Dutch naval vessel De Ruyter to deploy to Indo-Pacific
HNLMS De Ruyter will depart in mid-April for a five-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific. Through this mission, the Netherlands aims, among other things, to strengthen ties with countries in the region. The air defence and command frigate will call at several ports....
Interchangeable batteries to ‘electrify’ Dutch inland navigation
With exchangeable batteries it is possible to operate barges electrically on a larger scale. They do not need to be plugged in for a long time, but can place a new battery on board during loading and unloading and continue their journey. This idea has been embraced by...
Charges against master APL England after losing containers off Australia
Charges have been laid against the master of the APL England, which lost about fifty containers off the coast of Sydney. The offences relate to pollution and/or damage of the Australian marine environment as a result of poor cargo loading. The Singapore-flagged ship...
Maersk Supply Service awarded North Sea decommissioning contract
Maersk Supply Service has been awarded a contract by Fairfield Betula Limited for the removal of the Dunlin Alpha platform’s subsea conductors and guide frames. Maersk Supply Service will remove four 30 feet jacket-mounted drilling conductors and two associated...
Niestern Sander and Wagenborg to build ice-breaking W2W vessel
Together, shipyard Royal Niestern Sander and Wagenborg Offshore will realise a world first by building a shallow draft ice-breaking Walk-to-Work vessel. After delivery in December 2021, Mercury Sakhalin will operate the vessel on the east coast of Sakhalin for the oil...
Banks lose over 200 million euros in rescue operation of shipbuilder IHC
During the rescue of shipbuilder Royal IHC in April, banks saw over 200 million euros evaporate. Rabobank in particular had to write down substantial amounts on loans. Moreover, the bank, which is also a co-shareholder of IHC, receives nothing for its shares. This was...
Dutch naval landing craft equipped with ultrasonic anti-fouling
Lamers System Care recently installed the Sonihull Ultrasonic Anti-Fouling system on eleven landing craft for the Dutch Ministry of Defence. The system is to keep them permanently free from algae, weeds and other bio-fouling. A Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP)...
Repeat dredger order from Weeks Marine for IHC
Royal IHC has been awarded the contract for the engineering and equipment delivery for a new 6540-cubic metre Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger for Weeks Marine Inc. This is an identical vessel to the Magdalen that was delivered to the design of the Dutch shipbuilder in...
Type approval for biggest dual-fuel marine engines to date
WinGD has received type approval for what are said to be the biggest and most powerful LNG-fuelled engines ever built. Class society Bureau Veritas awarded the approval. The first series of the engines is currently being built by China State Shipbuilding Corp and...
SAL and Mammoet move 955-tonne pressure vessel
SAL Heavy Lift and Mammoet have transported a massive 955-tonne pressure vessel from Belgium to Russia. Manufacturer Coek Engineering spent two years on the construction of the component, which comes with a 10 million euros price tag. The pressure vessel is coated...
Collision of frigate Helge Ingstad and tanker was a ‘symphony of errors’
The Nautical Institute discusses the collision between the Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad and the tanker Sola TS in a recent Mars Report and calls it a 'symphony of errors'. A lack of situational awareness, no plotting of vessel movements, poor communication, a lack...
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