Lowest first-quarter piracy figures since 1991
The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has reported a sharp fall in global maritime piracy and armed robbery incidents in the first quarter of 2026. Just sixteen incidents were recorded worldwide, the lowest first quarter figure since 1991. While the decline...
Australian research vessel Nuyina ready for Arctic sea trials
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Naval has been responsible for the design and construction of the Antarctic icebreaker RSV Nuyina for Australia since 2016. After a period of construction in Romania and commissioning and sea trials from Vlissingen, the Netherlands, the...
Dutch Government puts extra EUR 150 million into transport research and innovations
The government is freeing up extra money for research into and innovations in cleaner and smarter transport. In total, it concerns a package of EUR 150 million from which companies and knowledge institutes in the automotive, aviation and maritime sectors can benefit....
[VIDEO] Heerema’s Sleipnir lifts modules for Johan Sverdrup platform
On behalf of Aibel, Heerema's heavy lift vessel Sleipnir has executed the inshore integration lifts for Equinor’s Johan Sverdrup P2 topsides at the GMC yard in Gismarvik, Norway. Before that, the platform had been transported from Thailand to Norway by heavy lift...
Eneti orders next level wind turbine installation vessel of Dutch design
US-based Eneti Inc, formerly Scorpio Tankers, has ordered a groundbreaking offshore wind installation vessel in Korea. The ship will be able to install wind turbines of up to twenty megawatts at sea and was designed by GustoMSC. The wind turbine installation vessel...
Language problems in inland navigation result in more collisions
Language problems increasingly cause collisions and shipping accidents in inland navigations. That is why English should be introduced as the official language in inland shipping. This is what Dutch trade organisation BLN Schuttevaer and Nationale Nautische...
World’s largest civilian hospital ship Global Mercy passes sea trials
Mercy Ships’s new hospital ship, the Global Mercy, has completed deep water sea trials. It is one of the final milestones in the countdown towards the hospital ship’s delivery, equipping, maiden voyage and launch into service to sub-Saharan Africa in 2022. Mercy...
‘Ultra-large container ships bring unanticipated fire risks’
New ultra-large container vessels and possibly also passenger ships may have more unevaluated and unanticipated fire risks than current best practices have accounted for. The Nautical Institute issues this warning in its latest Mars Report in which it looks into the...
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos orders triple-masted, 127-metre yacht at Oceanco
As usual when it comes to naming owners of yachts, the spokesman of Dutch superyacht builder Oceanco in Alblasserdam refuses any comment. Yet, press agency Bloomberg, followed by other respectable media like the Dutch Financieele Dagblad, is sure that the world’s...
Order book dredging and offshore company Boskalis to record level
The order book of Dutch dredging and maritime services provider Boskalis rose to a new record level in the first quarter. The company reported this in a trading update for the past period, in which Boskalis was involved in, among other things, salvaging the huge...
Dutch vaccination programme for seafarers starts mid-June
A Dutch vaccination programme for seafarers is to start mid-June. All seafarers who work on ships under Dutch flag or management are eligible for this. The Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners (KNVR) has stated that the vaccinations will enable people to safely...
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