WinGD to supply methanol/ethanol engines to Polaris
WinGD has won an order for four X72DF-M-1.0 engines that can operate on methanol and ethanol for Polaris Shipping's future Newcastlemax fleet. The ability to operate on either fuel allows Polaris to respond to changes in fuel availability, pricing and regulatory...
Van Oord’s offshore giant Boreas in pics
SWZ|Maritime's editor Hengameh Farahpour travelled to Rotterdam in June to visit the christening event of Van Oord's Boreas and take a tour of this special vessel. The Boreas is now the largest and most sustainable offshore wind installation vessel in the world. The...
DNV: Alternative fuels orderbook shows resilience
Ordering of alternative-fuelled vessels is continuing to grow in 2025, despite a slowdown in the overall newbuild market. According to data from DNV’s Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) platform, new orders for alternative-fuelled vessels reached 19.8 million gross...
Huisman to supply Knuckle Boom Crane for DFO vessel
Huisman has signed a contract with VARD for the delivery of a state-of-the-art 250-mt Knuckle Boom Crane, which will be installed on a newbuild offshore construction vessel for Dong Fang Offshore (DFO). The vessel is currently under construction at VARD and is...
WSC: 576 container lost at sea in 2024, well below average
The World Shipping Council (WSC) has released its annual Containers Lost at Sea report, showing that 576 containers were lost at sea in 2024. While this represents an increase from the record-low 221 containers lost in 2023, it remains well below the ten-year average...
Netherlands drops two spots on flag state performance list
The Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has published its new performance lists for flag states and recognised organisations. France now tops the list, up from 11. The Netherlands loses two spots and moves from 2 to 4. The new Paris MoU lists take effect from the...
AI-driven MOB system wins British Safety Council Award
Edinburgh’s Zelim has won this year’s British Safety Council (BSC) Health and Safety Transformation Award for its AI-driven automatic man overboard (MOB) detection system, ZOE. ZOE uses machine learning and a proprietary dataset of over 7 million maritime images to...
Ship recycling could double to 16,000 ships
Now that the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships has entered into force, BIMCO has updated its estimate for the ship recycling potential over the next ten years. In a new Shipping Number of the Week, the...
Hong Kong Convention for ship recycling enters into force
The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships entered into force on 26 June 2025. Ships at the end of their operational lives must now be recycled in a safe and environmentally sustainable way. The Hong Kong...
First Belgian and Dutch minehunter donated to Ukraine
The Belgian minehunter BNS Narcis and the Dutch HNLMS Vlaardingen have recently been handed over to Ukraine. The transfer took place during a ceremony at the Belgian naval base in Zeebrugge. Due to operational security reasons, this is only now being communicated...
EST-Floattech launches LFP maritime battery system
EST-Floattech has expanded its Octopus Series with the introduction of Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) battery modules. With this addition, the company addresses market demand for maritime battery systems based on another chemical configuration. EST-Floattech is a Dutch...
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