Van Oord has signed a contract with the Environment Agency to design and build a coastal defence scheme at Lydd,...Van Oord to protect UK coastline at Lydd
Damen Shipyards Den Helder will soon handover the Expeditionary Survey Boat (ESB) Hydrograaf to the Royal Netherlands Navy. The Hydrograaf...Damen Shipyards readies new survey boat for handover to Dutch navy
Europeans are eating more and more seaweed. At present, almost all seaweed in Europe comes from Asia and domestic cultivation...North Sea wind farms could supply quarter of European seaweed demand
Shipbuilder IHC sells Vuyk Engineering to Royal Doeksen
Royal IHC and Royal Doeksen have reached an agreement on the acquisition of all shares in Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam. The sale is part of IHC’s major restructuring programme for which the company announced it would...Read more
Misapplication of force leads to crew member facial injury
‘Proper training would include the execution of the task while under supervision.’ The Nautical Institute gives this advice after a crew member on board a tanker suffered a facial injury due to not executing a...Read more
Holland Shipyards to convert inland vessel to hydrogen propulsion
Holland Shipyards Group (HSG) will retrofit Future Proof Shipping’s inland vessel Maas to a zero-emissions hydrogen propulsion system. After months of energy profiling, the 110 x 11.45-metre container ship will be retrofitted at the HSG...Read more
Israel points to Iran in oil spill case
Israel holds Iran responsible for the oil spill that stained beaches with a tar-like substance last month. Environmental Protection Minister Gila Gamliel said the issue is being treated as a terrorist incident.Read more
Record order book for dredging and offshore company Boskalis despite Covid-19
Dredging and maritime services provider Boskalis has a record amount of work in the pipeline despite the impact of Covid-19 on the company. The value of the order book of the company based in Papendrecht,...Read more
Study says anti-fouling is major source of marine microplastics pollution
Marine paints can be a major source of microplastics. In a new study, environmental geochemists of the University of Oldenburg say that ships leave a kind of “skid mark” in the water. They found that...Read more
OHT’s Alfa Lift launched and prepared for crane installation
Offshore Heavy Transport’s (OHT) new heavy-lift vessel Alfa Lift has been launched at the China Merchants Heavy Industry shipyard in Jiangsu. The preparations to install the vessel’s 3000-tonne main crane are now in full swing.Read more
‘Vessel crew needs to be extra prudent after dry dock maintenance’
The Nautical Institute warns vessel crews to be extra vigilant after a ship has been in dry dock. A recent Mars Report discusses a lifeboat close call after a lifeboat davit’s wire had been incorrectly...Read more
Cruise ship Odyssey of the Seas has left Meyer Werft for sea trials
The cruise ship Odyssey of the Seas for the American cruise line Royal Caribbean International has left the Meyer Werft in Papenburg for Eemshaven, the Netherlands. From there, the ship will set off for technical...Read more
Jumbo and SAL to enter into heavy lift joint venture
SAL, a German breakbulk and project cargo specialist, and Dutch maritime heavy lift transport and installation contractor Jumbo intend to form a joint venture. The companies say that combining a large part of their fleets,...Read more
‘Firefighting standards have not kept pace with container carrying capacity’
Fires on board giant container ships often have devastating consequences. However, firefighting requirements as set by SOLAS and STCW are yet to catch up with the current sizes of these ships, according to Nick Haslam,...Read more
94-metre eco-friendly Feadship seen for the first time
Project 817 has left the Feadship yard in Kaag, the Netherlands, for the first time. The owner set the target of keeping the environmental impact of this 94-metre pure custom Feadship superyacht at around the...Read more
Poor maintenance and ‘commercial pressure’ caused Finlandia Seaways engine room fire
The engine room fire on board the DFDS ro-ro cargo vessel Finlandia Seaways on 16 April 2018 was caused by inadequate maintenance, says UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) in its accident report. According to...Read more
Netanyahu: Iran is behind attack on car carrier Helios Ray
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds Iran responsible for an explosion near the Israeli car carrier Helios Ray. The ro-ro ship sustained damage in the Gulf of Oman last week. ‘It was an Iranian operation....Read moreIsrael expands list of ships suspected of causing environmental disaster
Israel’s environment minister has stressed that the search for the perpetrators of the environmental disaster in Israel continues. The authorities initially had about ten vessels in their sights that may have been involved, but have...Read more