


VIDEO: KNRM rescues over 4000 people in 2022
The Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (KNRM) is looking back on a busy and intense year. In 2022, the KNRM fleet sailed out 2524 times for requests for help. That was ten per cent more than the previous year, but twenty per cent less than in 2020, the busiest...
USCG: Lack of situational awareness and poor BRM caused Ever Forward grounding
The US Coast Guard (USCG) completed its marine casualty investigation on 6 December into the grounding of the container ship Ever Forward on 13 March 2022. The incident’s causal factors were the pilot’s failure to maintain situational awareness and attention while...
Niestern Sander to repair mv Helge that was damaged in collision
Last week, the mv Helge arrived at the repair yard of Royal Niestern Sander in Delfzijl. Here, the general cargo vessel, managed by MF Shipping in Delfzijl, will be repaired over the coming months. Following a collision with another vessel off Denmark, the ship...
Two dead and two missing after water taxi and ferry collide near Terschelling
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...