Damen Yachting launches and sells Amels 60
Damen Yachting has launched the first new build of 2026 at their Vlissingen City shipyard in the Netherlands. On 31 January, the latest Amels 60, now also confirmed as sold, made its way outside marking the start of the final outfitting and sea trial stages in...
Elbe Deepening and Widening Project Underway
Making the port of Hamburg more accessible - that is the aim of the current fairway adjustment. The Elbe fairway between Hamburg and the mouth of the Elbe will be partly deepened and in some places widened. The project consists of several sub-projects and the work is...
Unacceptable Practices Lead to Grounding
Performing other tasks than navigation during the watch, fatigue and alcohol all contributed to a car carrier grounding. To top it off, the Bridge Navigation Watch Alarm System was not functioning. The result: a total constructive loss that could easily have been...
26 Yacht Projects Underway at Amels and Damen
Damen Shipyards Group’s yachting division Amels is working on 26 yacht projects at its new build and hull building facilities in Vlissingen. This includes the hull of a 78-metre Full Custom yacht. When completed in 2021, the yacht will be the largest Amels to date....
‘Shipping’s Decarbonisation Costs at Least One Trillion Dollars’
A new study puts a price tag on shipping’s decarbonisation. At least one trillion US dollars of capital investments in land-based and ship-related infrastructure is required to halve international shipping’s greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 2050. The study was...
German Shipbuilder to Court after Damen Wins Billion Euro Navy Contract
Shipbuilder German Naval Yards and steelmaker Thyssenkrupp have complained about the earlier award of a billion-euro contract from the German navy to a Dutch consortium led by Damen Shipyards. The German companies have 'serious doubts' about the legality of that...
Zeamarine Is Disposing of Vessels
Zeamarine is reportedly disposing of vessels to deal with its financial losses. The fast-growing shipping company last month announced that it has hired a restructuring specialist to take over the management of the company and turn things around. According to brokers,...
Is the Bar Being Raised to 26,000 TEU?
The design for an LNG-powered container ship of the Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua (HZ) of 25,000 TEU could in reality yield a ship of 26,000 TEU. German analyst Jan Tiedemann of Alphaliner came to this conclusion after taking a closer look at the design. The...
Sailing Yacht Sea Eagle II Launched in Amsterdam
The world's largest aluminium sailing yacht, 81-metre Sea Eagle II, has been launched in Amsterdam. The yacht left Royal Huisman's building dock in Vollenhove on a pontoon on 10 January for tight-fitting transport to the yacht builder's Amsterdam facility. To reach...
Satellites to Measure SOX and NOX Emissions from Seagoing Ships
A new joint study seeks to use satellite images to detect the emission of sulphur (SOX) and nitrogen dioxide (NOX) from sea-going vessels. The study is being conducted by the Dutch Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) and the universities of Leiden and...
Construction of Dutch Borssele 1+2 Wind Farm Kicks off
The Danish company Ørsted has begun the construction of the Borssele 1+2 wind farm. The first foundations of this wind farm off coast of the Dutch province of Zeeland have been completed. The first monopile was the wind farm’s heaviest and longest, with a weight of...
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