Stena Line orders hybrid ferries for the Sweden-Denmark route
Stena Line is renewing its fleet and has placed an order for two new hybrid E-Flexer ferries, scheduled to enter service in 2030. The two RoPax ferries will have capacity for 1500 passengers and 2750 lane metres of freight. Designed as day ferries, they are intended...
Fatal fall into container bay
At night, a container vessel had discharged all containers and commenced loading outbound containers, including reefer containers. Some hatches were left open after discharge was completed. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of maritime accidents and near-misses....
Funding for hydrogen-resistant circular steel research
The project “Circularity as opportunity: Engineering hydrogen-resistant circular steels" (CIRHY) has officially been approved in the NWO Perspectief 2024–2025 round. The project seeks to develop safe, circular and hydrogen-resistant steels, strengthening the...
Jan De Nul launches offshore installation simulator
In December, Jan De Nul is commissioning two high-tech simulators at its Aalst office. The eye-catcher is the crane simulator designed for the installation of wind farms at sea. The second simulator is for its cutter suction dredgers. With wind turbines reaching tip...
First CO2 tanks installed on Carbon Destroyer 1
Royal Wagenborg has installed the first CO2 storage tanks on the Carbon Destroyer 1, the first European-built dedicated offshore CO2 carrier. It marks a crucial step towards completing this pioneering vessel, which will play a key role in carbon capture and storage...
Ship loses containers in English Channel
The UK Coastguard has reported that Seatrade's container ship Baltic Klipper lost sixteen containers overboard on Saturday 6 December in the Solent, a strait in the English Channel. No crew members were injured and the containers are carrying non-hazardous cargo. The...
Oceanco and ABB test Dynafin propulsion for yachts
To make yacht propulsion more sustainable, Oceanco has been involved in a multi-year collaboration with ABB on researching the ABB Dynafin propulsion system. Recent testing at the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) has confirmed the system’s potential to...
Van Oord completes monopile installation at Windanker
Van Oord has completed the transport and installation of all 21 monopiles at Iberdrola’s Windanker offshore wind farm. This project involved the largest monopiles Van Oord has ever installed, made possible by earlier upgrades to its heavy-lift installation vessel...
NIOZ getting ready for new research vessel
Ocean scientist at NIOZ Gert-Jan Reichart has been working on it for ten years, and on 12 March 2026, the time will have come. That day, the largest Dutch research vessel ever will be christened. With RV Anna Weber-van Bosse, marine researchers will be able to conduct...
RWE to place nature-inclusive Reef cubes at Dutch wind farm
RWE and TotalEnergies have signed an agreement with ARC marine for the supply of 66 innovative Reef cubes at a section of the future offshore wind farm OranjeWind, in the Dutch North Sea. Installation of the foundations of OranjeWind will start in 2026. Once the...
Shell and Equinor form UK North Sea producer Adura
Shell UK Limited, a subsidiary of Shell and Equinor UK Limited, a subsidiary of Equinor ASA have completed a deal to combine their UK offshore oil and gas operations to form a new company. Adura, which launched on 1 December, will be the largest independent producer...
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