IMO calls for safe-passage framework in Strait of Hormuz
The Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has strongly condemned the threats and attacks against vessels and purported closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The Council called for a coordinated approach to security be adopted and that the response be...
Cadeler gives go ahead for Wind Orca’s crane upgrade
Cadeler has signed a contract to install a new crane on the vessel Wind Orca. It will be able to lift 1600 tonnes at a radius of 40 metres and provides a significant upgrade from its current 1200-tonne crane with a radius of 31 metres. The heavy-lift contractor has...
ABB opens lab to stress-test cyber threats to shipping
On 1 January 2021, stricter maritime cyber security rules enter into force. To help combat the maritime industry’s growing cyber security risks, ABB Marine & Ports has opened a cyber security laboratory. The lab features different hardware and software systems,...
Ignoring the gangway proves fatal for vessel visitor
The Nautical Institute warns that embarkation/disembarkation needs to controlled rigorously after a recent incident in which someone fell into the water between ship and quay and subsequently drowned. The incident is discussed in a recent Mars Report. The Nautical...
Propeller solution enables energy savings during slow steaming
As container ship operators continue to seek energy savings through slow steaming, the necessary engine adjustments need to be matched by the propeller arrangement. Wärtsilä will supply fixed pitch propeller and EnergoProFin solutions to Taiwan-based Yang Ming Lines...
European project seeks to reduce the impact of underwater noise
Noise from ships disturbs and threatens marine life. In the European project SATURN, twenty project partners from ten countries will work on a cleaner, quieter maritime sector over the next four years. The focus will be on solutions for reducing and mitigating the...
Assumptions lead to ships colliding
Every time you assume an action will be taken by another party without verifying directly with them, the door to a potential accident is opened, says The Nautical Institute. A recent Mars Report illustrates the consequences of acting on assumptions. In it, two vessels...
The owners of superyachts built in the Netherlands revealed
Supery achts get ever bigger and more luxurious and thus, ever more expensive. But who buys them? Pointer, the research platform of Dutch broadcasting network KRO-NCRV, reveals some of the owners of Dutch built yachts. Buyers losing their anonymity include...
Terminal pressures vessel crew to resume transfer despite safety issues
Despite a supporting rope on one of the four fenders breaking, a terminal still wanted a ship-to-ship transfer to continue. The Nautical Institute discusses the situation in a recent Mars Report and stresses safety should always be the top-most priority. The Nautical...
Jan De Nul adds fifth Ultra-Low Emission dredger to its fleet
Singaporean shipyard Keppel Offshore & Marine has delivered the 6000-m3 trailing suction hopper dredger Ortelius to Jan De Nul Group. This vessel is an identical copy of the Ultra-Low Emission vessel Sanderus, in service since February 2020 and currently at work...
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[VIDEO] Boskalis performs float-over of 11,500-tonne topsides
Surgical precision, that’s how the float-over installation of the 11,500-tonne Bokor CPP-A platform topsides offshore Sarawak, Malaysia, can be characterised. For this incredibly precise operation, Boskalis' semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Forte was fitted out...
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