Shipping company Spliethoff Group, Amsterdam, has recently ordered no less than ten new ships from Chinese shipyards. The vessels include...Shipping Company Spliethoff Orders Ten New Vessels
Blue Water Singapore and Jumbo Shipping have managed to transport four trawler hulls weighing approximately 500 tonnes each in a...Video: Jumbo Jubilee Ships Four Trawlers in One Go
Notified bodies still use significant wave height (Hs) and peak period (Tp) for setting limits when working offshore, but is...Using an Algorithm to Determine a Go or No-go for Offshore Operations
Safe Crane Operations on Board Are a Three Person Job
When cranes are used to (un)load ships, there is always a risk of injuries. Safely executing crane operations on board a ship essentially requires three crew members; one for the crane controls, one to manipulate...Read more
Wärtsilä Enters Wind-assisted Propulsion Market
From now on, Wärtsilä will offer Rotor Sail systems as well as service these systems when needed. On 14 October, the technology company announced it has signed an agreement to this effect with Norsepower, the...Read more
Jan De Nul Completes Port Hedland Dredging
Jan De Nul has completed capital dredging works at Port Hedland in Western Australia. ‘The final portion of this three-year project was specifically challenging as it had to be executed within a fully operational and...Read more
Shipowners Loathe Timmermans’ Plan to Put CO2 Quotas on Shipping
The future European climate commissioner Frans Timmermans wants to put CO2 quotas on shipping. A plan that has been met with fierce criticism from shipowners. Instead of including shipping in the European Emmission Trading Scheme,...Read more
MOL Commits to Wind-assisted Propulsion and Joins Windship Association
Interest in both wind-assisted and primary wind propulsion is growing. On the back of the recent approval in principle (AIP) for the Wind Challenger, a wind-assisted vessel design by Class NK, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL)...Read more