Boskalis performs ‘quadruple tow’ to Australia
Boskalis carries out tandem tows dozens of times a year. This is a type of transport in which the cargo is towed by two powerful oceangoing tugs. Sometimes a third vessel joins, turning it into a triple tow to its final destination. But even that can be surpassed, and...
Newly Installed Dutch Offshore Solar Farm Survives First Storms
Oceans of Energy, a consortium of six Dutch companies, has installed the first modules of the world’s first offshore floating solar farm in the Dutch North Sea, fifteen kilometres off the coast of Scheveningen. The system has been generating energy since November and...
Approval for Hudong-Zhonghua’s Gas-fuelled 25,000 TEU Container Ship
DNV GL has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) certificate to Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding for a new gas-fueled 25,000 TEU Ultra Large Container vessel (ULCS) design. The AiP is for a design that would be the largest container ship in the world. 'Hudong-Zhonghua...
Damen Completes Combat Systems for Indonesian Frigate
Damen Shipyards Group and its partner PT PAL have completed the installation of combat systems on the frigate KRI Raden Eddy Martadinata. It is the first of the Indonesian Ministry of Defence’s series of SIGMA 10514 Perusak Kawal Rudal (PKR) guided missile frigates. ...
Wärtsilä and CSSC to Develop New Hybrid Vessels
Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a strategic development agreement with Chinese state-owned shipbuilder CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding Company Limited Huangpu Wenchong. The five year agreement is aimed at the joint development of a hybrid powered dredger, but...
Video – APL-ship Rams Crane at Terminal Antwerp Gateway
At the Deurganck dock in the port of Antwerp, a ship collided with a crane at DP World's Antwerp Gateway terminal on Monday afternoon. The crane collapsed and partially landed in the water. There were no injuries. The ship arrived at the PSA terminal at quay 1740...
Alewijnse to Supply Hybrid Propulsion System for Amels 60 Yachts
Alewijnse Marine will deliver the electrical systems installation on the first two vessels of the new superyacht range, the Amels 60. Peak shaving technology with battery power is one of the key components of the contract. The Amels 60 is the result of three years of...
On-board Risk Assessments Should Identify All Potential Hazards
Mundane tasks that have always been done a certain way can nonetheless present risks that are invisible to the crew. In a recent Mars Report, a crew member slipped from the manifold grating injuring his finger after this potential hazard had been overlooked. The...
The Netherlands to Use IMO Seat to Focus on Safety in Shipping
The Netherlands has been elected as a member of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council. 'With this important seat, the Netherlands can keep safety high on the agenda so that we can make sound agreements about it worldwide,' says Minister Van...
Wagenborg Fleet Now sailing on Low Sulphur Fuel
Wagenborg has recently started ordering and bunkering low sulphur fuel in response to the upcoming sulphur cap, starting on 1 January 2020. The vast majority of the fleet has now switched over and is sailing on compliant fuel. The new fuel sulphur regulation of the...
Titan LNG Tenders for 8000-Cbm LNG Bunker Barge
Titan LNG has contracted Fearnleys AS, a Norwegian ship broker, to run the tender process for a newbuild LNG Bunker Barge. The Titan Hyperion will be the third barge that the independent LNG bunker supplier Titan LNG operates in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA)...
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