Maersk orders eight 18,600-TEU dual-fuel container ships
Maersk has signed a contract for eight large vessels with New Times Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in China. All eight ships will have the same characteristics and make up a new series of 18,600 TEU vessels with delivery in 2029 and 2030. 'We are pleased to have signed this...
Damen Shipyards undervalued its shipbuilding contracts
Damen Shipyards still has to deal with loss-making projects this year. When entering into these assignments, an incorrect or, in retrospect, over-easy assessment of the risks was made, says CEO Arnout Damen. The company will also refrain from building cruise ships....
Cruise ship Westerdam welcomed in Cambodia
The cruise ship the Westerdam, with 1455 passengers on board, arrived in the port of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, on Thursday 13 February at around 07:00 local time. The Westerdam was not welcome in several Asian ports over the past few days for fear of the coronavirus....
CMA CGM joins hydrogen project with ‘floating laboratory’
CMA CGM will collaborate with the Energy Observer to develop hydrogen for shipping on a large scale. The Energy Observer is the first hydrogen-powered vessel to sails around the globe. The vessel now functions as a "floating laboratory" that tests new energy sources...
Type approval for laser-based dynamic positioning system
DNV GL has granted type approval for Wärtsilä's SceneScan position reference system. It is the world’s first laser-based targetless relative dynamic positioning (DP) reference system that can work without the need for pre-placed positioning targets. Without pre-placed...
Near miss as pilot rope ladder fails
Pilot ladders need to be safe and thus in good condition. A recent Mars report describes a near miss when one of the ladder's side ropes failed as a result of mould. The Mars reports are compiled (anonymously) by The Nautical Institute. A summary of what happened in...
Ship loses seven containers north of Wadden Islands
(Update Thursday 09:33) The ship OOCL Rauma has lost five containers north of Ameland, one of the Dutch Wadden Islands, on 11 February. During the following night, the ship lost another two sixty kilometres northwest of Terschelling. The containers do not contain any...
Video: Installation of pipelay ramp onto reel-lay vessel Seven Vega
Royal IHC has reached a milestone in the completion of the reel-lay vessel Seven Vega for Subsea 7. The twin tensioner pipelay ramp was installed onto the vessel. The whole operation was caught on camera. When the vessel was launched in May 2019, Stuart Fitzgerald,...
Damen delivers Long Range Ocean Patrol Vessel to Mexican Navy
The Secretariat of the Navy of Mexico (SEMAR) has taken delivery of the Long Range Ocean Patrol (POLA) Class vessel ARM Reformador. The POLA 101 is said to be the most technologically advanced vessel in Latin America and was built in Mexico under the Damen Technical...
HAL cruise ship seeks port for cruise ship Westerdam
Shipping company Holland-America Line (HAL) is working on a solution for its cruise ship Westerdam. Although it was first allowed to dock in a port near Bangkok on Monday 10 February, that permission was revoked again a day later for fear of spreading the novel...
‘Container shipping may take until third quarter to recover from corona’
The novel coronavirus has largely shutdown the powerful China, one of the largest economies of the world. In a market analysis, Dutch bank ABN Amro expects the shipping sector will be one of the industries most impacted. Shipping is by far the most important mode of...
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