Dutch navy buys and trials new reconnaissance drones
After extensive testing, the Royal Netherlands Navy has purchased twelve V-BAT drones. Equipped with radar and cameras, this type of drone conducts reconnaissance and gathers intelligence. It can remain airborne for many hours at altitudes of several kilometres. The...
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[VIDEO] Container ship hits grounded vessel and runs aground in Singapore
The Cyprus-flagged container ship Tina 1 has run aground in the Singapore Strait. This happened after it had collided with an Iranian container ship, which had run aground there six months earlier following a collision with an Indonesian cargo ship. The container...
Quantum leap in shipping company CMA CGM’s third quarter result
The third quarter marked recovery in demand for transportation of goods and CMA CGM made good use of this. The company saw its net income increase almost thirteen-fold from USD 45 million in the third quarter last year, to USD 567 million this year. The net income in...
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[VIDEO] Damen converts platform supply vessel into fish feed carrier
Damen Shipyards Group has completed a conversion for Norwegian company Eidsvaag. Following a tender, Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam converted a former platform supply vessel (PSV) into a fish feed carrier, named Eidsvaag Opal. Works included extending the ship, widening...
The Netherlands to deploy autonomous drones for incidents on the water
Rijkswaterstaat has put a new drone area into operation along the river Waal between Tiel and Nijmegen. In this area, Rijkswaterstaat and emergency services will test and fly autonomous drones under the name 'Drone2Go' in order to get a faster overview of an incident...
Autonomous Roboat ready for trials on the Amsterdam canals
Soon, an autonomous boat will sail the canals of Amsterdam, transporting goods or people, collecting waste or serving as a floating platform and bridge. The first large "Roboat" will be tested around the Navy grounds in the capital in the coming months. In the future,...
Dutch Navy to place 11-metre hydrofoil on HNLMS Zeeland
The Dutch Defence Materiel Organisation has ordered a Hull Vane for the 108-metre Oceangoing Patrol Vessel HNLMS Zeeland. It is the first time the hydrofoil-like device is placed on a naval ship and the first on a vessel over 100 metres in length. The Hull Vane...
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[VIDEO] 4 injured after ferry and barge collide in Amsterdam
In Amsterdam, four people were injured on Friday evening 20 November when a ferry from the GVB transport company collided with an inland waterway vessel. The accident happened on the IJ. Two of the injured were taken to hospital, two others were treated by emergency...
Another Finnish ferry grounds, towed to safety
The Viking Grace of Finnish ferry company Viking Line ran aground on Saturday 21 November near the Aland Islands, a Finnish archipelago in the Baltic Sea. A day later, the ferry with more than 400 people on board was towed to the quay. It is the second time a Viking...
Hull Vane introduces Foil Assist for fast-planing vessels
For several years, Hull Vane has been researching and testing the effect on fast-planing vessels of a hydrofoil positioned amidships beneath the hull, the Foil Assist. The underlying principle wasn’t to achieve full hydrofoiling, but partial hydrofoiling in order to...
DEME’s new turbine installation ship recovers electricity from waste heat
Belgian dredging company DEME and Taiwanese shipbuilding group CSBC have recently begun construction of the floating and heavy lift installation vessel Green Jade for the Taiwanese offshore wind market. To reduce its carbon footprint, the ship will make use of its...
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