The cruise ship the Westerdam, with 1455 passengers on board, arrived in the port of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, on Thursday 13...Cruise ship Westerdam welcomed in Cambodia
CMA CGM will collaborate with the Energy Observer to develop hydrogen for shipping on a large scale. The Energy Observer...CMA CGM joins hydrogen project with ‘floating laboratory’
DNV GL has granted type approval for Wärtsilä’s SceneScan position reference system. It is the world’s first laser-based targetless relative...Type approval for laser-based dynamic positioning system
Near miss as pilot rope ladder fails
Pilot ladders need to be safe and thus in good condition. A recent Mars report describes a near miss when one of the ladder’s side ropes failed as a result of mould. The Mars reports are...Read more
Ship loses seven containers north of Wadden Islands
(Update Thursday 09:33) The ship OOCL Rauma has lost five containers north of Ameland, one of the Dutch Wadden Islands, on 11 February. During the following night, the ship lost another two sixty kilometres northwest...Read more
Video: Installation of pipelay ramp onto reel-lay vessel Seven Vega
Royal IHC has reached a milestone in the completion of the reel-lay vessel Seven Vega for Subsea 7. The twin tensioner pipelay ramp was installed onto the vessel. The whole operation was caught on camera. When...Read more
Damen delivers Long Range Ocean Patrol Vessel to Mexican Navy
The Secretariat of the Navy of Mexico (SEMAR) has taken delivery of the Long Range Ocean Patrol (POLA) Class vessel ARM Reformador. The POLA 101 is said to be the most technologically advanced vessel in...Read more
HAL cruise ship seeks port for cruise ship Westerdam
Shipping company Holland-America Line (HAL) is working on a solution for its cruise ship Westerdam. Although it was first allowed to dock in a port near Bangkok on Monday 10 February, that permission was revoked...Read more
‘Container shipping may take until third quarter to recover from corona’
The novel coronavirus has largely shutdown the powerful China, one of the largest economies of the world. In a market analysis, Dutch bank ABN Amro expects the shipping sector will be one of the industries...Read more
Sunken cranes’ tanks emptied of oil
The emptying of the hydraulic oil and diesel tanks of the cranes that sunk in the port of Rostock on 31 January was completed on Friday 8 February, reports the Rostock Port Authority. The cranes...Read more
Downtime and world record at Maasvlakte due to storm Ciara
As a result of storm Ciara, the container terminals on the Maasvlakte were idle all day on Monday 10 February and for most of Tuesday as well. At the same time, the prototype of General...Read more
Feadship launches 99.95-metre superyacht Moonrise
Feaship has launched the 99.95-metre motoryacht Moonrise at its yard in Makkum, the Netherlands. The vessel boasts a vertical bow and a superstructure entirely clad in glass as well as low noise and vibration levels. The...Read more
130 cases of coronavirus on cruise ship near Japan
The number of people carrying the novel coronavirus on a cruise ship off the coast of Japan has increased by sixty. A total of 130 people on the ship are infected with the virus. The...Read more
How to avoid scrubber failures
The global Sulphur Cap is in force now and many owners have opted for Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (“SOx scrubbers”) to achieve compliance. DNV GL conducted a study to learn about the challenges in scrubber...Read more
DEME joint venture widens Kieler Canal in Germany
A contract for the widening of the Kieler Canal in Germany has been awarded to DEME as part of a joint venture. Work started in January 2020 and will run until the end of 2023. The...Read more
Kenzfigee introduces new subsea crane
KenzFigee has designed a new rope actuated knuckle boom subsea crane. The crane is to improve operational safety and workability and offers a lifting capacity from approximately 400 to 2000 tonnes. The crane was designed using...Read more
Different CO2 system manuals delay firefighting on board car carrier
Because there were two different versions of the activation procedure of the fixed CO2 system, the master of a car carrier was delayed in activating it. The result: major structural damage to the vessel. The incident...Read more
New Damen solution removes sediment from ballast water
Damen Shipyards Group has introduced the Ballast Water Pre Filtration Barge (BWPF) to assist vessels in complying with the IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention. The barge is designed to go alongside a vessel at a...Read more