Damen to build 13 SAR vessels for Turkish Coast Guard
Damen Shipyards Antalya has signed a contract with the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) for the delivery of thirteen Search and Rescue (SAR) 1906 vessels. They will be operated by the Turkish Coast Guard. To mark the contract signing, Damen...
Not challenging the pilot leads to passenger vessel grounding
Bridge resource management (BRM) still often appears to be but a theoretical concept in the maritime industry even after many decades of efforts to change the paradigm. The Nautical Institute says this in its latest Mars report where it discusses a passenger vessel...
Hapag-Lloyd has converted its first large container ship to LNG
Hapag-Lloyd has converted the 15,000 TEU container ship Brussels Express to LNG propulsion. According to the German shipping company, it is the first time ever that such a large container ship has been retrofitted to gas propulsion. The Brussels Express sailed into...
Dutch Minister: We are looking into vessel traffic services to prevent container loss
Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Cora van Nieuwenhuizen has said that agreements have been made with Germany about warnings to container ships sailing north of the Wadden Islands in bad weather. In addition, an investigation is taking place into...
New sails system developed for 183,000-DWT Capesize bulk carrier
Japan-based Namura Shipbuilding and operator NS United Kaiun Kaisha have partnered in a joint research project to develop a wind-powered system for a 183,000-DWT Capesize bulk carrier. Namura has applied for a patent on a sail system in which extending sails are...
Concordia Damen launches first of forty Parsifal tankers
The first of forty inland waterway barges that are being built by Concordia Damen has been launched at the casco yard in Serbia. The vessels, known as Parsifal tankers, will be 110 x 11.45 metres and feature low emission LNG propulsion and extreme shallow draught...
X-Press Pearl’s black box recovered
Marine experts from the Merchant Shipping Secretariat and the Sri Lanka Navy have recovered the Voyage Data Recorder (VDR), commonly known as the “ship’s black box”, of MV X-Press Pearl. The Sri Lanka Ports Authority stresses that so far no signs of oil or chemical...
Volvo Penta acquires majority stake in marine battery systems pioneer ZEM
Volvo Penta is expanding by becoming the majority shareholder of Norwegian marine battery and electric driveline solutions supplier ZEM AS. ZEM hopes to benefit form Volvo Penta's network while Volvo Penta seeks to accelerate marine electromobility development...
TT Club: X-Press Pearl fire shows hazardous cargoes need to be handled better
The X-Press Pearl fire underlines the continuing problem of ship fires caused by the mishandling of dangerous goods, says TT Club. According to the insurer, all those involved in the movement of such cargoes need to step up to their responsibilities and should act...
Jan De Nul installs subsea cable that connects Crete to Greek mainland
For the very first time in history, the island of Crete has been connected to the Greek mainland by means of a subsea electricity link. Jan De Nul Group installed the 135-km long cable with its cable installation vessel Isaac Newton over a challenging seabed, at up to...
Shortage of maritime officers to reach decade high by 2026
Diminishing attractiveness of a career at sea, coupled with rising man-berth ratios and continued fleet growth will lead to the highest shortfall of officers to crew the world’s merchant fleet in over a decade by 2026. This follows from the latest Manning Annual...
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