Naval spending ramps up – The ‘peace dividend’ in reverse
From the magazine – Rapidly shifting geopolitics is driving sharp increases in defence spending as a renewed priority for many nations. With incidents at sea occurring from the Baltic to the Middle East, and from the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea, strategic use...
Covid-19 puts development of first autonomous container ship on hold
The project that was to lead to the world's first autonomous and zero-emission container vessel, the Yara Birkeland, has been paused due to the corona crisis. The vessel was launched in Romania in February 2020 and was on its way to Norway for outfitting. The vessel...
HMM: Record ship Algeciras carries largest container load ever
It's raining records at HMM. The South Korean shipping company already has the largest container ship in the world, the HMM Algeciras. The Koreans now also claim that the ship carries the largest container load ever. Next destination: Rotterdam. The HMM Algeciras of...
Damen presents new workboat design for fish-farming
Damen Shipyards Group has unveiled a new workboat for the aquaculture industry. The Utility Vessel (UV) 2613 draws upon other Damen designs, such as the Multi Cat and Shoalbuster, and its scope of work covers everything from harvesting and net cleaning to diving...
Reederei Nord to reach seafarers with Wyzetalk application
Shipping companies typically communicate with sea captains by telephone and e-mail, which leaves many of the seafarers out of the direct communications loop. Using Wyzetalk, Reederei Nord seeks to provide their non-desk employees with a clear and direct line of...
Video – Oil tanker catches fire in Indonesia: seven dead
A fire on oil tanker Jag Leela in the port of Belawan on the northeast coast of Indonesian Sumatra on Monday killed at least seven people and injured 22. The 250-metre long ship was docked for repairs when a fire broke out. On Monday morning around 8.30 am local time...
Minister: MSC likely to pay large part of MSC Zoe disaster costs
The Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Cora van Nieuwenhuizen is in talks with MSC about recovering the clean up costs of the MSC Zoe disaster in the Dutch Wadden Sea. She says there are prospects of reaching an agreement with the shipping company....
Van Oord’s Svanen to start work at Danish offshore wind farm
Van Oord’s heavy lift installation vessel Svanen has arrived at the Danish Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind field in the Baltic Sea. The Svanen will commence installation works for the foundations for the offshore wind farm. Van Oord was contracted by Vattenfall for the...
One Sea: Autonomous shipping can become reality by 2025
Delivering an autonomous maritime transport system by 2025 will rely on ‘collaboration without borders’, but is definitely possible, according to One Sea. In 2017, the organisation presented a roadmap towards autonomous shipping and sees developments are currently...
New video shows breaking of installation vessel Orion’s crane hook
New video footage of the Orion accident has emerged on social media and it confirms that a failing hook was the cause for the accident. In the video, it is clearly visible that the hook breaks at its stem when the crane begins to lift the barge. Both Liebherr and...
Boka Vanguard is shipping a massive fish farm to Norway
The world’s largest heavy transport vessel Boka Vanguard is on its way from China to Norway to deliver an enormous stationary salmon farm for Nordlaks. The massive structure measures 385 metres in length and 60 metres in width and is designed to keep fish in more...
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