• Facebook
  • X
SWZ|Maritime
  • Home
  • News
  • Events
  • Subscribe
  • SWZ Archive
  • Newsletter
  • Advertorials
  • Topics
Select Page
‘Hidden fatigue risks in offshore wind turbine structures’

‘Hidden fatigue risks in offshore wind turbine structures’

by Mariska Buitendijk | Aug 8, 2025 | Maritime research, News, Offshore wind

Some offshore wind turbine (OWT) support structures may fall short of required fatigue life expectations, according to a new Lloyd’s Register (LR) report. The new case study demonstrates how reliability-based inspection can help manage fatigue-driven risks in offshore...
Fire hose cabinet on ship in poor state

Fire hose cabinet on ship in poor state

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 25, 2025 | Classification/inspection, Maritime accidents, News, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime

An officer was undertaking an inspection of the exterior fire hoses and their protective cabinets on a ship. The securing bracket of one cabinet was found to be badly corroded. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of maritime accidents and near-misses. It then...
RINA acquires Finland-based Foreship

RINA acquires Finland-based Foreship

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 23, 2025 | Classification/inspection, News, Ship design

RINA, the multinational engineering consultancy, inspection and certification group, has acquired the entire share capital of Foreship from Vaaka Partners and the company’s managers. Foreship is a Finnish company specialising in naval architecture and marine...
Fugro pioneers uncrewed subsea inspections in Brazil

Fugro pioneers uncrewed subsea inspections in Brazil

by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 31, 2024 | Autonomous operation, Classification/inspection, Digitalisation, News, Offshore, Survey

Petrobras has signed a 175-day addendum to Fugro’s current inspection, repair and maintenance services contract, performed by the Fugro Aquarius. It will now include fully remote subsea inspection surveys of shallow-water infrastructure in Brazil using an USV and...
Inspections show container lashings must improve

Inspections show container lashings must improve

by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 20, 2024 | Classification/inspection, News, Shipping

The Dutch Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) and Netherlands Coast Guard used drones to photograph sailing container ships 82 times in 2023 to check their lashings. In two-thirds of the inspections, the inspection showed that there was actually a...
« Older Entries

PARTNERS

CEDA

SWZ|Maritime articles

Curious about the articles in SWZ|Maritime? Some of them are published online. Read them here.

Published by SWZ|Maritime
Zeemansstraat 13
3016 CN Rotterdam
T: +31 (0)10 241 74 35
F: +31 (0)10 241 00 95
E: redactie@swzmaritime.nl

About SWZ|Maritime

Subscription

Advertising

Partners

Contact

 

 

Privacy statement
Disclaimer
Cookie Policy

Sign up for our newsletter

Sign up now!

© 2019 - 2025 SWZ|Maritime
Manage Cookie Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
  • Manage options
  • Manage services
  • Manage {vendor_count} vendors
  • Read more about these purposes
View preferences
  • {title}
  • {title}
  • {title}