Class and flag state approval for fuel flexible Damen tug
Damen Shipyards Group has received class and flag state approval for its ASD Tug 2713 Fuel Flexible (FF) to operate on methanol fuel. The approval was issued by Bureau Veritas and the Kingdom of the Netherlands flag state, respectively. It follows the approval in...
Feadship takes home four World Superyacht Awards
Feadship won four prestigious prizes at the 2022 BOAT International World Superyacht Awards (WSA) on Saturday 21 May. VIVA, Somnium and Vanish triumphed in their respective categories, with VIVA also taking home the Motoryacht of the Year award. In its seventeen-year...
Huisman lands Seaway 7 contract for 3000-mt monopile lifting Spreader Bar
Seaway 7 has contracted Huisman to deliver a 3000-metric-tonne Spreader Bar. The Spreader Bar will support installation of offshore wind turbines and is able to handle monopiles with the largest diameter and length currently available. Although the Spreader Bar will...
Dangers of asymmetric loading become part of fishery training programmes
In its report on the capsizing and sinking of two beam trawlers, the Dutch Safety Board made recommendations regarding asymmetric loading conditions. As a result, crews are now actively informed of the dangers and the subject has been integrated in fishery training...
MSC’s new LNG-powered cruise ship boasts fuel cells, SCR and shore power
The MSC World Europa is now in the final stage of construction and will be delivered in October. In addition to being the largest LNG-powered cruise ship in the world, the vessel features solid oxide fuel cells, a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system and...
VIDEO: Allseas’ Catchy 2 snags trash 24/7 in Nieuwe Maas River
Allseas’ latest waste collection system Catchy 2 accumulates plastics and other trash from the Nieuwe Maas River before it flows out into the North Sea. Located under Rotterdam’s Erasmus Bridge, the system operates 24/7, collecting both floating and submerged waste....
Heerema CEO Van Brouwershaven to resign
Koos-Jan van Brouwershaven will leave Heerema as CEO on May 31, 2022. Van Brouwershaven was the CEO of Heerema Fabrication Group from 2013 and also the CEO of Heerema Marine Contractors from 2018. 'I have worked with passion and dedication at this professional company...
Dutch frigate loses 4000 litres of lubricating oil in the Baltic Sea
The Dutch frigate HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën has lost some 4000 litres of lubricating oil in the Baltic Sea and other places over the past month. This happened during its deployment for the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1). The oil leaked out in small doses in...
Econowind to supply wind-assist installations to Vertom
Netherlands-based Econowind will install wind-assist VentiFoil units on multiple Vertom vessels by the end of 2022. These will be retrofitted on the general cargo vessels MV Progress and MV Perfect, making it the first fleet order for Econowind. Econowind will install...
VIDEO: How Pioneering Spirit removed the Ninian Northern jacket with its new jacket lift system
Weighing in at 8100 tonnes, the first commercial lift with Allseas' new jacket lift technology on board offshore giant Pioneering Spirit is one of the heaviest offshore jacket lifts ever, but is well within the system’s 20,000-tonne capacity. The company has now...
UK Chamber of Shipping: Using shore power should be compulsory
New mandatory targets must push ports and ships into using shore power to reduce emissions, says the UK Chamber of Shipping. This forms part of a twelve-part mandatory regulatory framework being recommended by the industry body, to drive widespread adoption of shore...
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