Watertight door fatality on research vessel
In a new Mars Report, The Nautical Institute describes a fatal accident with a watertight door on board a research vessel. The organisation stresses the importance of understanding the operation of such doors. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of maritime...
VIDEO: Cargo vessel Sea Eagle starts listing and sinks in Turkey
The general cargo vessel Sea Eagle, which was moored in İskenderun Port, started to list to starboard due to imbalance in the cargo weight distribution on 18 September. Efforts to stabilise the ship were unsuccessful and its sinking could not be prevented. According...
HAL succeeds in Boskalis takeover, company to be delisted
At the conclusion of the Post-Acceptance Period on 20 September, HAL managed to acquire a further 13.7 per cent of the issued share capital of Boskalis. This brings the total shares that will soon be in the hands of HAL to 98.3 per cent of all shares. As a result,...
Optimism about decarbonisation under threat of a China-US war
Times change for better and for worse, that much was obvious at the latest SMM, which took place from 5 to 9 September in Hamburg. Here, some 30,000 maritime professionals could meet once again after a four-year break from live exhibitions. Better times are coming as...
SWZ|Maritime’s September 2022 issue: Dutch yachting from leisure to industry
With the outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine, the focus of the media was immediately on the superyachts of the Russian oligarchs. Except for the problems with the Russian ownership of Heesen, which has been transferred to a Dutch foundation controlled by CEO...
Damen Shipyards to develop new anchor handling vessels to support floating offshore wind
Damen Shipyards is developing a new class of vessel that will be capable of supporting the next big development in offshore wind; the roll-out of large-scale floating offshore wind turbines. These turbines will require chains and anchors of unprecedented sizes as well...
RoRo vessel collides with tug while reversing and turning at the same time
The Nautical Institute warns that a vessel moving in two directions is harder to control while such a manoeuvre may also affect situational awareness. This was the case in the Institute's latest Mars Report, which saw a reversing and turning RoRo vessel collide with a...
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Partly sunken bulk carrier OS 35 withstands heavy weather, but sheening increases [UPDATED]
The bulk carrier OS 35, which remains grounded in Gibraltar, withstood the bad weather of the past few days well. The aft of the vessel was lowered onto the sea bed after fears for its structural integrity in worsening weather conditions. This plan has worked well....
Jan De Nul’s newbuild jack-up Voltaire breaks loose during typhoon
During the night of 14 to 15 September 2022, the shipyard, where Jan De Nul's new jack-up installation vessel Voltaire is being built, was hit by typhoon Muifa in China. The eye of the typhoon passed over the shipyard, causing the vessel to come loose from its...
How CMT plans to scrap ships without humans involved
Circular Maritime Technologies (CMT) introduces a revolutionary and future-proof circular process for the shipbreaking industry. At the CMT yard, no humans are put at risk as the ships will be taken out of the water and dismantled by a fully mechanised and automated...
Netherlands sets 2050 offshore wind target at 70 GW
The Dutch government has revealed plans for the further growth of offshore wind energy until 2050. These assume the generation of around 50 GW of wind power capacity by 2040 and aim for around 70 GW by 2050. Besides electricity generation, the government also plans...
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