Roadmap to net zero for European ports
The EU-funded Horizon 2020 projects PIONEERS and MAGPIE closed five years of work on 17 September with a concrete outcome: a Green Port Master Plan delivered to the European Commission. It includes free digital tools that let any European port, not just the ninety...
Harold Liebregs takes the helm at Royal Netherlands Navy
Vice Admiral Harold Liebregs was appointed Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy and Admiral Benelux on 18 September. At the naval base in Den Helder, he took over command from his fellow vice admiral René Tas. Before his departure, Tas made some striking remarks....
Van Oord lands IADC Safety Award for gaskets with ears
Van Oord has been awarded the IADC Safety Award 2025 during the Annual General Meeting of the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) in Stockholm, Sweden. The company receives the award for its newly designed gasket that significantly reduces the risk...
Fatigue leads to passenger vessel grounding
A small passenger vessel offered overnight tourism trips from a home port. The master was working long days and fatigue seems to have contributed to the vessel grounding. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of maritime accidents and near-misses. It then publishes...
Royal T delivers new Salmo vessel MV Sueve
Royal T Shipyards has delivered the next vessel in the 5050-DWT Salmo series, the MV Sueve, to shipowner Navinorte/G. Junquera Marítima. The handover took place in the Netherlands on 4 September, after which the vessel left for Port of El Musel, Gijón, Spain for its...
Thamesborg to be lightered before salvage attempt
Wagenborg reports that two salvage vessels have arrived on scene to attend to its general cargo vessel Thamesborg, which remains aground in stable condition in the Franklin Strait off Prince of Wales Island, Canada. Salvage experts have meanwhile developed a plan for...
STREAM transforms shipyard welding with smart tech
With the official launch of the STREAM project on 4 September, one of the first concrete implementation projects within Shipyard of the Future Drechtsteden-Rotterdam has begun. STREAM has received EUR 2 million in funding and aims to modernise Dutch shipyards, lower...
Over 500 alternatively-fuelled container ships on order
Alternative fuels have proven particularly popular for the largest ships while orders for smaller alternatively-fuelled ships lag behind. For ships with 8000 TEU capacity or more, 81 per cent of the ships and 85 per cent of the TEU capacity on order are for...
Stena Line puts Stena Futura into service
Stena Line has welcomed the first of its new hybrid freight ferries to Belfast Harbour. The multimillion-pound purpose-built Stena Futura goes into service today, 22 September, on the freight-only Belfast to Heysham route. The 147-metre Stena Futura will operate...
Allseas wins Brae Alpha decommissioning
TAQA UK has awarded Allseas the contract for the engineering, preparation, removal and disposal (EPRD) of the Brae Alpha platform in the UK Central North Sea. The decommissioning is to take place between 2028 and 2032. Located 270 kilometres northeast of Aberdeen,...
VIDEO: How NATO protects critical undersea infrastructure
NATO has stepped up surveillance of critical undersea infrastructure with enhanced air and naval patrols, especially in regions like the North and Baltic Seas. In addition, NATO is looking at new tech from the private sector to assist in these efforts. Critical...
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