Push to future-proof Dutch maritime education
On Monday 9 February, The Dutch Maritime Network and Dutch maritime education institutions signed a cooperation agreement at the Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz (MIWB) to strengthen and future-proof maritime education. With the signing, the project "Strengthening...
Investigation into container vessel OOCL Rauma losing containers
The Dutch Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate will investigate why seven containers fell overboard last week from container vessel OOCL Rauma as it was sailing past the Dutch Wadden Islands. This was announced by the inspectorate. On Tuesday 11 February,...
Naval Group submarine project for Australia already faces delays
The Australian Department of Defence has ordered twelve new submarines with French Naval Group. Yet, even while still only in the design phase, the project has already run into a nine-month delay. Naval Group is also one of the companies contending for the Dutch...
Countries start evacuating passengers from Diamond Princess
Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, South Korea and Italy plan to pick up their compatriots from cruise ship Diamond Princess in Japan. The ship has been in quarantine since 3 February due to an outbreak of the coronavirus on board. Right now, some 450 people are infected....
Alphatron supplies custom bridge for ship conversion project
Spaansen will convert container vessel Gerd into Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger Yed Prior. This required a new, custom bridge on board, supplied by Alphatron Marine, in which all instruments are optimised for navigation and dredging. Alphatron designed the custom...
Small plus for Port of Rotterdam’s throughput in 2019
The Port of Rotterdam saw a freight throughput of 469.4 million tonnes in 2019, fractionally higher than in 2018 (469 million tonnes). This was announced by the Rotterdam Port Authority. Crude oil, container, LNG and biomass throughputs increased, but coal and mineral...
‘Wadden Sea shipping route should be closed during storm’
To prevent another disaster in the Wadden Sea, the Dutch Cabinet must talk to Germany as soon as possible about an emergency ordinance with which the shipping route above the Wadden Sea can be closed off. This was said by Dutch political parties ChristenUnie and...
EU subsidy beckons for CO2 storage under the North Sea
In principle, the European Union is prepared to subsidise a project to store CO2 from industry in Antwerp, Ghent, Zeeland and Rotterdam under the North Sea. This follows from the list of energy projects approved by the European Parliament on Wednesday 12 February....
Holland Shipyards lays keel for new electric ferry
Holland Shipyards Group is building the first fully electric ferry for Brevik Fergeselskap, which will operate within the waters of Eidangerfjorden. On Wednesday 12 February the keel was laid. The contract for the new ferry was signed on August 14, 2019. The ferry...
218 people infected with coronavirus on board Diamond Princess
The number of people on board cruise ship Diamond Princess that has been infected by the coronavirus has risen to 218. The ship is currently quarantined near Japan. Some older passengers affected by the coronavirus, will soon be able to leave the ship and be...
Do we need a European Trump to protect the shipbuilding industry?
Most Europeans probably think it would be a bad idea to have a kind of leader like Trump in control of European politics. Still, he at least tries to do something to protect American jobs, while economically liberal Europe hardly does anything to protect its industry....
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