VIDEO: Heesen launches 50-metre yacht Project Sophia
Heesen Yachts launched YN 21150 Project Sophia, a 50-metre all-aluminium yacht, at its facility in Oss on Saturday, 14 March. Project Sophia combines high-speed capability with a shallow draught. Powered by two MTU 16V 4000 M65L engines, Sophia offers a transatlantic...
MAN Rollo delivers first Stage V marine engine
MAN Rollo has delivered its first Stage V engine. For this project, MAN applied techniques and learnings from its existing range of deep-sea vessel engines to build a compact solution for inland shipping routes. MAN Engines invests heavily in emission-limiting...
Feadship wins big at World Superyacht Awards
Feadship has won four awards at this year's World Superyacht Awards. During a virtual presentation event, the nominated yachts Pi, Najiba and Lady S won in their respective categories. Pi also took home the Motoryacht of the Year award. Hosted from London on Friday 13...
LNG is gaining ground as a marine fuel
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is gaining popularity as a fuel for shipping. The Port of Rotterdam Authority reports that it is enthusiastic about this development. LNG is regarded as a cleaner alternative to fuel oil. According to the port, LNG is still the only...
Heerema’s Aegir installs topsides and bridges for Al-Shaheen oil field
Heerema’s heavy lift vessel Aegir has completed the installation of North Oil Company’s Al-Shaheen Gallaf 1 Project. Heerema was contracted for the transportation and installation of 3 topsides and 3 bridges by PTSC M&C Vietnam, who fabricated the structures at...
Dutch Safety Board investigates leakage of toxic substance at BP
The Dutch Safety Board will conduct an exploratory investigation into the leak at the BP refinery in the Europoort port area of Rotterdam. The toxic substance hydrogen fluoride was released this weekend. An employee was slightly injured and had to go to hospital. The...
14 crew kidnapped from heavy load carrier Zhen Hua 7
Fourteen crew members of the heavy load carrier Zhen Hua 7 have been kidnapped by pirates while sailing in the Gulf of Guinea, reports maritime security adviser Dryad Global. This is the eighth offshore incident in just nine days. Reporting indicates that the...
Construction kicks off for world’s first shallow draft ice breaking W2W ship
Royal Niestern Sander has laid the keel for a shallow draft ice breaking walk-to-work (W2W) vessel. The ship is specially designed and optimised for year-round operations in the challenging conditions on the east coast of Sakhalin in temperatures ranging from -30...
‘Volume of international maritime trade to fall by 4.1 per cent in 2020’
Due to the corona crisis, global maritime transport is expected to drop by 4.1 per cent. This was reported by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in its "Review of Maritime Transport 2020". The report warns that new waves of the pandemic...
First Caribbean cruise aborted due to corona cases
The first cruise ship to cross the Caribbean since the coronavirus outbreak returned to Barbados early because a number of passengers tested positive for Covid-19. Media report it concerns 5 people on board the SeaDream 1. In a statement released by owner SeaDream...
Police drone catches inland tanker degassing while in transit
A 73-year-old inland skipper from Gorinchem, the Netherlands, was caught degassing his cargo tanks on the Waal river near Tiel. With an upcoming European ban, and strict measures already in place in the Netherlands in anticipation of this ban, extra checks have been...
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