Boreal orders 20 hydrofoil ferries from Candela
Norwegian operator Boreal AS has ordered twenty Candela P-12 electric hydrofoil vessels from Sweden’s Candela Technology. This will make the company owner of the world’s largest fleet of 'flying' electric ferries to date. The fast and silent hydrofoiling vessels will...
Brittany Ferries eyes zero-emission, sea-skimming flying ferries
Brittany Ferries is exploring the potential for a new high-speed, sustainable and more efficient form of ferry travel called a seaglider. Such ferries with hydrofoils and a 50-150 passenger capacity could be sailing between the UK and France by 2028. The concept, an...
First seafarers receive Covid-19 vaccine in Port of Rotterdam
The first Covid-19 vaccinations to seafarers of ships flying the Dutch flag were administered on Wednesday in the Port of Rotterdam. Crew of marine contractor Van Oord were the first to be vaccinated. Over the next three months, the Royal Association of Netherlands...
Dutch flag drops one spot on Port State Control performance list
The Dutch fleet moves down from fourth to fifth place on the Performance List of the Paris MoU. Both the lists of best performing flag states and worst performing flag states got smaller, causing the so-called "Grey List" in between to grow. The lists are based on the...
Doeksen’s catamaran ferries to switch to bio-LNG
In 2020 and 2021, Rederij Doeksen launched two new catamarans, the Willem Barentsz and sister ship Willem de Vlamingh. Both ferries sail exclusively on LNG. From 2023, SFP will produce bio-LNG in Harlingen, which will allow the ships to switch to this more sustainable...
Damen delivers FCS 1605 to Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered a Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 1605 to Allseas to support the Pioneering Spirit – the largest construction vessel in the world. The FCS 1605, named Ricochet, will perform fast crew and personnel transfers to and from the vessel. Damen...
X-Press Pearl’s bow submerged, Sri Lanka claims USD 40 million from operator
X-Press Feeders, operator of the X-Press Pearl, has confirmed that the container ship's bow and forecastle deck are now submerged. So far, there has been no fuel oil pollution, but a grey sheen has been observed around the ship of which water samples have been taken....
Construction kicks off on world’s first zero-emission fast ferry
Construction of the world’s first fully electric passenger fast ferry at the Fjellstrand shipyard on the west coast of Norway has started. It will be equipped with two electric motors and a 1.5 MWh capacity battery with charging power of more than 2 MW. The vessel has...
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[VIDEO] Royal IHC launches dredger Alyarmouk at the Dead Sea
For the second time, Royal IHC has launched the cutter suction dredger (CSD) Alyarmouk. While built in the Netherlands and first launched there, the vessel had subsequently been demounted and transported to Jordan for a second launch. The custom-built vessel is a...
Shipping heavily disrupted after corona measures in Chinese ports
Stringent Covid measures in South China's container ports are causing serious disruptions to shipping. Local authorities have severely curtailed port operations, leading to the biggest backlog since at least 2019. The transport world is already saying that it poses a...
Conoship: Marine carbon capture future-proofs LNG-fuelled vessels
Contrary to the World Bank point of view, Conoship believes there is a bright future for LNG in the decarbonisation of the shipping industry. The ship design company states the World Bank report seems to have missed an important recent technical development: marine...
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