Bakker Sliedrecht remotely services ships via augmented reality glasses
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
Dutch shipbuilding order intake plummets by 45 per cent
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
Do you conduct a risk assessment before working on your ship’s boiler?
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 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
Video – Oil tanker catches fire in Indonesia: seven dead
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
More orders from Dutch shipowners for Damen Shiprepair
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
Fine for cruise ship Oasis of the Seas revoked
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
Entry into Service for Doeksen’s LNG Ferries Pushed Back Again
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
New Aft Legs for DEME’s Jack-up Innovation
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
Gas Vapour Detected in a Ballast Tank
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 to Supply Alarm Monitoring System for DEME’s Nile River
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