Table des matières 2022

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ARTIC SHIPPING

• Study: melting artic ice could transform international routes and weaken Russia's grip on artic shipping

 

AUTONOMOUS & UNMANNED SHIPS

• Autonomous container ship "Suzaku" successfully completes 790 km voyage from Tokyo bay and back

• World First' autonomous containership tested in Japan

• China launches its first autonomous containership service

• Samskip and Ocean Infinity press ahead with remotely operated, hydrogen-fueled containership project

• Massive LNG tanker sails itself across the Pacific in shipping world first

• Vard Electro steps up investment for autonomous ship operation with launch of SeaQ Remote

• AVIKUS succeeds in world's 1st transoceanic voyage of LNG carrier using autonomous navigation

 

BELGIAN SHIPOWNERS

• The Royal Belgian Shipowner's Association supports ocean fund proposal

• Catrien Scheers ontvangt Maritime Award van Maritieme Pervereniging

• We don't need more of the same: Alex Saverys

• Royal Belgian Shipowners' Association launches "economic impact study on the Belgian shipping cluster"

• Euronav contracteert twee nieuwe suezmax-schepen voor levering in 2024

 

COMMUNICATIONS

• Help me, Obi-wan Kanobi: ship management gets the hologram treatment

• Most sophisticated commercial communication satellite ever reaches geostationary orbit, begins on-orbit tessting

• Informa sells Llyod's List

• Inmarsat study reveals surge in maritime data usage as shipping industry seeks increased connectivity

 

CREW

• België start met de booster - vaccinatie van zeevarenden

• Russian and Ukrainian seafarers make up 14,5% of global shipping workforce according to ICS

• Danica: Ukrainian seafarers face new crew change challenges

• Geneva declaration launched to safeguard human rights at sea

• Joint statement urging continued collaboration to address the crew change crisis

• Russia-Ukraine conflict to drive up seafarer wage inflation and vessel operating costs

• P&O crew sackings show a shocking disregard by DP World for workers' rights

• ITF says inspectors denied welfare checks on P&O ferries

• Seafarers abandonment cases on the rise

• Belgian shipping features daily nominee to celebrate first International Day of Women in Maritime

• Global Shipowner group and seafarers' unions agree new three-year global minimum wage 'safety net' deal

• Allianz waarschuwt voor wereldwijd officierstekort in zeevaart

• Working hours leave no time for exercise

• The stories of Ukrainian seafarers

• Seafarers - We nee your feedback!

• WISTA Hellas Seminar shines spotlight on challenges faced by woman at sea

• Understanding seafarer suicide and its potential under-reporting

• Dag der Zeelieden

• Cutting out corruption

• Report: the state of human rights implementation in shipping

• Woman seafarers experience onboard gender-baser discrimination

• The dire triangle and crew welfare

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EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

• HZS wordt 'Antwerp Maritime Academy'

• Simulatoren HZSA

• Internationaal pleziervaartbewijs nu ook voor zeevarenden

• Up to 800 000 seafarers will require additional training to meet decarbonization goals

 

ECSA

• European shipowners support EU parliamentary proposal on commercial operators and a sector -dedicated fund

• ECSA Appoints Sotiris Rapitsas Secretary General

 

ENFORCEMENT

• Illegal bilge dumping at sea remains all too common

• Nieuwste dronetype vliegt wekelijks boven maasvlakte

• First look at Maersk's new green methanol-powered containerships

• Shipping and renewable energy bodies join forces

• Did MEPC deliver for decarbonization?

