USCG cutter wreck dating back to WW1 located off Cornwall
The wreckage of the US Coast Guard (USCG) cutter Tampa has been located and confirmed by the British technical-diving team Gasperados. The site lies approximately 50 miles off Newquay, Cornwall, United Kingdom, at a depth exceeding 91.4 metres deep in the Atlantic...
![Vessel capsizes after collision in Baltic Sea, rescue operation underway [UPDATED]](https://swzmaritime.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/13946499480_276cb69e60_c-400x250.jpg)
Vessel capsizes after collision in Baltic Sea, rescue operation underway [UPDATED]
A general cargo ship and splitbarge have collided in the Baltic Sea off the Swedish coast this morning. It concerns UK-flagged Scot Carrier and Danish flagged splitbarge Karin Høj. The latter has capsized. According to the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA), at...
Former Heerema CEO Jan Pieter Klaver takes helm of Royal IHC
Jan Pieter Klaver will start as CEO of Royal IHC on 1 January 2022. He takes over from Gerben Eggink, who fulfilled the role of CEO on an interim basis for more than a year and a half. With the appointment of Klaver, Royal IHC is bringing in an experienced CEO from...
Royal Huisman delivers laser-lit superyacht Phi
Royal Huisman has delivered 58.5-metre superyacht Phi. Developed and constructed below 500GT, it is by far the longest motoryacht in this category. The yacht also features innovative exterior lights, powered by lasers. Phi is a 58.5-metre fast displacement motoryacht,...
ClassNK gives approval in principle for ammonia-fuelled pure car carrier
Classification society ClassNK has issued an approval in principle (AiP) to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line) and Shin Kurushima Dockyard for their jointly developed design of an ammonia-fuelled pure car carrier. The design incorporates safety measures to deal with the...
LR machine learning tech reveals that main cause of lifeboat accidents is failing equipment
Working with InterManager, Lloyd’s Register (LR) has used its SafetyScanner machine learning technology to identify the main causes of lifeboat accidents. This has revealed that human beings are not the primary cause of such accidents and that 23.8 per cent of...
Jaap Gebraad to head Waterborne Technology Platform as secretary general
The Board of Directors of the European Waterborne Technology Platform has appointed Jaap Gebraad as secretary general. With the appointment, the implementation of the Platform's new organisational structure has been finalised. The Waterborne Technology Platform is an...
VIDEO: Maersk unveils design of its methanol-powered container ships
Maersk has introduced the design of its eight new 16,000 TEU container vessels that will be powered by methanol. With the accommodation at the bow, the ships look distinctly different from conventional container ships. They are said to be twenty per cent more energy...
Boskalis publishes book on the salvage of the Ever Given
In March this year, Boskalis was at the centre of worldwide media attention during the salvage of the stranded mega container ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal. In response to many requests and because of the unique nature of this salvage operation, the company...
VIDEO: Thecla Bodewes Shipyards launches second dredger for De Hoop
Thecla Bodewes Shipyards launched the second trailing suction hopper dredger, BN348, for De Hoop Terneuzen in Kampen on 7 December. The vessel is designed to dredge sand and gravel up to a depth of 60 metres and is a sister vessel of the Anchorage, delivered to De...
Jan De Nul to install 41 wind turbines for Danish wind farm
Jan De Nul will transport and install a total of 41 wind turbines of 8.4 MW each for the offshore wind farm Vesterhav Nord & Syd in Denmark on behalf of Vattenfall Denmark. The offshore contractor will mobilise its jack-up installation vessel Vole au vent for this...
PARTNERS
