ALERT JIP researches unattended navigation spaces
Can we improve overall safety, efficiency, and the work-life balance for the bridge watchkeeper by introducing periodically unattended navigation spaces? It is the central question of the MARIN coordinated ALERT Joint Industry Project (JIP) that officially started...
OS 35 remains stable with water ingress engine room stopped, beach cleanups underway
Pumping operations to reduce the amount of oil on board the bulk carrier OS 35, which partially sank after colliding with an LNG tanker, are still ongoing. The cause of water ingress into the engine room has been found and solved as well as of cargo hold 5. High winds...
Thecla Bodewes Shipyards presents new future fuel-ready ship design at SMM
This year’s SMM is all about sustainability and specifically "Driving the maritime transition". In this context, Thecla Bodewes Shipyards is presenting its latest design Salmo 5000 tdw, a diesel-electric propelled multipurpose dry cargo vessel. The Salmo 5000...
‘Prevention measures crucial to tackling risk of battery fires in shipping’
Given the difficulties involved in extinguishing battery fires at sea, companies’ primary focus should be on loss prevention, says marine insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty in its latest risk bulletin. Measures include adequate training for the crew,...
OS 35 remains stable, 80% of diesel load removed
The situation has remained stable with continuous pumping out of diesel from the bulk carrier OS 35 overnight in the Port of Gibraltar. As of 7 am today, 197 cubic metres of diesel have been removed from the vessel. This represents around eighty per cent of the...
Freighter Lady Zehma carrying Ukrainian grain grounded and refloated in Istanbul
The 173-metre cargo ship Lady Zehma, carrying grain from Ukraine ran aground in the Bosphorus on Thursday 1 September as it was on its way to Istanbul. The accident occurred at around 9 pm after a rudder failure. Early Friday morning, the vessel could already be...
Roland Briene new Managing Director Damen Naval
As of January 1, Roland Briene will become the new Managing Director of Damen Naval, one of the eight divisions within Damen Shipyards Group. He succeeds Hein van Ameijden. Briene (53) started his career in the oil and gas industry. In 2004, he made the move to Damen...
A gap – a slip – an injury on board an LNG tanker: ‘Don’t overreach, ask for help’
A "getting the job done" attitude sometimes leads to unsafe actions. This was also the case in a recent Mars Report published by The Nautical Institute, in which an engineer suffered a deep cut on his leg while reaching for tools that were just out of reach. The...
Core Power and MIT secure funding for floating nuclear research project
The US Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) has granted research funds to the MIT Energy Initiative, Core Power, and the Idaho National Laboratory for a three-year study into the development of offshore floating nuclear power generation in...
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Bulk carrier OS 35 now leaking heavy fuel oil [UPDATED]
The bulk carrier OS 35 that partially sank after a collision and then suffered its hull breaking while beached in the Port of Gibraltar is now leaking heavy fuel oil after seals had come loose. Most of the oil is being contained by a boom. A clean-up operation to...
European shipbuilding: Quo vadis? European Jones Act? A personal observation
According to the Association of German Shipbuilders (VSM), European commercial shipbuilding will have completely disappeared from the market for almost all ship types within the next ten years. Unless drastic measures are taken now. In this opinion piece, former...
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