Rotterdam port area emits more CO2 in 2025
Greenhouse gas emissions at companies in the Port of Rotterdam industrial cluster increased by 2.1 Mton (eleven per cent) between 2024 and 2025. The increase was primarily due to the higher levels of electricity production. This is evident from emission data published...
Thyssenkrupp to build three new submarines for Israel
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems has reached an agreement with the Israeli Ministry of Defence on the framework conditions for the purchase of three Dakar class submarines. After extensive negotiations, all parties involved agreed to the technical content and contractual...
Hasty mooring sees accidents in the Port of Rotterdam increase in 2021
The Port of Rotterdam received almost 29,000 vessels in 2021, up by about 700 compared to the previous year. The number of accidents increased from 122 to 144. Most of these involved hasty mooring and resulting parking damage, according to the port's harbour master...
Cruise operator Genting Hong Kong asks Court of Bermuda to wind up company
After first filing for bankruptcy for its cruise shipyards in Germany - MV Werften and Lloyd Werft - Genting Hong Kong has also asked the Supreme Court of Bermuda to wind up the parent company and put it in the hands of liquidators. In a statement, the company says it...
NYK and Knutsen begin company for marine transport of liquefied CO2
NYK and the Knutsen Group have established a joint venture for the development of a liquefied CO2 marine transportation and storage business. The new company seeks to realise small, medium-sized and large liquefied CO2 vessel operations. It will use the Knutsen...
‘Carbon price of just under USD 200 can fully decarbonise shipping’
A new report called "Closing the Gap" outlines policy measures that could close the competitiveness gap between fossil fuels and zero-emission alternatives in shipping as well as enable an equitable transition. Researchers expect a mix of policies will be needed to...
Leading Maritime Cities 2022: Rotterdam is a maritime city on the rise
DNV and Menon Economics have launched the 2022 edition of the Leading Maritime Cities (LMC) report. In it maritime cities are ranked by the pillars Shipping, Maritime Finance & Law, Maritime Technology, Ports & Logistics and Attractiveness &...
DYT takes delivery of world’s largest purpose-built yacht transport vessel
DYT Superyacht Transport has added the purpose-built semi-submersible yacht transport vessel Yacht Servant to its fleet. In addition to being thirty per cent larger than its sistership Yacht Express and being Tier III compliant, it only requires an operating water...
Holland Shipyards reveals fully electric tug design
As tugs operate daily in busy ports, making green operations possible with a fully electric harbour tug is only logical. Holland Shipyards Group has developed the Eddy 24-50 E, which is in line with the previously developed revolutionary Eddy tug series. The Eddy tugs...
T&E: EU ETS and FuelEU schemes for shipping are full of loopholes
The European Commission's proposals to decarbonise the maritime sector will only apply to ships above 5000 GT and exclude a number of ship types such as offshore, service, military and fishing vessels and yachts. According to NGO Transport & Environment (T&E),...
Huisman to supply crane for another Eneti wind turbine installation vessel
After winning a contract to supply a 2600-mt leg encircling crane for Eneti's new wind turbine installation vessel ordered in May last year, Huisman will supply a similar crane for the second such vessel. Huisman signed the contract with the shipbuilder, Daewoo...
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