Spliethoff books better results, but BigLift remains in the red
The Spliethoff Group saw both its revenue and operating result improve in 2018, but delayed investments in the oil and gas and mining industry kept subsidiary BigLift in the red. The company’s shortsea operator Wijnne...Read more
Type approval for biggest dual-fuel marine engines to date
WinGD has received type approval for what are said to be the biggest and most powerful LNG-fuelled engines ever built. Class society Bureau Veritas awarded the approval. The first series of the engines is currently...Read more
How to solve issues with ships’ hybrid electrical power systems?
How to deal with power sources with low short circuit power? How to comply with the “Golden Rules” of electrical power distribution design in hybrid electrical power systems? These questions will become important for zero...Read more
Dutch ILT will not yet deploy a sulphur sniffing drone
The “sulphur sniffing” drone the Dutch Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) wanted to purchase will not be available for some time to come. The drone was to be used to monitor ships’ sulphur emissions...Read more
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
‘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
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
HMM: Record ship Algeciras carries largest container load ever
It’s raining records at HMM. The South Korean shipping company already has the largest container ship in the world, the HMM Algeciras. The Koreans now also claim that the ship carries the largest container load...Read more
Regal Princess to drop off cruise ship crews in Rotterdam
Cruise ship Regal Princess is expected to arrive at Cruiseport Rotterdam on Wednesday 6 May at 7 am. The cruise ship is not carrying holiday makers, but is bringing 1000 Dutch and other European crew...Read more
‘Delivery of HMM’s record ships possibly delayed due to corona’
It remains to be seen whether all of HMM’s twelve new mega-carriers to be delivered this year will be put into operation. Due to the corona crisis, delivery may be postponed for a few weeks...Read more
Martin Stopford: Key role for short sea shipping in regional economy
‘Globalisation has run its course,’ says Dr Martin Stopford, Non-Executive President at Clarkson Research Services. ‘The regional economy is big enough to be self-sufficient and short sea shipping can support this.’ In a webinar hosted by...Read more
Shipowners fear dangerous conditions on board
The Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners (KNVR) is in talks with airline KLM, among others, to arrange for flights for seafarers to depart from Schiphol. Crew are now staying on board longer, and according to...Read more
Pirates hijack ship and take crew hostage at Benin
Pirates have hijacked a container ship off the coast of African Benin and probably taken eight crew members hostage. It concerns the Portuguese-flagged Tommi Ritscher of the German shipping company Gerd Ritscher, reported a representative...Read more
Shipowners provide plan for crew changes worldwide
An alliance of shipowners has come up with a plan for safe crew changes in identified key ports, including Rotterdam. Due to travel restrictions, over 100,000 seafarers are stuck on ships putting enormous strain on...Read more
Handful of passengers still stuck on ‘ghost ship’ Rotterdam
At least five passengers are still stuck on Holland America Line’s cruise ship Rotterdam. Together with sister ship Zaandam, it was not allowed to berth anywhere for a long time because of the coronavirus. At...Read more
Suspected cyber attack shuts down network MSC
Shipping company MSC may have become the victim of a cyber attack. The website and customer platform of the second largest container carrier in the world has been offline since Thursday. In a statement, MSC states...Read more