Piracy incidents on the rise in 2023

Piracy incidents on the rise in 2023

The annual Piracy and Armed Robbery Report of the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) raises concern over the first successful Somali based hijacking since 2017. Both the number of maritime piracy and armed robbery incidents and the number of crew kidnappings...
Dutch maritime industry had difficult year, but order books on the rise

Dutch maritime industry had difficult year, but order books on the rise

Dutch yacht building and short sea are doing well, but all other categories of the Dutch maritime manufacturing industry are struggling. Trade association Netherlands Maritime Technology (NMT) draws this conclusion in its annual report 2023. Yet, there is a silver...