Port of Rotterdam throughput declined in 2025
Throughput in the port of Rotterdam fell by 1.7 per cent in 2025. This brought total throughput to 428.4 million tonnes. The largest decline of 6.5 per cent occurred in the dry bulk segment. Activity improved in the second half of the year, but investment in industry...
Huisman crane for CSBC-DEME’s new installation vessel Green Jade
The floating DP3 heavy lift and installation vessel Green Jade will be equipped with a Huisman crane. Belgian offshore contractor DEME is building the ship with its Taiwanese partner CSBC. The Offshore Mast Crane is to have a lifting capacity of 4000 metric tonnes....
Video: The forces that caused the MSC Zoe to lose containers explained
Following the MSC Zoe disaster, the Dutch Safety Board asked research organisations Deltares and MARIN to cooperate in an investigation. The key research questions were: what could cause container losses above the Wadden Sea and how could we prevent this in the...
European naval defence industries join forces to map new technologies
Led by Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards, several European naval shipyards and knowledge institutes will research technologies to be included in the next generation of naval platforms. The research project is an effort of the European Union to consolidate the European...
Inland container ship hits bridge in Rotterdam and loses three containers
A container barge has collided with the Willemsbrug in Rotterdam. The ship lost three containers, which ended up in the water, said a spokeswoman of the Dutch police. There were no casualties. There were no dangerous substances in it, said the police. The containers...
Damen concludes keel laying of 75-metre crane barge for Panama
Keel laying for a Crane Barge 7532 has been completed at Damen Yichang Shipyard in Hubei Province, China. The vessel will be delivered in Panama and will replace a 77-year old crane still in operation. The contract was awarded in August last year following a tender....
Keel laid for MSC’s first LNG-powered cruise ship
The keel has been laid for MSC Cruises’ new ship MSC World Europa at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France. The cruise liner's first LNG-powered cruise ship is to enter service in 2022. It is also the first cruise ship to use an LNG-powered...
Wärtsilä and Pastrovich Studio to develop hybrid boutique cruise vessel
Wärtsilä will work with yacht designer Stefano Pastrovich on the design of innovative sustainable superyachts for the boutique cruise sector. The design will feature hybrid propulsion and solar panels for minimal environmental impact and high energy efficiency. A...
Unsafe berth leads to fatal fall in water
Don't tolerate an unsafe situation against your own better judgment is the advice given by The Nautical Institute after a crew member died when he fell into the water at an unsafe berth. Despite the risks of the berth in question being known and discussed, nothing was...
Heerema researches silent offshore foundations
The increasing focus on sustainability has led to underwater noise restrictions for offshore construction. Heerema is now involved in a research project seeking to develop alternative pile foundations that can be installed without producing significant underwater...
Dredging of lock chamber of world’s largest sea lock gets underway
Dredging of the lock chamber of the new sea lock in IJmuiden has started. The lock chamber is currently still full of sand. In the coming months, 600,000 cubic metres of sand will be removed here to reach a depth of 18 metres. In order to accommodate increasingly...
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