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Netherlands to introduce Vessel Traffic Services to prevent container loss

Netherlands to introduce Vessel Traffic Services to prevent container loss

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 1, 2022 | Container loss, Maritime accidents, Navigation, News, Offshore wind, Shipping

After the MSC Zoe incident, the Dutch government has investigated whether Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) could help prevent such accidents. The result is that VTS will be introduced north of the Wadden Islands. In addition, Vessel Traffic Monitoring will be established...
All containers Marcos V lost in North Sea have been salvaged

All containers Marcos V lost in North Sea have been salvaged

by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 8, 2022 | Container loss, Maritime accidents, News, Salvage, Shipping

The salvage work to recover the lost containers of the Marcos V has been completed. All 26 empty containers have been salvaged. The container ship lost them on 19 February in the early morning, the weekend that the storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin swept across the...
Final MSC Zoe container part removed from the Wadden Sea

Final MSC Zoe container part removed from the Wadden Sea

by Mariska Buitendijk | Sep 13, 2021 | Container loss, News, Salvage

Over 2.5 years after the MSC Zoe lost 342 containers in the North Sea just north of the Dutch Wadden Islands, Rijkswaterstaat has removed the last container part from the Wadden Sea. Salvage company BDS salvaged parts of a container on the Rif, a sandbank between...

Dutch Minister: We are looking into vessel traffic services to prevent container loss

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 8, 2021 | Container loss, News, Shipping

Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Cora van Nieuwenhuizen has said that agreements have been made with Germany about warnings to container ships sailing north of the Wadden Islands in bad weather. In addition, an investigation is taking place into...
Netherlands to introduce Vessel Traffic Services to prevent container loss

Could bilge keels be the answer to the rolling of container ships?

by Mariska Buitendijk | May 27, 2021 | Container loss, Maritime research, News, Shipping

Rolling in waves seems to underlie many of the incidents that involve a loss of containers at sea. This raises the question if container ships are particularly vulnerable in this respect and if there are clear remedies. Could the role of bilge keels for example have...
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