Bogazici Shipyard for a series of four open top multi-purpose shortsea cargo ships. These Eems B-types are engineered together with DEKC maritime, classed by Lloyd's Register and measure 89.95 x 14...
Will Germany deepen the Rhine to tackle low-water levels?
Germany has plans to deepen the Rhine river to tackle bottlenecks that occur during low-water periods. According to the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan (Bundesverkehrswegeplan) 2030, the navigation channel between St. Goar and Wiesbaden will be deepened from...
Next step for Scottish floating-wind-to-hydrogen demonstrator project
ERM has contracted Principle Power to advance the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for a wind-to-hydrogen Dolphyn 10-MW demonstrator project off the coast of Aberdeen. The contract was signed after the UK Government awarded ERM Dolphyn £ 8.62 million of funding....
DEME converts bulker into fallpipe vessel
In light of upgrading its fallpipe vessel fleet, DEME has bought a bulk carrier to convert it into a DP fallpipe vessel. Pax Ocean Shipyards of Singapore will perform the conversion works, which are to start in late October. DEME already operates the fallpipe vessels...
Don’t relax when the pilot comes on board
The Nautical Institute warns that a pilot boarding a vessel does not mean the bridge team can relax. In a recent Mars Report, this led to a near collision, where two vessels finally passed each other at just 35 metres. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of...
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