Dijvler enters sea-going vessel market with new winches
Dutch company Dijvler, with nearly fifty years of experience in anchor and mooring winches for inland vessels, is expanding into the sea-going vessel segment. It has developed a new, standardised programme of anchor and mooring winches for cargo and offshore support...
Another enclosed space fatality on tanker
A cascade of safety failures has led to another enclosed space fatality, this time on an oil/chemical tanker. The Nautical Institute describes the accident in a new Mars Report. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of maritime accidents and near-misses. It then...
GVB orders sixth electric ferry at Holland Shipyards
Holland Shipyards Group has once again been awarded a contract by GVB Amsterdam for the construction of a fully electric ferry. This vessel, designated NZK 105, will be the sixth in the NZK-series operating across the Noordzeekanaal. The renewed collaboration follows...
Damen launches latest Amels 80 ahead of outfitting
Damen Yachting has launched the latest Amels 80 from its 80-metre Limited Editions design. Following the launch at Damen's facility in Galati, Romania, the superyacht will now embark on its journey to Vlissingen, the Netherlands, for outfitting. The yacht is available...
Maersk sails Red Sea for first time in two years
On 18-19 December, the Singapore-flagged vessel Maersk Sebarok, operating on Maersk’s MECL-service, transited the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and Red Sea. This is exactly two years after Maersk that it would be re-routing its vessels around Africa via the Cape of Good Hope...
Amasus orders Bound4blue eSAILs for second vessel
Bound4blue and Amasus Shipping have installed of a 22-metre eSAIL on the general cargo vessel Fluvius Tavy at Astander Shipyard in Santander, Spain. The project marks the companies’ second installation. The project reinforces both the scalability of suction sail...
Clippership orders autonomous wind-powered vessel at KM
Clippership, a company developing autonomous wind-powered ships, has completed the design of its first 24-metre class vessel. The company subsequently executed a construction contract for the first cargo vessel with Dutch shipyard KM Yachtbuilders. The vessel will be...
MARIN: Remote-controlled ships still require crew
MARIN sees opportunities for safe navigation with reduced crew levels on remotely controlled vessels, but stresses that a qualified person must remain on board to take over control if the data connection fails. This conclusion follows from research conducted by MARIN...
Nuclear power: Why offshore vessels need a new energy model
From the magazine – Nuclear power on ships isn’t new. Pressurised water reactors have operated safely on warships since the 1950s. Nuclear propulsion is typically associated with submarines or icebreakers, not construction vessels or deep-water production systems....
EU imposes new sanctions on Russian shadow fleet
On 15 December, the European Union (EU) adopted new sanctions against Russia, primarily aimed at the Russian shadow fleet. Additional individuals and companies have also been added to the sanctions list. The Russian shadow fleet consists of hundreds of oil tankers...
‘Save small inland shipping through new ships and electrification’
'By investing in smaller green vessels with fixed or swappable battery packs, and simultaneously rolling out a network of charging stations at key locations along inland waterways, we can prevent a cargo market of 40 million tonnes from shifting to road transport due...
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