Polidano orders two Combi Freighters at Damen
Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with Polidano for the delivery of two Combi Freighters (CF) 3850. For Damen, these are the 49th and 50th vessel of this efficient next generation design. The Malta-based company will use the vessels primarily for the...
Wagenborg takes delivery of its third walk-to-work vessel
Wagenborg Offshore has taken its third walk-to-work vessel into service as Keizersborg. Keizersborg is used as a standby and support vessel for inspection and maintenance of unmanned platforms in both Dutch and British waters in the southern North Sea. After the...
C-Job Naval Architects develops customisable dredger series
C-Job Naval Architects is launching an in-house developed trailing suction hopper dredger series. According to the ship design company, the modular design of the series will fill the gap between standard designs and fully tailored vessels. The trailing suction hopper...
Longship orders 6000-DWT multipurpose vessels at Bijlsma
Dutch Norwegian shortsea shipping company Longship Group has ordered two modern Bijlsma Trader 6000 multipurpose vessels at Bijlsma Shipyard in the Netherlands. The first of the new ships is due to be delivered in the last quarter of 2021, with the second vessel to...
‘Cruise lines will not recover from Covid-19 pandemic until 2023’
It will take at least until 2023 before the cruise travel market has recovered from the corona crisis. This is what the top executive of the world's largest cruise line, Carnival Cruises, said in an interview with the Financial Times. Travel restrictions caused...
Ship chartered by Dutch company suffers pirate attack in Gulf of Guinea
The tanker Davide B sailing under a Maltese flag and chartered by a Dutch company has been attacked off the coast of Benin in West Africa by pirates and fifteen crew members were kidnapped. The company De Poli Tankers in Barendrecht announced this on Friday 12 March....
Bakker Sliedrecht and RH Marine fit module carrier BigRoll Bering with DP2
Bakker Sliedrecht and RH Marine will upgrade Roll Group’s ice class vessel BigRoll Bering with a Dynamic Positioning 2 system (DP2). This allows the 173-metre-long module carrier to better maintain its position during loading and unloading. The DP2 system also...
Mauritian authorities remove grounded Chinese fishing vessel from reef, crew detained
The Chinese-flagged fishing trawler, Lu Rong Yuan Yu 588, which ran aground off the Mauritius northwest coast at Pointe-aux-Sables on 7 March, was towed to the port of Port Louis on 11 March. Earlier that day the remaining fuel on board had been removed. Crew and...
Cadeler secures largest contract in history
Cadeler has secured the largest contract in its history. The company has been hired to transport and install Siemens Gamesa's new 14-MW offshore wind turbines in a contract with a value of USD 90 million. The company did not say how many turbines the project entails...
Poor risk analysis for stuck anchor results in fatality
Despite a chief mate voicing concerns, a master insisted on dangerous manoeuvres to free an anchor stuck in a hawsepipe. It cost the crew member sent into the hawsepipe his life. The Nautical Institute discusses the accident in its latest Mars Report and stresses not...
First hydrogen cargo ship in the Netherlands to sail in two years time
For the first time, an inland navigation vessel is being built in the Netherlands that sails entirely on hydrogen. The 135-metre cargo ship Antonie is expected to be launched in 2023. Minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (Infrastructure and Water Management) is setting...
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