(MARS 201875) A small bulk carrier was on passage at night with good visibility and fair weather. The vessel was following a track displayed on the ECDIS and was making good a course of 146º in autopilot steering at a speed of about 11 kt.

On 16 January 2019, the Coral Methane carried out its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation on the world’s first LNG-powered cruise ship at Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

As of 1 January, Bureau Veritas has appointed Matthieu de Tugny as the new Executive Vice-President to lead the Marine & Offshore Division (M&O).

Some readers may have noticed that certain MARS reports based on official accident investigations sometimes contain “lessons learned” that are not found in the published report.

The Van der Valk Shipyard is close to completing the 32-metre Raised Pilothouse motoryacht Jangada 2.

Uniper SE and Titan LNG have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to accelerate the growth of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) as a fuel in the downstream markets for industry, road fuel and shipping fuel in Germany.

The first Haliade-X 12 MW wind turbine prototype will be installed at Maasvlakte-Rotterdam (NL) this summer.

Piracy increased on the world’s seas in 2018, with a marked rise in attacks against ships and crews around West Africa.

Last year, 29,475 sea-going vessels arrived at the port of Rotterdam, 200 less than the year before (29,646) and similar to the 2013 number (29,436).

Subsea 7 has finalised the acquisition of Toisa Pegasus, a multi-purpose offshore construction and dive support vessel.