Possible Viking ship discovered in Wijk bij Duurstede
During excavation works to replace the sewer system in Dutch municipality Wijk bij Duurstede, a remarkable archaeological find has been made. A worked wooden beam protruding from the ground caught the attention of an amateur archaeologist, which may be a ship’s frame....
Safetyboat.nl brings steerable lifebuoy to the Dutch market
Safetyboat.nl will market the Portuguese Usafe in the Netherlands. The Usafe is a steerable lifebuoy that can sail to a drowning person and increases the chances of survival. The lifebuoy can be used in inland navigation, fishing or for rescue operations along the...
Covid-19 drives up ship operating costs
Vessel operating costs have risen at their fastest pace in over a decade this year due to higher insurance cover premiums and Covid-19 related expenses. Yet, they are expected to moderate in subsequent years as pandemic related spend unwinds. This is reported in the...
Roll Group enters Russian market
Roll Group has expanded its commercial network with the appointment of TMBC Logistics as the commercial agent for RollDock Shipping in Russia. With the corporation, the heavy transport shipping company wants to improve its position in the Russian heavy-lift market....
Shipping outlook: Invest in people and nuclear back on the agenda
'The people are the backbone of the industry and their talent will drive shipping forward' is just one of the conclusions of Lloyd's List's 2021 Shipping Outlook Forum. When it comes to fuels, hydrogen is still a prime candidate, but nuclear power is also considered a...
Solar and seaweed farm combined at sea for the first time
Oceans of Energy and The Seaweed Company have installed offshore solar and seaweed farms at the North Sea Farmers Test Site, twelve kilometres off the coast of Scheveningen. The farms use the same space to generate solar energy and grow seaweed at the same time. It...
Do you manually correct your vessel’s AIS data when needed?
The automatic identification system (AIS) is a valuable tool that shares critical vessel information with other vessel operators. However, its usefulness depends on accurate data entry. In a recent Mars Report, not entering the vessel's length correctly led to a...
Japanese container ship loses more than 1800 containers during storm
The Japanese container ship ONE Apus has lost more than 1800 containers on Monday evening, 30 November. This happened when the 14,000-TEU ship ran into a storm on the Pacific Ocean. Forty lost containers were said to contain dangerous cargo. The exact extent of the...
Royal Huisman to build 52-metre Sportfish Yacht
Royal Huisman has been commissioned to build a high speed motor yacht, which will become the world’s largest true Sportfish Yacht. The yacht, designed by Vripack Yacht Design Studio, features six decks and measures 52 metres over all. With the project Royal Huisman...
LNG bunkering barge that will service Antwerp region delivered
Fluxys and Titan LNG have built the FlexFueler 002 LNG bunkering barge to support the shipping industry in its switch to cleaner operations in the Antwerp port and region. The vessel will make LNG more widely available from its home location at Quay 526/528 as of...
Damen cuts first steel on Dutch navy’s new Combat Support Ship
Earlier than planned, Damen has cut the first steel on the Royal Netherlands Navy’s Combat Support Ship Den Helder at its shipyard in Galati, Romania. The cutting is the first of sixteen batches, totaling 7500 tonnes of steel in 180 sections. The steel cutting was...
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