You snooze you lose: vessel grounds after OOW falls asleep
In addition to having a separate dedicated lookout at night, it is also smart to keep moving while navigating a vessel. In a new Mars Report, The Nautical institute describes an OOW falling asleep, resulting in a grounding and significant damage to the ship. The...
Shortage makes profits soar for world’s largest container carrier
A.P. Møller-Maersk did particularly well in the last three months of 2020 thanks to companies restocking. This led to such a high demand for transport services that global distribution chains are experiencing container shortages. As a result, Maersk was able to...
Dutch Navy to apply extra quarantine measures after new Covid outbreaks
The Royal Netherlands Navy is stepping up its corona measures after four warships returned late last week with infections among those on board. Crew members of ships operating further than 24 hours from the naval port in Den Helder will only go on board in a...
Human and autonomy can team up in smart ship technology
As part of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, smart data analysis and machine learning are used to make shipping and shipbuilding both smarter and safer. This brings out the question: Which tasks do we assign to machines and what role is left for human beings? In...
Jumbo completes transport phase of Yunlin offshore wind project
Jumbo has completed the transport part of its largest transport and installation job to date. Using its heavy lift vessels as well as subcontracted deck carriers forty monopiles, 120 monopile sections and forty transition pieces were transported from yards in the...
Rotterdam Offshore Group continues as independent company
Rotterdam Offshore Group (ROG) has charted an independent future after reacquiring a controlling 75 per cent stake previously held by shipbuilder Royal IHC. The move marks an important development for ROG, which comprises two divisions focused on general ship repair...
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[VIDEO] How the Pioneering Spirit removed 27,000 tonnes of steel from Danish waters
During last summer, Allseas sent its mega heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit into the Danish part of the North Sea for a platform removal campaign. In total, 27,000 tonnes of steel were removed. Allseas has now released a video in which the project team explains how...
Windship’s ‘Tesla of the seas’ with triple-wing rig achieves zero emission
UK-based Windship Technology has come up with a diesel electric ship drive system that eliminates CO2, NOx, SOx and particulate matter whilst also incorporating large solar arrays, carbon capture, optimised hull shapes and specialised weather routing software. The...
Stena Line plans to operate zero-emission RoPax vessels before 2030
Stena Line plans to start operating two fossil-free battery powered ferries on the route between Gothenburg and Frederikshavn in Denmark no later than 2030. Stena Elektra is to be the world’s first fossil free RoPax vessel of its size. At about 200 metres, it has a...
Seafarer falls from container ship in North Sea
In the North Sea, a crew member of a container ship fell overboard on Sunday 7 February off Bremerhaven at around 3.45 am. Bremen police state that extensive search measures have not yet led to the woman being found. According to the police, the 24-year-old fell from...
[VIDEO] Sleipnir hoists new pipe-lay system on board McDermott Amazon
The pipe-layer Amazon of offshore contractor McDermott has been undergoing an upgrade in the port of Rotterdam for several months now. This week, Heerema's mega crane vessel Sleipnir was called in to install the new J-lay system on board. The work took place at Royal...
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