Alone on the bridge, asleep and full speed ahead
Having a lone watchkeeper in darkness is never a good idea warns The Nautical Institute in a new Mars Report. In the incident described a lone OOW fell asleep in the bridge chair resulting in a grounding. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of maritime accidents...
Rolldock ships dredger to Mozambique by semi-submersible
Rolldock is transporting Jan de Nul’s backhoe dredger Gian Lorenzo Bernini from Rhenus’ terminal in Cuxhaven to Mozambique. The dredger was floated into the hold of Rolldock’s semi-submersible vessel, Rolldock Sea. Thanks to the 140-metre long and 24-metre wide...
Pay attention to hydrodynamics when meeting a ship in restricted waters
When two ships tried to steer clear of each other near a curve in a narrow channel, one of them made bottom contact. The Nautical Institute discusses this incident in a recent Mars Report and argues that 'a successful meeting relies on bow pressure waves and...
Neptune plans to capture CO2 in depleted Dutch North Sea gas fields
Neptune Energy has announced a feasibility study into plans for a large-scale offshore Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in the Dutch North Sea, with the potential to safely store 120-150 million tonnes of CO2. The project seeks to make use of existing...
Boskalis tows out first floating turbine for Kincardine
Boskalis' anchor handler Manta is currently towing the first floating wind turbine of the Kincardine floating wind farm off the coast of Aberdeen. It will be the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm. The turbine has a tip height of 180 metres. In the field, the...
Three views on cartography
The KNVTS has a proud tradition to connect its vision on the future with a view on the historic past of shipbuilding practice. Time for the chair of the KNVTS Ship of the Year Committee Rien de Meij to take a step back and reflect on the idea of “vision”. Here is the...
Ship hits mooring dolphins resulting in millions worth of damage
A master and pilot need to have a mutually understood docking plan. The Nautical Institute discusses a case in which master and pilot were not "on the same page" resulting in USD 3.7 million in damages to ship and shore infrastructure. The Nautical Institute gathers...
Ocean Cleanup partners with Konecranes to extract plastic from rivers
The Ocean Cleanup, the organisation of the Dutch inventor Boyan Slat, has entered into a collaboration with Finnish Konecranes. This company will produce series of devices that extract plastic from rivers before it reaches the ocean. According to the Dutch...
Still no trace of 200 containers that allegedly were lost on the North Sea
The 200 containers that may have been lost on the North Sea on Wednesday have not yet been found. A German coast guard search vessel has been unable to find anything near the Weiße Bank. Fishermen had previously reported that they saw containers there. Media reported...
Boskalis expands offshore construction fleet with Boka Tiamat
In January 2021 Boskalis will add an existing multipurpose DP2 offshore construction vessel to its fleet. The vessel, named Boka Tiamat, will be deployed on offshore wind projects in Taiwan. It is currently being equipped with a battery pack. The ship was ordered as...
Wagenborg to add third walk-to-work vessel to its fleet
After a tender process, Wagenborg Offshore has signed an agreement for the deployment of a walk-to-work Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel (W2W EERV). An existing platform supply ship, the SK728, will be converted into Wagenborg's third W2W vessel within twenty...
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