Wärtsilä/RCT joint venture for energy storage kicks off
Technology group Wärtsilä closed the transaction of the joint venture for its Energy Storage business on 1 October. Under the arrangement, Wärtsilä and German engineering company RCT Solutions now each hold a fifty per cent stake in the joint venture, called Valo....
Everllence and Vale to develop ethanol-powered engine
Everllence and Vale have signed a cooperation agreement regarding the development of ethanol as a marine fuel. Vale is one of the world’s leading producers of iron ore, copper and nickel, and one of the largest logistics operators in Brazil. Under the terms of the...
Damen delivers purpose-built Multi Cat to Leask Marine
Damen Shipyards has delivered a Multi Cat (MuC) 3113 to Leask Marine. The vessel was named C-Trojan in a handover ceremony at Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld’s location in the Netherlands. The MuC 3113 is a highly versatile vessel, purpose-built for Leask Marine’s...
Allseas’ cargo barge Braveheart en route to Rotterdam
After eighteen months of fabrication, outfitting and commissioning, Allseas’ new cargo barge Braveheart has departed China for Rotterdam. Braveheart reflects Allseas’ ethos of designing and optimising cutting-edge equipment in-house. Engineered by Allseas teams, its...
First new minehunter in Den Helder, suffers minor fire
The new mine countermeasure vessel Vlissingen entered its home port of Den Helder for the first time on 27 February and was delivered to the Royal Netherlands Navy. Shortly before berthing, smoke developed in an electrical cabinet. The naval fire brigade attended the...
Port of Rotterdam throughput declined in 2025
Throughput in the port of Rotterdam fell by 1.7 per cent in 2025. This brought total throughput to 428.4 million tonnes. The largest decline of 6.5 per cent occurred in the dry bulk segment. Activity improved in the second half of the year, but investment in industry...
Boskalis lands cable contract for Gennaker Offshore Wind Farm
Royal Boskalis in consortium with TKF Subsea Solutions will supply and install about 140 kilometers of inter-array cables for the Gennaker Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) in the German Baltic Sea. Boskalis’ cable-laying vessel BOKA Ocean will install the cables as of the end...
World-first type approval for two-stroke ammonia engine
Swiss WinGD has completed both type approval testing (TAT) and factory acceptance testing (FAT) of its ammonia-fuelled two-stroke marine engine. Both test programmes were completed in January 2026. Testing of the X52DF-A-1.0 engine was carried out at the HD Hyundai...
SIMOPS slipup results in damage to lifeboat propeller
Follow simultaneous operations (SIMOPS) procedures warns The Nautical Institute in a new Mars Report. The report describes how a lifeboat drill was conducted during loading operations, resulting in damage to the lifeboat as well as an oil boom. Picture by The Nautical...
First BC-Class vessel launched for BigLift
BigLift Shipping has reported an important milestone in its fleet expansion programme. On Sunday, 15 February, the first vessel in a series of four newbuild BC-Class module carriers, the CY Frontier, was launched. Following the launch, the vessel will be transferred...
Onboard carbon capture requires harmonised regulation
A clear and supportive legislative framework is critical to enabling onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS) and unlocking timely investment across the ship and LCO2 offloading value chain. This follows from a DNV report commissioned by five leading shipping...
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