Damen launches second Amels 80 yacht in Vlissingen
Damen Yachting has launched the second Amels 80 at its main build facility in Vlissingen City. In the coming months, this 80-metre Amels Limited Editions, with a custom exterior colour scheme, will now undergo final outfitting in preparation of delivery later this...
The wine-dark sea
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...
Have your anchors at the ready when navigating restricted waters
Anchors can do more than simply keep a ship in place. In a recent Mars Report a tanker used its anchors as an emergency brake and managed to prevent grounding. The Mars reports are compiled (anonymously) by The Nautical Institute to prevent other accidents from...
Damen presents electric version of cutter suction dredger
Damen Shipyards Group has unveiled its first electric cutter suction dredger (ECSD) 650. With electric motors powering the dredge system, the ECSD 650 makes possible zero emissions dredging projects. The electric power provides a significant reduction in noise, adding...
Longer permit for new Dutch offshore wind farms
New wind farms at sea will soon have a permit that is valid for up to forty years, up from thirty years now. Dutch Minister Eric Wiebes (Economic Affairs) wants to extend the term in order to keep wind energy attractive and affordable. The longer term is to give...
Dutch ILT will not yet deploy a sulphur sniffing drone
The "sulphur sniffing" drone the Dutch Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) wanted to purchase will not be available for some time to come. The drone was to be used to monitor ships' sulphur emissions at sea. From the ILT's recently published annual...
Alumax to build seven zero emission water taxis for Rotterdam
Alumax Boats in Meppel, the Netherlands, has won its largest contract ever. Over the next 1.5 years, it will build seven aluminium water taxis for Watertaxi Rotterdam. The new water taxis will be fully electrically powered. Four of the zero-emission boats will have a...
KVNR: Visas could be a bottleneck for crew changeovers
Together with Dutch airline KLM, the Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners (KVNR) has set up the first air bridges. This makes it possible to relieve crew that has sometimes been stuck on board a ship for months due to the corona pandemic. However, 'visas are a...
Wagenborg opens new office in Terneuzen
Royal Wagenborg has opened a new office in Terneuzen, the Netherlands, to expand its services in the southwest part of the country as well as in Belgium. The office will among other things support the company's liner service to the Baltic. With the MV Bothniaborg and...
Emission measurements on new LNG-powered ferry Willem Barentsz
In June, the new ferry MV Willem Barentsz from Rederij Doeksen will finally be put into service after delay upon delay during its construction. From that date on, the LNG-powered catamaran will provide data for the Clinsh monitoring programme on emissions. Originally,...
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems to acquire Oceana shipyard in Brazil
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems in Kiel, Germany, has signed a contract to acquire the Oceana shipyard in Brazil. The company wants Oceana because it has been chosen as preferred shipyard for the building of four Tamandaré-class frigates for the Brazilian Navy. The...
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