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...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 9, 2021 | Maritime research, News, Offshore
The tidal energy convertor TidalKite is about to be tested on full scale. Last week, the Borndiep test location was set up and now the grid connection to Ameland, a Dutch Wadden Island, is being realised. The kite is anchored to a monopile in the seabed with a...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 1, 2021 | Container loss, News, Shipping
Dutch Parliament has once again urged Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Cora van Nieuwenhuizen to grant the Coast Guard the authority to issue mandatory traffic guidance north of the Wadden Sea. In stormy conditions, the Coast Guard could then prohibit...
by Mariska Buitendijk | May 5, 2021 | Container loss, Shipping
Did the Baltic Tern ignore the urgent advice of the Netherlands Coast Guard to sail a different course? Members of Dutch Parliament want an answer to this question. They have asked Parliamentary questions about the ship losing five containers above Dutch Wadden Island...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 22, 2021 | Maritime accidents, News, Passenger ships
The ferry Koegelwieck suffered a fire in its engine room on Wednesday evening as it was on its way to Dutch Wadden Island Terschelling. There were 99 people on board, no one was injured. Shortly before 7.00 pm, the boat safely moored in the port of Terschelling and...
