Oceanbird lands first commercial wing sail order
Oceanbird, the joint venture between Alfa Laval and Wallenius Lines, has secured its first official sale. An undisclosed shipowner has placed an order for two Oceanbird Wing 560 wing sails that are contracted for a retrofit installation in Europe in early 2027. This...
Shortsea and feeder ship operators take lashing complaint to the EC
Six European shortsea and feeder ship operators have filed an official complaint to the European Commission. They claim International Transport Workers’ Federation's attempts to force ships to use dockers for container lashing violate EU competition law. In a letter...
C-Job Naval Architects delivers dredger design to GLDD
C-Job Naval Architects has delivered the basic design package of a trailing suction hopper dredger to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company. The ship is designed for beach nourishing and channel maintenance activities. Working closely together with the American dredge...
RINA performs first statutory and class surveys with remote technology
RINA has carried out its first statutory and associated class intermediate surveys with the use of live streaming remote technologies. The ship involved was the bulk carrier Cielo di Gaspesie, owned by the d’Amico Group. On completion, the Liberian International Ship...
NMT and Hiswa-Recron agree on name Holland Yachting Group
The collective of superyacht builders and suppliers continues within NMT under the name Holland Yachting Group. NMT and Hiswa-Recron reached an agreement to take over the name as well as the slogan "Think Yachts, Think Holland". Both trade organisations wanted to...
‘Sustainable inland navigation comes with a price tag’
'Greening inland navigation will cost a lot of money,' says Ruud Verbeek, Senior Technical Consultant at TNO. In addition, the alternative fuels specialist expects there will be a shortage of biofuels from 2030, which will push the need for Power-to-fuels or E-fuels....
Pandemic may break European taboo on state aid for maritime industry
For some shipbuilders in Spain, it’s just sour grapes. They are angry with the Dutch Government after its decision to save the Royal IHC shipyard from falling into Chinese hands. However, in his latest opinion piece, SWZ|Maritime's Editor-in-Chief Antoon Oosting says...
Ulstein sketches requirements for a hydrogen-fuelled marine future
Ulstein has set out a roadmap to get to a hydrogen-fuelled marine industry. The ship designer already introduced a hydrogen-fuelled offshore construction vessel design at the end of 2019 which uses off-the-shelf technology, demonstrating a zero emission ship is...
AAL moves 38 yachts in one go
AAL Shipping has shipped 38 private yachts on deck in a single sailing from Fort Lauderdale to Southampton and Antwerp. The cargo covered an area of 2500 square metres, or half a football field, and the largest yacht measured 38 metres in length. AAL shipped the...
Video: Drone inspects FPSO oil tank using artificial intelligence
A drone has successfully inspected a 19.4-metre high oil tank on board the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) Petrojarl Varg as part of a test project. The video shot by the drone was interpreted in real-time by an algorithm to detect cracks in...
Gula Skrinet to take over Caterpillar marine propulsion business
Gula Skrinet has reached an agreement with Caterpillar Luxembourg Sarl to acquire Caterpillar Propulsion and its subsidiaries. The company manufactures mechanically and electrically driven propulsion systems and marine controls for ships. Headquartered in Öckerö...
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