SIMOPS slipup results in damage to lifeboat propeller
Follow simultaneous operations (SIMOPS) procedures warns The Nautical Institute in a new Mars Report. The report describes how a lifeboat drill was conducted during loading operations, resulting in damage to the lifeboat as well as an oil boom. Picture by The Nautical...
Ampelmann sells winterised gangway for new ice-breaking W2W vessel
Ampelmann will supply a winterised A-type motion compensated gangway system to Dutch shipyard Royal Niestern Sander. The system will be installed on the first shallow draft ice-breaking Walk to Work (W2W) vessel that the shipyard is currently developing. The new...
The lost ship
The KNVTS has a proud tradition to connect its vision on the future with a view on the historic past of shipbuilding practice. Time for the chair of the KNVTS Ship of the Year Committee Rien de Meij to take a step back and reflect on the idea of “vision”. Here is the...
Smart fishing nets are hailing ships by call sign
The Automatic Identification Systems-equipped fishing net problem seems to be increasing exponentially and constitutes 'an accident waiting to happen', according to The Nautical Institute. The picture above was taken on a recent trip from Shanghai to Busan showing a...
CMA CGM has ‘old-fashioned’ bulb-less ships built
In China, construction has started on the first two of a series of nine container ships for CMA CGM. At 22,500 TEU, these will be the largest in the shipping company's fleet. Just like the old days, these ships will be built without a bulbous bow. Almost all major...
Siemens Gamesa’s 14-MW turbines to power UK offshore wind farm Sofia
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has conditionally received an order for 100 units of its new SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbines. The 14-megawatt turbines are meant for Innogy’s 1.4-gigawatt Sofia Offshore Wind Farm in the UK. A comprehensive service and maintenance...
Heesen delivers 50-metre hybrid superyacht Project Electra
After intensive sea trials, Heesen Yachts has delivered YN 19150 Amare II, formerly known as Project Electra, to its owners. The yacht builder's second hybrid yacht measures 50 metres and stays just below the 500 gross tonnage threshold. The sea trials took place over...
Niestern Sander built research vessel Geo Ranger completes sea trials
Hydrographic survey vessel Geo Ranger has concluded its sea trials. The ship was built by Royal Niestern Sander for Geo Plus BV. The latter will offer the ship for charter for research projects. The trials took place from 15-19 June on the river Ems. In the presence...
What are the benefits and limitations of marine battery propulsion?
Batteries and marine fuel cells have shown promise on smaller vessels. The flexible approach needed to use these technologies as a power source for larger, oceangoing ships is only now beginning to emerge. Foreship in Finland has sought to determine the gains...
Four in one go: Wagenborg ships get ballast water treatment systems
The Edenborg, Jade, Westborg and Merel V have arrived at shipyard Royal Niestern Sander in the Port of Delfzijl, the Netherlands. All four general cargo ships will have ballast water management systems installed. In 2017, the Ballast Water Management Convention came...
In pictures: Pioneering Spirit removes offshore platform from Brent field
Allseas’ heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed its first decommissioning job of this summer, the single-lift removal of Shell UK's Brent Alpha platform from the North Sea. Removing the 17,000-tonne topsides took less than four hours. It was the first...
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