Fewer collisions in Port of Rotterdam, focus on speed limits
In 2025, there were significantly fewer collisions in the Port of Rotterdam than in previous years. The focus of the Rotterdam Harbour Master’s Division was largely on resilience due to the geopolitical tensions at play. 2025 was also a year of preparing for the speed...
Rotterdam Port Fund Invests in Hull Cleaning Robot
Rotterdam Port Fund has acquired a stake in Fleet Cleaner, a Delft based company that removes fouling from vessels’ hulls by using an in-house developed robot. The participation enables Fleet Cleaner to expand its services both in Rotterdam and internationally. The...
Damen Signs Contract for Hydrographic Research Vessel
Damen Shipyards Group will supply the design, engineering and technical assistance for the construction of a scientific marine research vessel. Under the Damen Technical Cooperation programme, Cotemcar, operating two shipyards in Cartagena, Colombia, is to build the...
Crane Lifting Wire Ruptures Due to Inadequate Lubrication
The safe working limit (SWL) of a crane means nothing if the parts, and especially the wire rope, are not maintained and inspected to the highest standard. In a recent Mars Report, inadequate lubrication resulted in two injured stevedores during a lift that was well...
The Energy Transition – How to Make Money with Green Ships?
With the IMO's sulphur rules around the corner, shipowners are already facing another huge challenge: the energy transition needed to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) like CO2. To reach a fifty per cent GHG reduction by 2050 (compared to 2008), shipowners...
Dutch Ideas, Japanese Build
Japan is still a large shipbuilding nation blessed with powerful shipowners and a large fleet. Under the pressure of the global shipbuilding market problems, Japanese yards have gone through a merger and contraction phase. Yet, they have still been able to maintain a...
Shipping Sector Proposes Fuel Tax to Fund R&D Programme
Seven international shipowner associations have asked the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to form the world’s first collaborative shipping R&D programme that is to eliminate CO2 emissions. The proposal aks funding from shipping companies across the world...
CMA CGM Accelerates Use of Marine Biofuel
Shipping company CMA CGM has selected Shell to supply tens of thousands of tonnes of second-generation biofuel to its fleet. The fuel used is composed of eighty per cent Low Sulphur Fuel Oil and twenty per cent biofuel made of used cooking oil. This quantity will...
Crew Member Injures Hand Due to Incorrect Passing of Mooring Lines
Mooring ropes should not be passed directly from winch drums to a tug as the lower layers of rope may get stuck. A recent Mars Report covers such an incident in which a crew member was injured. A transcript of what happened: A vessel was preparing to depart. The...
APM Terminals Plans to Sell Rotterdam Terminal to Hutchison Ports
The Rotterdam-based terminal APMTR may be sold to Hutchison Ports, owner of the adjacent ECT Delta terminal. APMTR is to continue as an independent organisation for the time being with a five-year volume guarantee from Maersk and no forced redundancies for the next...
‘Delaying Dutch Submarine Contract May Also Have an Upside’
The Dutch Government has decided to postpone the decision as to who will build the new Dutch submarines to 2021. Maritime industry is displeased, but SWZ|Maritime's naval expert Jaap Huisman also sees a positive side. 'This postponement may give time to pay attention...
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