Dutch frigate returns to Den Helder after defence mission
HNLMS Evertsen returns to Den Helder on Wednesday 13 May. The air defence and command frigate left its home port in early February for an exercise, but was subsequently deployed to the Mediterranean. In the eastern part of the Mediterranean, the ship was tasked with...
Delivery of Seaway Alfa Lift suffers one year delay after crane accident
Although Seaway 7's new offshore wind turbine foundation installation vessel Seaway Alfa Lift already went on sea trials in early January, it is not expected to enter service this year. The cause is an accident with the A-frame of the 3000-tonne Liebherr crane back in...
Royal Bodewes and Passer SIDC take over former De Hoop Shipyard in Foxhol
Dutch shipyard Royal Bodewes and production company Passer SIDC from Lithuania have acquired the former De Hoop Shipyard in Foxhol, the Netherlands. De Hoop stopped building ships there in 2017 and since then rented out the location to shipyards and steel construction...
ECSA backs EU waste shipment shift for recycling EU-flagged ships in Asia
The European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) is throwing its weight behind a controversial proposed amendment to the EU’s Waste Shipment Regulation that would effectively make it possible to recycle EU-flagged ships at non-OECD shipbreaking facilities in...
Container ship Ever Forward still grounded in Chesapeake Bay
The US Coast Guard is still working on a plan to safely refloat the 11,850 TEU container ship Ever Forward. The vessel grounded after leaving Baltimore on Sunday. There are no reports of injuries, pollution, or damage to the vessel as a result of the grounding. The...
Sea Machines obtains first Bureau Veritas type approval for wireless remote helm control systems
Bureau Veritas has granted type approval to Sea Machines' commercial wireless remote-control helm system. It means that the wireless control technology embedded in both Sea Machines’ systems has undergone rigorous third-party testing and certification to meet the...
From being anchored to anchorage disaster movie in fifteen minutes
In tight anchorages and strong currents, main engines should always be on standby and the vessel’s position checked as if the vessel is underway. The Nautical Institute gives this advice in its latest Mars Report in which a vessel went from being anchored to a...
Van Oord orders unmanned, autonomous offshore survey vessel with Demcon
Van Oord has placed a new order with Demcon unmanned systems, this time for an unmanned, autonomously sailing offshore platform. The electric vessel is suitable for challenging offshore conditions and weeks of survey operations at sea and was tailor-made to fit Van...
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[VIDEO] Oceanco launches 109-metre superyacht Y720
Oceanco has launched project Y720, a 109-metre motoryacht. The yacht represents a milestone for Oceanco, because its first phase of construction took place at Oceanco’s adjunct facility in Zwijndrecht after which it was outfitted in Alblasserdam. Its classically...
Container ship Ever Forward grounds, US Coast Guard to coordinate refloating
The US Coast Guard and Maryland Department of the Environment are coordinating the refloating of container ship Ever Forward. The 11,850 TEU container vessel grounded in the Chesapeake Bay, near Craighill Channel, on Sunday, 13 March. The vessel had left from...
Approval in principle for containerised LNG solution
Marine Service GmbH and Newport Shipping have developed a 40' ISO LNG Fuel Tank Container System. The containerised LNG system is suitable for newbuild container ships as well as retrofits and has now received an approval in principle from Bureau Veritas. The LNG fuel...
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