Dutch navy unveils unmanned maritime vision
Unmanned systems are a decisive means of preventing a conflict or winning a fight. That is why the Netherlands Naval Command (CZSK) is now presenting a “Future Vision Maritime Uncrewed”. Technological developments mean that the navy will look different by 2035. In the...
Damen targets shipyard emissions with battery container
Damen Shipyards Group has taken over a Skoonbox from Skoon Energy. The world's first maritime-certified, multi-purpose battery container will be used to deliver renewable power at Damen's shipyards for applications where diesel generators or ships’ engines are...
Netherlands takes command of NATO naval group
The Netherlands has been put in command of a NATO naval group for the rest of the year. It concerns the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1. The Netherlands took over the command from Canada and its Landing Platform Dock HNLMS Rotterdam will act as flagship. The Standing...
Philippos Philis and Karin Orsel take the helm of ECSA
Philippos Philis has been appointed as new European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) president by the general assembly for a two-year term starting in January with Karin Orsel as new vice-president. Philis succeeds Claes Berglund, who had been serving as...
Maersk orders another four methanol-powered container ships
After ordering eight 16,000-TEU methanol-powered container ships in August, Maersk has chosen to exercise the included option for four more such vessels. Hyundai Heavy Industries will build the vessels that are to be delivered in 2025, one year after the first series...
Another ONE container ship suffers container stack collapse
A container ship of Ocean Network Express (ONE) has suffered container collapse in the North Atlantic Ocean on January 7 during transit to its next port of call in New York, USA. The vessel concerned is the 13,900 TEU Madrid Bridge, built in 2018. In a statement, ONE...
Superyacht Galactica finally passes bridges
Heesen Yachts' largest yacht to date, the 80-metre Galactica, is on its way to Harlingen for completion and sea trials. Yet, after first not being able to pass under a bridge near Den Bosch due to high water levels, it subsequently faced the same problem near Heusden....
Spliethoff trials biofuels on BigLift Baffin and Flevogracht
To reduce CO2 emissions, Spliethoff Group has trialled biofuel on its vessels. The first trial took place between June and November last year on BigLift Shipping’s BigLift Baffin with fifty per cent FAME-based biofuel. This was followed by a 100 per cent FAME-based...
Cruise shipbuilder MV Werften files for bankruptcy
Despite large investments of the Genting Group since 2016 and the delivery of the Crystal Endeavor in July 2021, cruise shipbuilder MV Werften could no longer cope as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and is filing for bankruptcy on Monday, 10 January. MV Werften...
VIDEO: High water levels disrupt transport of 80-metre superyacht Galactica
On Saturday, Heesen Yachts' largest yacht built to date, the 80-metre Galactica, left the building site in Oss for Harlingen to undertake sea trials. However, once reaching a railway bridge near Den Bosch, water levels proved too high for the yacht formerly known as...
Banks become shareholders of ailing shipping company Vroon
Over 2020, Vroon Group reported a net loss of USD 314 million, bring the company's debts close to a billion. The company has been in talks with its lenders to achieve a significant debt reduction for several years. This has now been agreed upon, but in return for the...
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