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...
Offshore structures may be protected by Autonomous Guard Vessels
A consortium of maritime companies has revealed the concept design of an Autonomous Guard Vessel. The futuristic looking design is to support the offshore industry by exploiting technology available today. It is designed to be transported within a 40 FT container, is...
Alewijnse lands installation contract for Dutch Combat Support Ship
Alewijnse will conduct the installation activities, including of the military equipment, for the Dutch Navy’s Combat Support Ship HNLMS Den Helder. 3D modelling will play a significant role in the project and will be used to track equipment and monitor progress. The...
VSTEP adds RH Marine’s ECDIS to maritime training simulators
VSTEP offers realistic bridge training on its NAUTIS simulators. The company has now joined forces with RH Marine, an electrical and automation systems supplier, to add the latter's Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) to their simulators. An ECDIS...
Dutch shipbuilding order intake plummets by 45 per cent
The Dutch shipbuilding industry for seagoing vessels is in dire straits. Several shipyards have gone into the red and the order intake in 2019 amounted to just 351 million euros, a 45 per cent decline compared to 2018. This follows from the Sector Annual Report 2019...
Damen delivers five electric ferries to Arriva in Copenhagen
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered five Damen Ferries 2306 E3 to Arriva Denmark in Copenhagen. The ships are equipped with an auto-mooring system and charging the battery packs takes just seven minutes. Arriva operates the vessels on behalf of Danish public transport...
ICS calls on Dutch government to facilitate crew changes
Despite borders opening further, some 200,000 seafarers are still trapped on their ships due to corona, with another 200,000 waiting at shore to take over from them. The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has called on the Dutch government to take a more flexible...
‘Generator protection makes efficient sailing more reliable’
Sailing with generator units in parallel operation in a closed bus power plant is more efficient and sustainable, but increases the risk of malfunctions. According to Bakker Sliedrecht, its in-house developed class approved generator protection system deals with this...
Damen Shipyards delivers trawler Jonge Johannes
Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam has recently delivered a twin-rig fly shooting trawler to Urk-based brothers Rense and Johannes de Boer. The new vessel is the LT 295 Jonge Johannes. The LT 295 marks Maaskant’s third delivery to the brothers. The yard has worked...
New single-fuel LNG ferry enters Wadden Sea service
Rederij Doeksen's new LNG catamaran Willem Barentsz has entered service. Its sister ship Willem de Vlamingh will follow in September. They are the first (single-fuel) LNG-powered ferries in the Netherlands. They are also the first ships in the world in which single...
Maersk introduces penalty for misdeclared out-of-gauge cargoes
Maersk is introducing a new penalty fee for the misdeclaration of out-of-gauge cargoes. The container carrier says it is experiencing too many incidents with shipments causing issues due to wrongly declared dimensions. The surcharge is created to cover the carrier’s...
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