Transcend expands river cruise vessel order with Den Breejen
Transcend Cruises has ordered two additional purpose-built luxury river cruise ships with Den Breejen Shipyard, expanding Transcend’s fleet to four vessels under construction in the Netherlands. The contract was signed during a Dutch maritime trade mission event...
ECA Group opens factory to manufacture drones for Belgian and Dutch Navies
ECA Group has opened its new factory in Ostend, Belgium, which will be dedicated to the production and support of Mine Warfare Drones. The hundreds of drones contracted by the Belgian and Dutch navies for their new Mine Countermeasure Vessels will be manufactured...
ICS: Shipping frustrated by IMO rejection of R&D Fund to catalyse decarbonisation
Governments at the meeting of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 78) last week have rejected plans for an R&D Fund that could speed up decarbonisation in the shipping industry. The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) calls it a wasted...
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems acquires MV Werften
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) will take over the shipyard location of MV Werften in Wismar. With this move, one of the most traditional shipbuilding locations in Germany once again has a long-term outlook. Depending on orders, tkMS could produce submarines in...
In service at last: DEME’s Orion installs first monopile at Arcadis Ost
After a two-year delay following an accident with the vessel’s crane during load tests, DEME's latest addition to the fleet, the Orion, has been deployed for the first time. The offshore installation vessel has successfully installed the first XXL monopile at...
Thecla Bodewes Shipyards to build two more 7000-TDW vessels for Vertom
Thecla Bodewes Shipyards will build and deliver another two 7000-TDW diesel-electric multi-purpose dry cargo vessels for Vertom. In 2021, the Dutch yard already received an order from Vertom for four similar vessels. Vertom is a Dutch internationally operating...
Gebhard to supply electrical installation for Spreader Pontoon built at Neptune
Neptune Marine and C-Systems have awarded Gebhard Electro the contract to supply the electrical installation of the Spreader Pontoon. After delivery in Q2 2023, the vessel will be used for the realisation of the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link, an 18-km tunnel between Germany...
Dragging anchor due to wind ends up in collision
Even with engines and anchors, limited space in some anchorages can easily trump these options when winds are strong. Vessels are safest at sea in these circumstances. The Nautical Institute gives this advice in its latest Mars Report in which two bulk carriers...
JR Shipping fits six more ships with Value Maritime’s filter and carbon capture system
JR Shipping has contracted Value Maritime to retrofit another six vessels with its exhaust cleaning Filtree and carbon capture system. The shipping company's 750-TEU container feeders MV Endeavor and MV Energy have already been equipped with this system. The six...
Swedish crown princess visits Damen and SAAB at submarine fair Rotterdam
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden has visited the Undersea Defense Technology trade fair in Ahoy in Rotterdam. She stopped by the SAAB-Damen booth to underline the importance of the innovative partnerships involving the Netherlands and Sweden. SAAB and the Dutch...
Hull Vane delivers its largest ‘underwater spoiler’ to date to Dutch Navy
The first Hull Vane for the Royal Netherlands Navy has been delivered in Den Helder. This Dutch invention of the company bearing the same name consists of a submerged transom wing that improves efficiency and seakeeping while reducing noise. This Hull Vane will be...
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