The cruise ship Zaandam and the assisting cruise ship Rotterdam have moored in the harbour of the city of Fort...Fourteen people have disembarked from cruise ship Zaandam
Electro technical system integrator Bakker Sliedrecht will renew, modify, extend and integrate all electro technical installations of Boskalis’ new crane...Bakker Sliedrecht provides electrical conversion crane vessel Bokalift 2
Scaldis has used a new and lean, in-house developed transportation concept for the installation of two substations for the SeaMade...Faster installation with Scaldis’ new topside transportation method
SEA Europe: EU measures needed for maritime technology industry
In light of the corona crisis, SEA Europe calls for urgent support of Europe’s maritime technology industry. ‘If the EU fails to adopt tailor-made sectoral policies and financial support beyond its horizontal industrial policies, Europe...Read more
How to safely build ships during the corona crisis
From a quick sweep we gather that most Dutch shipbuilding companies are continuing work during the corona crisis. The construction and engineering sectors have therefore jointly drawn up a protocol on safe working practices to...Read more
This is what makes the cranes of the Sleipnir special
The giant cranes on board crane vessels may all look similar, but crane specialists know better. Heerema Marine Contractors had important choices to make for the 10,000-tonne cranes of the Sleipnir. This concerns both the...Read more
HAL presents disembarkation plan for cruise ships, awaiting U.S. approval
Holland America Line still hopes to disembark guests from Zaandam and Rotterdam in Fort Lauderdale. Healthy guests are to fly home immediately, guests with symptoms will remain on board. Less than ten are in need...Read more
Concordia Damen to build training ship STC Group
Concordia Damen will build STC Group’s new training vessel, the Ab Initio. The yard won the European tender with a distinctive and at the same time recognisable design, says STC Group in a statement. The design...Read more
Boomsma orders VentiFoil wind-assisted propulsion with Flatracks
Boomsma Shipping has contracted eConowind to install two of their wind-assist VentiFoil units on one of Boomsma’s vessels. New with these units is the Flatrack from which they unfold and which offers the flexibility of...Read more
President HAL fears more deaths on board cruise ship Zaandam
The President of the Holland America Line (HAL) fears the number of deaths caused by the coronavirus on board the Zaandam will go up if the ship is not allowed to dock in Florida. In...Read more
‘Strong position of Dutch ports no longer self-evident’
The strong position of the Dutch seaports can no longer be taken for granted due to ‘challenges’ such as the climate and energy transition, the Brexit and increasing protectionism. That is what Dutch Minister Cora...Read more
One of the deceased on board cruise ship Zaandam was Dutch
Among the four people who died from the coronavirus on board of the cruise ship Zaandam is a Dutch passenger. This is what Minister Stef Blok (Foreign Affairs) has written to the Dutch House of...Read more
Huisman to build 1600-mt crane for Japanese offshore wind
Huisman will deliver a 1600-metric-tonne Leg Encircling Crane to PaxOcean Engineering. The crane will be placed on Penta-Ocean’s new self-elevated platform to install twelve-megawatt wind turbines and various foundations including monopiles. The self-elevated platform (SEP) will...Read moreFlorida doesn’t want “dumped” passengers from corona ship Zaandam
Florida does not want passengers on the cruise ship Zaandam who may have been infected with the coronavirus to be “dumped” there. That’s what the governor of the southern U.S. state, Ron DeSantis, says. According to...Read more
Stena Bulk tests bio-fuel on tanker
During the coming weeks Stena Bulk will perform a test running a medium range tanker on one hundred per cent biofuel. The fuel is the MR1-100 bio-fuel oil, produced from used cooking oil and supplied...Read more
Dutch MCS sends multi-purpose vessel to Antarctica for supply services
Amsterdam-based Maritime Construction Services has won a contract from the Australian Antarctic Division for Supply Services in the Antarctic region. The company will deploy its DP3 multi-purpose vessel Everest for the resupply expeditions. The contract includes...Read more
Crew members Dutch submarine infected with coronavirus
Part of the crew of the submarine HNLMS Dolfijn is infected with the coronavirus. The submarine will now return early from a voyage near Scotland. Fifteen crew members showed mild flu symptoms in recent days, such...Read more
Shipping & coronavirus: ‘Expectations and predictions are ripped up daily’
Uncertainty seems key, when it comes to the impact the coronavirus will have on shipping. Lloyd’s List tried to make some sense of the situation in a webinar, but according to Markets Editor Michelle Wiese...Read more