Ships bunkered six times more bio-LNG Rotterdam in 2025
Last year, maritime shipping bunkered 3000 tonnes more fuel in Rotterdam than in 2024. In total, ships bunkered 9.8 million tonnes of fuel. For the first time, vessels bunkered more than 1 million m3 of LNG in Rotterdam, including a growing volume of bio-LNG: 17,644...
New Liebherr cranes fall off Jumbo ship while loading in Rostock
Part of Rostock Port has been closed after two mobile harbour cranes fell off the heavy-lift vessel Jumbo Vision during loading operations. Because there are fluids leaking from the cranes, port basin B has been temporarily closed and secured with oil barriers to...
Passengers cruise ship not infected with coronavirus
Two Chinese passengers on the cruise ship Costa Smeralda in the port of Civitavecchia in Italy are not infected with the coronavirus. This means that all passengers are now allowed to disembark again. The crew of the Costa Smeralda had raised the alarm when a Chinese...
‘Coronavirus may hit Dutch supply chains from China’
'The coronavirus outbreak could endanger the supply of Dutch companies doing business with China,' says Bart Vos, scientific director of the Brightlands Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (BISCI) and affiliated with Maastricht University. Several ports in China...
Multi-purpose vessel Sanaborg relaunched as explorer yacht Ragnar
Icon Yachts has launched its latest conversion explorer super yacht, the seventy-metre 2450 GT Project Ragnar. The original vessel, Sanaborg, was built as an ice breaking multi-purpose support supply vessel in Holland in 2012. The ICE-breaker explorer super yacht was...
Damen converts platform supply vessel into fish feed carrier
Eidsvaag, a Norwegian company that specialises in the distribution of fish feed, has contracted Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (DSAm) to convert a platform supply vessel into a fish feed carrier. The vessel is meant to improve efficiency and sustainability in the...
Wärtsilä to supply battery system for Bodewes designed bulk carriers
Technology group Wärtsilä will provide the system design and equipment scope for two new 9300 DWT self-discharging bulk carriers featuring hybrid propulsion. The ships, designed by Royal Bodewes, will be the first of their kind to be fitted with such a solution. They...
First LNG delivery for DEME’s offshore installation vessel Orion
In the second ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation to take place in Germany, the world’s largest LNG bunker vessel Kairos, operated by Nauticor, has supplied LNG to DEME’s next generation offshore installation vessel Orion. For the Port of Rostock, this ship-to-ship...
Crew member injured by fast-moving mooring line
A fast-moving, heavy mooring rope presents a clear hazard. A recent Mars Report describes an incident in which a crew member was injured after a mooring line paid out to fast. The Mars Reports are compiled (anonymously) by The Nautical Institute. A summary of what...
Van Oord joins Estonian offshore wind development
Van Oord and Saare Wind Energy join forces and will mutually develop the Saaremaa offshore wind farm. Saare Wind Energy is an Estonian developer involved in developing the offshore wind farm, covering 154 square kilometres, south-west of the Estonian island Saaremaa....
Passengers stranded on cruise ship due to corona anxiety
Approximately 6000 passengers on a cruise ship in the port of Civitavecchia in Italy are not allowed to leave the vessel for the time being. Two Chinese passengers on board may be infected with the coronavirus. Shipping company Costa Crociere announced this on...
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