Seafarers face widening competency gap
82 per cent of maritime professionals surveyed say current training does not adequately prepare seafarers for the realities of modern, digitally-enabled vessel operations. Just eighteen per cent believe training keeps pace, according to new research from OneOcean and...
Siemens selects EST-Floattech batteries for CSOV Plus
Siemens Energy has contracted EST-Floattech to supply the battery system for a "CSOV Plus", a new Commissioning Service Operation Vessel for Marco Polo Marine. EST-Floattech will supply Octopus HE modules with a capacity of more than 1 MWh, supporting the vessel's...
646-tonne Batavia moved ashore at Lelystad
Wooden sailing vessel Batavia was transported to and installed at its final resting place in Lelystad on 2 October. The 1995-delivered, full-scale reconstruction of the 1628 Dutch East India Company ship had been prepared for its final voyage at Damen Shiprepair...
PortXL selects 11 maritime startups and scale-ups
PortXL has chosen eleven startups and scale-ups for its 2026 acceleration programme. They were selected from more than 250 applicants worldwide. Together they cover the three focus areas Maritime & Offshore, Energy & Infrastructure, and Dual Use. 'PortXL’s...
Wärtsilä/RCT joint venture for energy storage kicks off
Technology group Wärtsilä closed the transaction of the joint venture for its Energy Storage business on 1 October. Under the arrangement, Wärtsilä and German engineering company RCT Solutions now each hold a fifty per cent stake in the joint venture, called Valo....
Tug connection gone wrong
Line handling operations are very common but inherently hazardous for tug crews, warns The Nautical Institute in a new Mars Report. It describes a mooring operation supported by two tugs with fatal consequences. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of maritime...
Boskalis to install cables at Zeevonk Offshore Wind Farm
Boskalis will transport and install the inter-array cable system for phase 1 of the Zeevonk Offshore Wind Farm in the Dutch North Sea. Zeevonk, the joint venture between Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, awarded the contract to the Dutch contractor....
Damen undersigns European maritime innovation agenda 2050
On 29 September, Damen Shipyards Group and other representatives of the European waterborne sector signed nine Technology Roadmaps at the Waterborne Leadership Event in Brussels. The roadmaps provide a shared framework for maritime research, development and...
HNLMS Evertsen sets sail for Middle East
The Netherlands has once again sent an air defence and command frigate to the Middle East. HNLMS Evertsen departed on 27 September and will be away for more than three months. The ship is taking over the duties of HNLMS De Ruyter, which recently returned. When the...
Practice-oriented Professional Doctorate driving innovation
From the magazine – In 2023, the pilot Professional Doctorate (PD) programme was launched as a post-master doctoral pathway within the universities of applied science (HBO). While traditional PhD programmes primarily focus on creating new conceptual knowledge, the PD...
Amer Shipping orders two more vessels from Concordia Damen
Amer Shipping has purchased another two CDS Dry Cargo 110 hulls from Concordia Damen. The first vessel, the AM Lianova, will sail for Stream Shipping. The second vessel, yet to be named, will join Amer Shipping’s own fleet. Amer Shipping is owned by the Buijks family....
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