SWZ|Maritime’s March 2026 issue: Imagine
‘The end goal is clear’, states Pépé Becx. As team manager of the TU Delft Hydro Motion Team, this goal is, of course, obvious: helping her team of 26 students to come out on top at the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge. She kicks off our editor Bas Lenferink's brand new...
‘Shortage of offshore installation vessels looms by 2025’
The global wind turbine installation fleet will be undersupplied to meet demand after 2025, reports Rystad Energy. This opens up room for more specialised vessel orders and conversions of oil and gas heavy-lift vessels, the analyst firm states. When translating the...
DFDS reveals plans for hydrogen superferry for Oslo-Copenhagen route
DFDS and its partners have applied for EU support for development of a ferry powered by electricity from a hydrogen fuel cell, which only emits water. Green hydrogen is to be produced by a projected offshore wind energy-powered electrolyser plant in Greater...
Who builds the best Heesen yacht in Legos?
Dutch yacht builder Heesen Yachts is currently building one of the world’s largest and fastest full-aluminium motor yachts – the 80-metre Project Cosmos. The company has now challenged two teams to build the ship in Lego bricks and set up a competition to determine...
Mammoet launches 6000-tonne crane for building FPSOs
Mammoet has designed a new heavy-lift crane with a capacity of 6000 tonnes. The crane is specifically designed for the construction of FPSOs and floating LNG factories and allows modules to be built bigger than ever before. Constructing FPSO and FLNG modules onshore...
Maritime telecom provider SeaVsat goes bankrupt: worries about connections at sea
The satellite company SeaVsat from Lelystad, the Netherlands, which provides internet connections for seagoing vessels and drilling platforms, has gone bankrupt. Customers are worried about the consequences for their internet, telephone and television connections. On...
Dutch navy to apply data science to get to predictive maintenance
Data science can improve the condition monitoring of systems, better predict failure behaviour, and ultimately plan better maintenance. To make use of this technology, the Dutch navy will cooperate with RH Marine and Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS). According...
‘Maritime recovery plan is good, but it needs political support’
The Maritime Master Plan presented by the Dutch maritime sector is desperately needed, argues SWZ|Maritime’s Editor-in-Chief Antoon Oosting. Both sectors are currently under great pressure due to the corona crisis, competition from China in particular and the fight...
Container liners turn to multipurpose vessels in search of capacity
Container liners are chartering multipurpose vessels to close supply gaps as demand peaks and rates soar. 'The dearth of cellular container tonnage in the charter market is forcing some carriers to tap into the multipurpose market to cover their needs,' reports...
Cautious support for IMO’s climate fund for shipping
The plan of global shipping to set up a USD 5 billion innovation fund through a fuel tax seems to have the support of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). This became clear at last week's meeting of the IMO's environmental committee MEPC Committee, where the...
Disoriented master leads to ferry colliding with sailing yacht
Blind pilotage cannot be improvised and best results come only if these skills are constantly practised before they are needed. This is the advice given by The Nautical Institute after a ferry in fog collided with a sailing yacht, resulting in the latter's sinking....
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