BigLift orders new heavy-lift vessel
BigLift Shipping has contracted Dalian Shipbuilding Offshore for a new heavy-lift vessel. Scheduled for delivery in June 2028, the vessel will strengthen BigLift’s capacity to meet growing global demand for heavy-lift and project cargo transport. The vessel, a full...
‘Substantial segments of German fleet endangered in existence’
The German shipowners association VDR warns the pandemic has an even bigger impact on the country’s shipping industry than the financial crisis. 'Substantial segments of the German merchant fleet are foreseeably endangered in their existence,' says VDR President...
Drone delivers package to world’s largest ship Pioneering Spirit
A Dutch first has taken place in the port of Rotterdam: the aerial delivery by drone of a parts consignment to Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit. The biggest vessel in the world is currently moored at Alexiahaven in preparation of upcoming offshore activities. This pilot...
How CoVadem installs its water depth measurement box in corona times
The CoVadem platform gathers data from inland navigation ships to map current and predicted available water depth on Dutch shipping lanes. Once a ship joins the platform, a CoVadem Box is installed on board. Like most shipping companies, CoVadem also came up with a...
Damen delivers complete package for Korean multi-purpose vessel
Damen Shipyards Group has supplied a complete components package to Korean yard Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC). The package includes all equipment for oil recovery operations as well as a complete dredging installation. The multi-purpose vessel will...
Open-loop scrubbers acidify North Sea
The water in the English Channel and the Southern North Sea is becoming more acidic due to SOx discharges from open loop scrubers. This follows from a study conducted by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences on behalf of the Belgian Federal Public Service...
Siemens Gamesa challenges GE with new 14-MW offshore turbine
Siemens Gamesa has announced a new 14-megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine to challenge GE’s 12-MW Haliade-X turbine. Figures show it will be slightly bigger than the Haliade-X, but the nacelle will be 100 tonnes lighter. 'We’ve gone bigger for the better,' CEO Markus...
Passenger ship has parking problem
The marine industry is unusual in that up to five people have to coordinate their movements and actions to manoeuvre a massive floating object safely to berth. Working as individuals, each in their own bubble, is a recipe for failure, as was the case in a recent Mars...
Damen and Verolme join forces to service scrubbers
Damen Shiprepair Harbour & Voyage and Verolme Special Equipment plan to provide services together to exhaust gas cleaning systems, widely known as scrubbers. The agreement seeks to improve availability of services for on board scrubber installations, either in...
River cruising: From corny to booming, but under corona threat?
In a relatively short amount of time, the river cruise industry has become an important money maker for Europe. In his latest opinion piece, SWZ|Maritime's Editor-in-Chief Antoon Oosting draws a picture of this market segment and why it is so important to save it from...
How durable are the SOx scrubber parts on board your vessel?
SOx scrubbers are one of the compliance options for ships to meet the IMO 2020 Sulphur Cap. But we are still on a learning curve when it comes to this technology. In some cases, the materials used for scrubber parts are not yet suitable for ship-based applications....
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