Iron fuel production coming to Port of Rotterdam
Technology company RIFT has selected the Port of Rotterdam as the site for the development of a commercial production facility for circular iron fuel. To enable this, a reservation agreement has been signed for a plot at the Margriethaven on the Maasvlakte. In the...
Moving freight effectively by inland vessel train
The European Commission has recently made more policies for logistical improvement in international inland navigation. Under the umbrella of NOVIMAR (NOVel Iwt and MARitime transport concepts) project partners aim to improve economic feasibility of waterborne...
Van Doorn succeeds Hoogsteden as Port of Rotterdam’s Vice President Commercial
Per 1 March 2022, Matthijs van Doorn succeeded Emile Hoogsteden as Vice President Commercial of the Port of Rotterdam Authority. In the preceding seven years, Van Doorn was responsible for developing the hinterland network as Director Logistics. In the past two years,...
Heerema to install 64 He Dreiht XL monopiles
Heerema Marine Contractors has won an offshore wind foundation installation contract for EnBW's He Dreiht offshore wind farm. The work includes the transport and installation of 64 monopiles and transition pieces. During operations, Heerema will use the IHC IQIP...
Do you have an emergency plan for when crew members need medical treatment?
Medical treatment can be quite difficult to arrange for crew members on board ships. In its latest Mars Report, the Nautical Institute warns all vessels should have an emergency plan for such occurrences. Such a plan would have to cover for example instructions for...
VIDEO: Damen launches first hull section of Dutch navy’s Combat Support Ship
The Royal Netherlands Navy's new Combat Support Ship Den Helder is currently under construction at Damen's yard in Galati, Romania. The shipbuilder applies a modular building process and the first hull section has now hit the water. The steel for the hull has been...
Harren & Partner Group acquires DEME’s jack-up vessel Thor
German shipping and logistics group Harren & Partner has taken over the jack-up vessel Thor from DEME. With a fleet of now four offshore ships, the company seeks to expand in the offshore wind industry. Thor is a 2010-built dynamic positioning (DP2) jack-up crane...
Port of Rotterdam sees throughput decrease in first quarter
In the first quarter of 2022, 1.5 per cent less freight passed through the Port of Rotterdam than in the same period last year: 113.6 million tonnes compared to 115.2 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2021. Especially the throughput of mineral oil products and...
Jan De Nul and Seiche test automated marine mammal detection during offshore activities
Jan De Nul Group joins forces with Seiche Ltd to start trials for the development of an automated marine mammal detection system on board of its vessels. To this purpose, Seiche’s visual and thermal cameras have been installed on board the vessel Adhémar de...
Royal Bodewes to build cement carrier for Asian Shipping company U-Ming Marine
Royal Bodewes will build a 7750-DWT cement carrier for Taiwanese shipowner and operator U-Ming Marine Transport Corporation. It is the first time the Dutch shipyard builds for an Asian partner. The Taipei-based dry bulk shipowner has ordered a cement carrier (NB 778)...
Van Voorden foundry inventory ends up at auction
In December, the last Dutch propeller manufacturer Van Voorden was declared bankrupt after having been in operation for 110 years. In February, UTB Industry took over all the company's assets, including the casting furnaces and moulds for the production of ship...
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