Lack of Automation Rules a Major Challenge
Wasaline's Managing Director speaks on the concept of the automated ship.
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Dutch House of Representatives is debating a bill on the introduction of private security guards on board merchant ships.
read more →The Dutch Eye Shipping Debt Fund to Aid Shipowners
On August 4, the Netherlands received an approval by the European Commission (EC) to guarantee funds for regional ...
read more →Wijnne Barends Orders Six Ships in India
Dutch shipping company Wijnne Barends, a part of the Spliethoff Group, has placed an order for the construction of ...
read more →The Dutch Maritime Cluster Monitor 2016
The Netherlands is a maritime nation. This fact is proven by the numbers recently released by Maritime by Holland, ...
read more →Dutch Firms to Visit Iran, Explore Economic Opportunities
Port development and maritime technology will be in focus of the visit of the Netherlands’ Minister of ...
read more →Eimskip Expands Reefer Services in The Netherlands
Reykjavik-based shipping company Eimskip has expanded reefer services as it acquired 90% of the Dutch forwarding ...
read more →Computational Power Leads to Improved Ship Designs
In the last 15 years, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software has made big leaps. What was once merely ...
read more →Superyachts Return Home for Upgrades
While the newbuilding market in superyacht construction was severely hit by the recession, the refit activity ...
read more →The Netherlands Ordered to Scrap Tax Breaks for Its Seaports
The European Commission has required the Netherlands to abolish an exemption from corporate tax for its six ...
read more →RoRo Traffic Flourishes at Port of Rotterdam
The Dutch Port of Rotterdam’s RoRo market, which focuses strongly on the United Kingdom, recorded an 11.4 ...
read more →EQT Infrastructure Sells Koole Terminals
Sweden’s EQT Infrastructure Limited has made a move to sell its Dutch storage company Koole Terminals to ...
read more →Port of Rotterdam Forges Ties with Bank of China
The Bank of China and the Port of Rotterdam Authority signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Wednesday, October ...
read more →Plans to Salvage Sunken Dutch Freighter Kicked Off
Dutch shipping company Flinter has started talks with salvage and insurance companies to salvage the general cargo ...
read more →Damen Buys 24/7 Ship Repair Yard in Rotterdam
Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) has taken over Dutch repair yard D. van de Wetering in Rotterdam, one of ...
read more →Dutch State Eyeing Stake in Port of Amsterdam
The Dutch State is considering to acquire an ownership interest in the Port of Amsterdam, currently wholly-owned by ...
read more →Gallery: All Aboard for SAIL Amsterdam!
Ships of all types and sizes are taking to the North Sea Canal to join the celebration of the ninth edition of ...
read more →Koole Terminals Expands Operations in Port of Rotterdam
Dutch storage company Koole Terminals has started operating the storage terminal for petrol and diesel in Pernis, ...
read more →Gazprom and Gasunie Sign Small Scale LNG Deal
Russian oil and gas major Gazprom and a Dutch natural gas infrastructure and transportation company Gasunie have ...
read more →The Dutch Moving Most Maritime Cargo in EU
The Netherlands remained the largest maritime freight transport country in Europe in 2013, while Rotterdam, ...
read more →Pieter Schelte Becomes Pioneering Spirit
Swiss-based owner of Pieter Schelte Allseas Group SA said that the vessel is being renamed “Pioneering Spirit”. ...
read more →China Favours Rotterdam Port
In 2014, Rotterdam became the first European port to handle more than 3 million TEUs (20-foot container units) ...
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