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Meyer Werft to complete Global Dream cruise ship for Disney

Meyer Werft to complete Global Dream cruise ship for Disney

by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 17, 2022 | Marine fuels, News, Passenger ships, Ship design, Shipbuilding

Disney Cruise Line has acquired the partially completed cruise ship Global Dream and has contracted Meyer Werft to finish it. The ship had been under the care of an administrator after MV Werften filed for bankruptcy in January 2022. It will now set sail in 2025 and...
How ABB’s braking system automates a cruise ship’s emergency stops

How ABB’s braking system automates a cruise ship’s emergency stops

by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 8, 2022 | Digitalisation, Navigation, News, Passenger ships, Ship propulsion, Shipping

The world’s largest cruise ship Wonder of the Seas is also the first ship in the world to feature the new ABB Ability Marine Braking Assistance. Designed for safe and smooth emergency stops, the automatic braking system is the result of collaboration between the...
VIDEO: How MARIN validates calculations of the stern wave of a mega cruise ship

VIDEO: How MARIN validates calculations of the stern wave of a mega cruise ship

by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 7, 2022 | Maritime research, News, Passenger ships, Ship design, Shipping

The Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) has performed unique wave measurements on board a mega cruise ship. The objective: measure the shape and height of the stern wave to validate model tests and calculations. Digital Image Correlation techniques were...
World’s largest inflatable lifeboat Seahaven wins technology award

World’s largest inflatable lifeboat Seahaven wins technology award

by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 28, 2022 | Maritime awards, News, Passenger ships, Ship design, Shipping

Survitec’s Seahaven, the world’s largest inflatable lifeboat, has won the technology category of this year’s Safety4Sea awards. The self-propelled lifeboat surpassed Safety4Sea’s judging criteria of providing a ‘significant technological achievement or...
Water taxi and ferry that collided in Wadden Sea were sailing too fast

Water taxi and ferry that collided in Wadden Sea were sailing too fast

by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 27, 2022 | Maritime accidents, News, Passenger ships, Shipping

Both the water taxi Stormloper and the fast ferry Tiger were sailing too fast when they collided on 21 October in the Dutch Wadden Sea. This has become clear from freely available sailing data. The accident resulted in two deaths and two people are still missing. Just...
Water taxi and ferry that collided in Wadden Sea were sailing too fast

Two dead and two missing after water taxi and ferry collide near Terschelling

by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 24, 2022 | Maritime accidents, News, Passenger ships, Salvage, Shipping

The Netherlands Coast Guard launched a major search and rescue operation after the water taxi Stormloper and ferry Tiger collided on 21 October in the Dutch Wadden Sea. Two people were killed in the collision. Two others, including a 12-year-old child, are still...
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