SWZ|Maritime’s February 2026 issue: Designing the digital maritime future
Digitalisation in the maritime sector is often presented as a technological upgrade. The contributions in this issue make clear that it is something far more structural: a shift in how we design ships, organise shipbuilding, regulate navigation and govern data. The...
Port of Antwerp tests bracelet that warns when colleagues get too close
Port of Antwerp is teaming up with tech company Rombit to prevent corona infection on the workfloor. Rombit has developed the Romware Covid Radius, a digital bracelet that ensures social distancing and permits contact tracing. Port of Antwerp will be the first to use...
C-Job: Superyacht engineering can be reduced by 4.5 months
C-Job Naval Architects has published new research which shows time-to-market of superyachts can be reduced by up to 4.5 months. A new tool disconnects the engineering of the lower and upper part of the vessel leaving room for customisation while also saving time. The...
Allseas’ giant offshore vessels meet in Rotterdam for the first time
For the first time ever, the world’s two largest pipelay vessels Solitaire and Pioneering Spirit are together in Rotterdam. Both vessels are owned by Allseas. The Solitaire arrived in Rotterdam after completing work for Equinor’s Troll 3 project in the North Sea. In...
Jan De Nul and LS Cable to connect Dutch offshore wind farms to grid
Jan De Nul Group and LS Cable & System will supply and install the high voltage cables for the grid connection of the Dutch offshore wind farms Hollandse Kust Noord and West Alpha. The cables will be installed with a minimum number of offshore joints by cable...
Spliethoff acquires heavy-lift vessel Zea Gold
Spliethoff has acquired the former Zeamarine heavy-lift vessel Zea Gold. The ship is currently in Rotterdam for maintenance and will depart for its next project in May carrying the new name MV Palmgracht. The Palmgracht is a 19,450 DWT heavy-lift vessel with a...
CEO Port of Rotterdam: There will be opportunities after corona
The Port of Rotterdam expects throughput may fall by up to twenty per cent this year due to the corona crisis. 'So yes, results will be bad,' says Allard Castelein, CEO of the Rotterdam Port Authority. 'Yet, I am positive about the future. The crisis can also bring...
Meyer Werft: No orders for new cruise ships expected until 2023/24
With COVID-19, modern cruising faces the biggest crisis in its history, which will also heavily impact the cruise ship builders. According to Meyer Werft Managing Director Thomas Weigend, difficult measures need to be taken to deal with massive overcapacity and no new...
ESPO and FEPORT: Crew changes should be possible in all ports
Crew changes should be able to take place in all ports say ESPO and FEPORT as it is essential for the functioning of European logistics chains. The organisations state it is neither technically nor economically feasible to restrict crew changes to only a select group...
Wärtsilä: Corona crisis can accelerate energy transition by a decade
The response to Covid-19 has allowed renewable energy to reach a 43 per cent market share in the European Union and United Kingdom. The figures mark a dramatic shift in Europe’s energy mix – one that was not anticipated to occur until the end of the decade. 'The...
Minship trials biofuel on bulk carrier
Bulk carrier Trudy of Bavarian ship management company Minship has bunkered biofuel at the Port of Rotterdam. As it is the only fuel burnt in the ship's main engine for the next eight to ten days, it is expected the ship will emit ninety per cent less CO2 than normal....
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