New wind farms at sea will soon have a permit that is valid for up to forty years, up from...Longer permit for new Dutch offshore wind farms
The “sulphur sniffing” drone the Dutch Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management...Dutch ILT will not yet deploy a sulphur sniffing drone
Alumax Boats in Meppel, the Netherlands, has won its largest contract ever. Over the next 1.5 years, it will build...Alumax to build seven zero emission water taxis for Rotterdam
KVNR: Visas could be a bottleneck for crew changeovers
Together with Dutch airline KLM, the Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners (KVNR) has set up the first air bridges. This makes it possible to relieve crew that has sometimes been stuck on board a ship...Read more
Wagenborg opens new office in Terneuzen
Royal Wagenborg has opened a new office in Terneuzen, the Netherlands, to expand its services in the southwest part of the country as well as in Belgium. The office will among other things support the...Read more
Emission measurements on new LNG-powered ferry Willem Barentsz
In June, the new ferry MV Willem Barentsz from Rederij Doeksen will finally be put into service after delay upon delay during its construction. From that date on, the LNG-powered catamaran will provide data for...Read more
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems to acquire Oceana shipyard in Brazil
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems in Kiel, Germany, has signed a contract to acquire the Oceana shipyard in Brazil. The company wants Oceana because it has been chosen as preferred shipyard for the building of four Tamandaré-class...Read more
‘Substantial segments of German fleet endangered in existence’
The German shipowners association VDR warns the pandemic has an even bigger impact on the country’s shipping industry than the financial crisis. ‘Substantial segments of the German merchant fleet are foreseeably endangered in their existence,’...Read more
Drone delivers package to world’s largest ship Pioneering Spirit
A Dutch first has taken place in the port of Rotterdam: the aerial delivery by drone of a parts consignment to Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit. The biggest vessel in the world is currently moored at Alexiahaven...Read more
How CoVadem installs its water depth measurement box in corona times
The CoVadem platform gathers data from inland navigation ships to map current and predicted available water depth on Dutch shipping lanes. Once a ship joins the platform, a CoVadem Box is installed on board. Like...Read more
Damen delivers complete package for Korean multi-purpose vessel
Damen Shipyards Group has supplied a complete components package to Korean yard Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC). The package includes all equipment for oil recovery operations as well as a complete dredging installation. The multi-purpose...Read more
Open-loop scrubbers acidify North Sea
The water in the English Channel and the Southern North Sea is becoming more acidic due to SOx discharges from open loop scrubers. This follows from a study conducted by the Royal Belgian Institute of...Read more
Siemens Gamesa challenges GE with new 14-MW offshore turbine
Siemens Gamesa has announced a new 14-megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine to challenge GE’s 12-MW Haliade-X turbine. Figures show it will be slightly bigger than the Haliade-X, but the nacelle will be 100 tonnes lighter....Read more
Passenger ship has parking problem
The marine industry is unusual in that up to five people have to coordinate their movements and actions to manoeuvre a massive floating object safely to berth. Working as individuals, each in their own bubble,...Read more
Damen and Verolme join forces to service scrubbers
Damen Shiprepair Harbour & Voyage and Verolme Special Equipment plan to provide services together to exhaust gas cleaning systems, widely known as scrubbers. The agreement seeks to improve availability of services for on board scrubber...Read more
River cruising: From corny to booming, but under corona threat?
In a relatively short amount of time, the river cruise industry has become an important money maker for Europe. In his latest opinion piece, SWZ|Maritime’s Editor-in-Chief Antoon Oosting draws a picture of this market segment...Read more
How durable are the SOx scrubber parts on board your vessel?
SOx scrubbers are one of the compliance options for ships to meet the IMO 2020 Sulphur Cap. But we are still on a learning curve when it comes to this technology. In some cases, the...Read more
Airline KLM comes to the rescue of seafarers
KLM has responded to the request of the Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners (KVNR) to set up air bridges. These will allow seafarers to be flown in again to relieve their colleagues, who have been...Read more