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
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
First voyage for ship equipped with Ventifoil wind-assist system
Dutch cargo vessel MV Ankie (3600 DWT) has made its first voyage with the eConowind Ventifoil wind-assist system installed. The ship sailed from Delfzijl to Hamburg, on to Norway and then back to Rotterdam. It...Read more
Zeamarine officially insolvent as restructuring continues
The German booking and operation offices Zeamarine Bremen, Zeamarine Germany and Zeamarine Chartering have come under court supervision while the restructuring of the Bremen-based MPV-operator continues, meaning the company is officially insolvent. In the first official...Read moreCountries start evacuating passengers from Diamond Princess
Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, South Korea and Italy plan to pick up their compatriots from cruise ship Diamond Princess in Japan. The ship has been in quarantine since 3 February due to an outbreak of...Read more
Small plus for Port of Rotterdam’s throughput in 2019
The Port of Rotterdam saw a freight throughput of 469.4 million tonnes in 2019, fractionally higher than in 2018 (469 million tonnes). This was announced by the Rotterdam Port Authority. Crude oil, container, LNG and biomass...Read more
‘Wadden Sea shipping route should be closed during storm’
To prevent another disaster in the Wadden Sea, the Dutch Cabinet must talk to Germany as soon as possible about an emergency ordinance with which the shipping route above the Wadden Sea can be closed...Read more
Cruise ship Westerdam welcomed in Cambodia
The cruise ship the Westerdam, with 1455 passengers on board, arrived in the port of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, on Thursday 13 February at around 07:00 local time. The Westerdam was not welcome in several Asian ports...Read more
CMA CGM joins hydrogen project with ‘floating laboratory’
CMA CGM will collaborate with the Energy Observer to develop hydrogen for shipping on a large scale. The Energy Observer is the first hydrogen-powered vessel to sails around the globe. The vessel now functions as...Read moreHAL 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
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
Coronavirus and IMO2020 cause Baltic Dry Index to crash
The Baltic Dry Index has dropped to its lowest point in four years time as a result of the coronavirus, IMO 2020 and seasonality. The index currently stands at 487 points, down more than 1100...Read moreCruise ship on lockdown in Japan because of passenger with coronavirus
Japanese authorities quarantined 3700 people on board cruise ship Diamond Princess, after one of the passengers was found to be infected with the new coronavirus. The cruise ship is now docked off the coast of...Read more