After the accident with its 5000-tonne crane during the load test in May 2020, DEME’s new offshore installation vessel Orion 1 as well as its crane suffered considerable damage. In September, Liebherr stated it would...Read more
Royal IHC and the Department of Material Maintenance of the Royal Netherlands Navy have signed a contract for the docking and repair of HNLMS Groningen. The ship is currently back in the Netherlands due to...Read more
The Nautical Institute warns vessel crews to be extra vigilant after a ship has been in dry dock. A recent Mars Report discusses a lifeboat close call after a lifeboat davit’s wire had been incorrectly...Read more
The ship repair and retrofit sector has lagged behind in digitalisation, according to Newport Maritime Services. The company seeks to change that with a new online platform that allows shipowners to obtain instant quotes for...Read more
The patrol vessel HNLMS Groningen has to break off the deployment in the Caribbean due to a technical defect to its starboard axis. The Dutch navy ship started its return voyage to the Netherlands on...Read more
HNLMS Pelikaan is back in the familiar waters of the Caribbean. Damen Shipyards Den Helder has returned the HNLMS Pelikaan to the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) following a mid-life upgrade lasting 8 months. The most...Read more
RH Marine performs more and more service remotely, using its Remote Assistance solution. In addition to saving cost, Remote Assistance also offers a solution if vessels are not allowed to receive external parties on board...Read more
After a successful pilot, system integrator Bakker Sliedrecht and shipping company Anthony Veder intend to enter into a partnership to provide ships with remote services. Through augmented reality glasses, onshore service engineers can see live...Read more
The Dutch shipbuilding industry for seagoing vessels is in dire straits. Several shipyards have gone into the red and the order intake in 2019 amounted to just 351 million euros, a 45 per cent decline...Read more
Boilers involve heat and pressure and are, therefore inherently a risk and should be included in vessel procedures. In a recent Mars Report, such a procedure was lacking resulting in the death of a crew...Read more
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
A fire on oil tanker Jag Leela in the port of Belawan on the northeast coast of Indonesian Sumatra on Monday killed at least seven people and injured 22. The 250-metre long ship was docked...Read more
The Damen Shiprepair shipyard in the port of Amsterdam has lost many foreign customers due to the corona crisis. Yet, by introducing strict measures to contain the virus, more and more Dutch shipping companies now...Read more
The court in The Hague disagrees with the fine imposed on shipping company Royal Carribean Cruise Ltd in 2014. The fine was imposed for employing foreign workers on cruise ship Oasis of the Seas. The...Read more
After several delays during construction, Rederij Doeksen has had to push back the delivery date for its new LNG-powered catamarans once again. Following water damage suffered during transport from Vietnam to the Netherlands, delivery will...Read more
Heavy-lift jack-up vessel Innovation, one of DEME’s DP2 installation vessels, has left Damen Verolme Rotterdam shipyard following a major refit. The Innovation underwent renewal of its aft leg sections and an overhaul of its jacking...Read more
A crack in the drain line of the inert gas (IG) deck seal drain line recently caused gas vapours to enter the ballast tank of a tanker. Inspections of IG lines should go further than...Read more
Alewijnse Marine will install the system that will be collecting, monitoring and displaying sensor data and alarms on board the 17,000-cubic metre trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Nile River. The vessel is part of the...Read more
After completing trials, hull cleaning company Fleet Cleaner now has permission to clean ships in the Belgian ports of Antwerp, Zeebrugge and Ghent. The company has designed a hull cleaning robot that removes biofouling during...Read more
