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Play a free online game and understand ship stability

Play a free online game and understand ship stability

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 23, 2025 | Digitalisation, Maritime education/training/careers, Navigation, News, Shipping

Want to get a feel for how ship stability works, but without doing all the complex calculations? Play the online free ship stability game developed by a maritime research group together with the game design department of Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz (MIWB)/NHL...
Unauthorised modifications bring about capsizing of Nicola Faith

Unauthorised modifications bring about capsizing of Nicola Faith

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 20, 2022 | Fishing, Maritime accidents, Maritime regulations, News, Ship conversion/refit

The Maritime Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has investigated the capsizing and foundering of the whelk potter Nicola Faith (BS58), resulting in the loss of all three crew in January 2021. One of the causes found were unauthorised modifications which compromised...
Port State Control campaign on stability kicks off in September

Port State Control campaign on stability kicks off in September

by Mariska Buitendijk | Aug 24, 2021 | Maritime regulations, News, Ports

After a year’s delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Paris and Tokyo MoU are about to launch a new Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC). During this campaign, which will run from 1 September to 30 November 2021, Port State Control inspections will focus on...
[VIDEO] How Jumbo-SAL shipped three assembled cranes in one go

[VIDEO] How Jumbo-SAL shipped three assembled cranes in one go

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 21, 2021 | Heavy lift, News, Project cargo, Shipping

Jumbo-SAL Alliance’s heavy lift vessel Jumbo Kinetic has transported three fully assembled shipyard cranes from China to Italy. Transporting such cranes is challenging because they are both tall and extremely narrow. This meant stability needed to be increased for...
Dutch Safety Board: Structural solutions needed for risks beam trawlers

Dutch Safety Board: Structural solutions needed for risks beam trawlers

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 2, 2021 | Fishing, Maritime accidents, News

The Dutch Safety Board has found that asymmetric loading conditions on beam trawlers with a length of less than 24 metres can rapidly compromise vessel stability. It comes to this conclusion after investigating the capsizing of two trawlers in 2019 and 2020...

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