A unique series of autonomous operations trials were held on the North Sea on 19 and 20 March, about five nautical miles off the coast of Den Helder (NL).

(Mars 201912) An excursion passenger vessel arrived off an island where the passengers spent the morning making shoreline excursions in rigid hulled inflatable boats, observing the wildlife.

At this moment in time, ship owners still worry about how to comply with the IMO 2020 Sulphur Regulations and the Ballast Water Management Regulations. Yet, pretty soon they need to consider the consequences of the IMO 2050 CO2 emissions targets.

Allseas’ heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has successfully executed the single-lift installation of the processing platform (P1) and utility living quarters (LQ) topsides, with a combined weight of 44,000 t, in the Johan Sverdrup field, offshore Norway.

(Mars 201911) Preparations for the gas freeing of a cargo tank were taking place on a tanker. The pumpman was opening the aft butterworth pocket of the tank, assisted by a deck cadet.

Once again SWZ|Maritime publishes its annual article index (the "jaaroverzicht" or "jaarindex") online. The 2018 overview can be downloaded as an Excel sheet.The document contains an overview of the articles per issue, an index of the authors that...

(Mars 201910) An engine rating and an engineer were tasked with renewing the discharge pressure gauge on a circulating pump.

(Mars 201909) A container ship was underway on the open sea in darkness and during a rain storm, on a course of 228° and at a speed of almost 17 kt.

Windpark Fryslân has awarded a conditional contract to build the large-scale nearshore wind farm in the Frisian part of the IJsselmeer in the Netherlands to Zuiderzeewind, a consortium consisting of Van Oord and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy.

Damen Shipyards Den Helder (DSDH) and the Netherlands’ Defense Material Organization (DMO) procurement agency have signed a contract for the design, build and delivery of a prototype Expeditionary Survey Boat (ESB).