FN and Damen enter into maritime defence deal
Damen Shipyards Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with FN Herstal, laying the foundation for a strategic industrial participation in maritime defence. With this, the two parties aim to collaborate closely on the integration of FN solutions with...
‘Producing enough green ammonia for shipping requires a USD 4.5 trillion investment’
Ammonia as a fuel could be a prime candidate to reduce shipping's emissions by 2050. However, there are some challenges, not least the USD 4.5 trillion investment Hendrik Brinks, Principal Researcher DNV GL - Maritime, says are needed to produce enough green ammonia...
Stena Embla completes sea trials
The last of Stena Line's three new ferries destined for the Irish Sea has completed its sea trials in China’s Yellow Sea. Stena Embla is the latest next generation RoPax vessel that is being constructed at the CMI Jingling Weihai Shipyard in China. Stena Line CEO...
DEME contracts Cadeler-vessel for Hornsea 2 campaign
Cadeler will be sending the installation vessel Pacific Orca to the United Kingdom in early 2021 to help DEME install 165 foundations for Ørsted’s Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm. Pacific Orca will support DEME’s vessel Innovation. Once the foundations are placed, 8.4-MW...
RoRo vessel rolls heavily and tips trucks
Passage plans need to be revised according to weather according to The Nautical Institute. The organisation gives this warning after a RoRo had its cargo topple over in heavy weather. The incident was discussed in a recent Mars Report. The Nautical Institute gathers...
Self-ignition of cargo likely cause of fire on board Maersk Honam
Self-ignition of a large batch of dangerous cargo is the most likely cause of the huge fire on the Maersk Honam in the Arabian Sea over two years ago. That is the conclusion reached by an investigation team from Singapore, the ship's flag state. The flag state was not...
‘Shipping is being dealt heavy blows while crews suffer’
EU politicians should pay more heed to what is actually happening in its shipping sector. The crew change crisis and the refugees picked up Maersk Etienne which no country would accept are examples of this, argues SWZ|Maritime’s Editor-in-Chief Antoon Oosting. And how...
No innovation without digitalisation: SWZ special on digital transformation
This month, SWZ|Maritime presents a special on digitalisation. A deliberate choice, as we acknowledge digitalisation as one of the key starting points of innovation. For practically every innovation, digitalisation of processes and data is crucial. According to the...
Tanker Icaro to offload oil from listing FSO Nabarima
The Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA wants to pump the crude oil from the listing FSO Nabarima, which is reported to be leaking oil as soon as possible. The aframax tanker Icaro is on its way to the ship in the Gulf of Paria. The Nabarima is loaded with...
Periskal and Tresco integrate real-time water depths into ECDIS
CoVadem's Smart Navigation module will soon be available for users of the Inland ECDIS viewers of Periskal and Tresco Engineering. The module shows real-time water depths of the Waal and Rhine rivers integrated in the electronic navigational chart. From Rotterdam to...
MOL to test algorithms aimed at autonomous ship collision avoidance
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) is researching collision avoidance algorithms. The goal is to develop a navigation support system that will lead to autonomous collision avoidance, using rule-based artificial intelligence and a deep reinforcement learning algorithm. This...
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