Accommodation ladder failures, although rare, are certainly not unheard of and numerous lives have been lost as a result. Risks involved in rigging and securing accommodation ladders should be duly accounted for.

With a new Biogas Solutions unit, technology group Wärtsilä wants to boost advanced biofuel production. The unit combines expertise in biogas upgrading technology with knowledge of biogas liquefaction. Eventually, this may also create new shipping fuels.

One of the principal tasks for a man overboard (MOB) incident is getting the ship turned around and back to the incident area in the shortest possible time. If sea room allows, hard helm should immediately be applied (to the side of the fall). To turn the ship around,...

In partnership with Space Norway, Inmarsat will launch the world’s first and only high-speed mobile broadband capacity for mobility segments in the Arctic region. High-speed connectivity is vital to Arctic offshore exploration as well as the growing number of merchant and cruise ships that transit the Northwest Passage.

Agnieta Habben Jansen with her entry ‘Vulnerability Reduction of Distributed Systems’ and Niels de Vries with his research titled ‘Ammonia as renewable fuel for the maritime industry’ have been nominated for this year’s Maritime Designer Award. This award is intended for individual designers, PhD students, recent graduates and start-ups who want to bring their work and approach to the fore.

After some delays, Norwegian cruise operator Hurtigruten’s MS Roald Amundsen, has made its maiden voyage off the west coast of Norway. It is the first cruise ship that can sail on battery power.

The current legal framework exempts container carriers from the generally applicable EU competition rules prohibiting anti-competitive agreements between companies. The European Union must decide whether it extends the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (BER) for the liner-shipping sector for another five years from 25 April 2020.

Through the use of optimised propulsion, LNG, sails, energy storage and solar panels, a new type of bulk carrier has been designed that meets IMO’s 2030 emissions targets. Remarkable about the design is that it uses currently available technologies.

Veth Propulsion’s 4000th thruster has become a special, golden one. The international manufacturer of ship propulsion machinery from Papendrecht, the Netherlands, will mount the thruster on the Protoporos 15, one of fifteen ferryboats owned by Greek ship owner, the Tsokos family.

The Dutch have withdrawn their entry for the 36th America’s Cup in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2021. The DutchSail team headed up by sailor Simeon Tienpont has not been able to find a main sponsor.