SAL Heavy Lift has delivered a new crane boom for Swire Blue Ocean’s installation vessel Pacific Osprey. The new boom...SAL Heavy Lift delivers new crane boom for Pacific Osprey
In a recent Mars Report a fire broke out on board a tanker after a soot particle landed on a...These measures should be taken on board when soot blowing
Container shipping is under pressure due to the new coronavirus, with Maersk being hit hardest of the major container lines....Coronavirus hits container shipping
Virtual reality training for Royal Netherlands Navy students
Technical students from the Royal Netherlands Navy can now make virtual acquaintance with naval ships. They do this with a Virtual Reality program that Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding, Thales Nederland and the maritime innovation cluster...Read more
Minister: ‘More clarity on southern Wadden shipping route before summer’
There is to be more clarity about the risks run by large container ships on the Wadden Sea southern shipping route before summer. This is what Minister Cora Van Nieuwenhuizen (Infrastructure and Water Management) has...Read more
Jumbo outsources NavCom service work to Radio Holland
Radio Holland has renewed its managed service agreement contracts with Jumbo Shipping. The contracts concern the NavCom service work for the Fairlift, Stellaprima, Fairmaster and Jumbo Kinetic for the next four years. With the contract, Jumbo...Read more
Tanker collides with fishing vessel in plain sight
Monitor other vessels and targets until all clear and do not undertake other tasks while navigating. This seems simple advice, but still a lot goes wrong in this respect. In a recent Mars Report, a...Read more
Ship owner Wilhelm Wilhelmsen passes away at 82
Wilhelm Wilhelmsen has passed away on 22 February at the age of 82. Through a long career, he was a well-respected business leader and spokesperson for Norwegian shipping and the maritime industry at large. Wilhelm Wilhelmsen...Read more
Dutch Cabinet approves ban on degassing ships while sailing
Degassing by inland tankers while sailing will be banned throughout the Netherlands. The Council of Ministers has agreed to amend the Shipping Waste Decree after a proposal by Minister Van Nieuwenhuizen of Infrastructure and Water...Read more
Wärtsilä prepares to retrofit marine engines to LPG
Wärtsilä’s has completed full scale testing with a 2-stroke marine engine burning liquid petroleum gas (LPG) as fuel. This was the world’s first such testing protocol. Eight of BW LPG’s ships will be retrofitted to...Read more
Cleaner marine fuels on the rise in Port of Rotterdam
The demand for LNG, bio and low-sulphur bunkers has increased enormously in Rotterdam over the past year. The 2020 Sulphur Cap played a large role in this, reports the Port of Rotterdam Authority. Since 1 January...Read more
More passengers leave ‘corona cruise ship’ near Japan
Some 100 passengers who have had close contact with people who had contracted the coronavirus left the cruise ship Diamond Princess on Saturday, 22 February. They will have to spend another two weeks in quarantine...Read more
Cryonorm delivers 425 m3 marine LNG fuel system for Baleària
Dutch specialist in cryogenic systems and vaporisers Cryonorm from Alphen aan de Rijn ships a 425 m3 LNG fuel gas system to WestSea Viana Shipyard, Portugal, on 21 February. It will be installed on board...Read more
Steering failure ends with ship hitting pier
When a ship’s steering fails in restricted waters, time is of the essence. A recent Mars Report describes a ship that hit a pier after it lost control of its rudders. Moreover, the crew was...Read more
Doeksen tests marine evacuation system of new LNG ferry
Rederij Doeksen has tested the Marine Evacuation System of its new LNG catamaran ms Willem Barentsz. The system was activated on the port side of the ship, after which the chute and the landing platform...Read more
HVAC not likely to play role in coronavirus spread on cruise ship
Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director at the U.S. CDC, says there is no current evidence to suggest that the coronavirus spreads through air-handling systems. Eric van Dijk, employed at Dutch HVAC specialist Heinen & Hopman,...Read more
Floating crane Hebo Lift 9 to recover sunken cranes in Rostock Port
The mobile harbour cranes that fell from heavy lift vessel Jumbo Vision in Rostock harbour basin B on 31 January are to be recovered with the Hebo Lift 9. This floating crane left Rotterdam on...Read more
DMO signs contract for naval supply ship with Damen
With the contract signing for construction for the new supply ship HNLMS Den Helder, more than a hundred, mainly Dutch companies receive work. Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding will supervise the project, together with Defence Material...Read more