• New report puts a dollar figure on carbon price needed to decarbonize shipping

• Maersk launches new company to deliver offshore vessel charging buoys

• LNG takes off with ordering boom and new bunkering infrastructure

• Six companies forming strategic alliance to develop Japan's first methanol-fueled tanker

• Battery-powered hybrid ROPAX completed by Sembmarine for Norway

• Harnessing ammonia as ships fuel

• European Ports and Interferry agree priorities for sustainable for sustainable future

• European Shipowners and T&E warn proposed EU shipping law could do more harm than good

• LH2Europe & C-job develop liquid hydrogen tanker

• Kawasaki wins approval and provides details for large hydrogen carrier

• Insurer must pay Spanish claim in Prestige oil spill, EU court says

• IMO MEPC78: Here's what you may have missed

• Plastic pollution at sea seen hindering ship operations

• Finneco I afficheert: Zero emission in port

• Hydrocat 48 kiest Oostende als thuishaven

• The first "pure" car carrier vessel, powered by wind, to als be the world's tallest ship

• Test installation of new microplastic collection device that can collect continuously while a vessel is underway

• Study: Open-loop scrubbers contribute to PAH pollution in the Baltic

• Ship tracks' study reveals IMO 2020's impact on reducing pollution from ships

• Nieuwe wet voor een betere bescherming van het mariene milieu

• Blauwe scheepvaart belangrijke katalysator in behalen klimaatdoelstellingen

• Consortium DEME, Fluxys en POAB plant waterstoffabriek in Egypte

• Maran dry management takes a pioneering position in decarbonising

• Première mondiale:  Lhyfe inaugure le premier site pilote de production d'hydrogène renouvelable offshore au monde

• ​Could onboard carbon capture extend the life of fossil bunkers?

• CMA CGM creates a usd 1.5 billion special fund for energies to accelerate the energy transition in shipping and logistics

• Liners get a preview of alternative fuel costs

• Wastefuel® announces launch of wastefuel methanol module™ as demand for green methanol for shipping

• Dutch debut clean, automated ship recycling solution

• Dumping of sewage sludge at sea to be prohibited worldwide

• Maritime industry unites to call for earmarking of ETS revenues

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HISTORY & HERITAGE

• Herschikte havencollectie in het MAS belicht ook het leven op zee

• Ontwerpteam geselecteerd voor herontwikkeling droogdokkensite

• Ecoclipper purchases its first sail cargo vessel

• Stad Antwerpen geeft de Doelse kogge niet langer onderdak

• Oorlogsschip van Louis XIV in haven van Brussel

• Colombia takes step toward recovering tons of treasure from "holy grail" of shipwreck​

• "Ardea" eerste zeeschip van Plouvier onder Belgische vlag

• Recht door Zee. Navigeren van 1500 tot vandaag

• De "Mary Celeste" - na 150 jaar nog steeds een spookschip

 

INSURANCE

• Marine insurance mega-merger? North P&I and Standard Club in formal merger talks

• IUMI reports rising cargo insurance premiums

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KBZ-CRMB

• Verslag ledenvergadering  07 december 2021

• Verslag maandelijkse vergadering 04 januarie 2022

• Kandidaturen Raad van Bestuur

• Verslag maandelijkse vergadering 01 februari 2022

• Verslag JAV en BJAV

• Jaarverslag 2021 van de voorzitter

• Bestuursorgaan - organe directeur 2022

• Verslag ledenvergadering 05 april 2022

• Ledenvergadering 07 juni 2022

• Report on CESM's 27th annual general assembly (part 1)

• Verslag maandelijkse vergadering juli

• Dag der Zeelieden

• Verslag maandelijkse vergadering september

• Met KBZ "Recht door Zee"

 

LAW

• APL England master to face trial in Australia over heavy weather cargo loss

• Captain convicted of causing grounding of Black Sea cargo ship

• Greek ship owner and operator plead guilty to environmental and safety crimes in U.S.

• Danes arrest captain for 'Drunk driving' after his ship grounded

• Artikel scheepvaartwetboek geschrapt: te streng voor verstekelingen

• Scott Carrier officer sentenced to prison over fatal Baltic Sea collision

• Groen licht voor schadevergoeding bij ongevallen met gevaargoed op zee

• Nieuwe wet maritieme beveiliging

• Prof. Van Hooydonk fileert Belgisch Scheepvaartwetboek

• "Ever Given" owner back in court defending ship's erratic passage through the Suez Canal

• SEAFAR maakt indruk op internationaal juristencongres in Antwerpen

• New UK legislation exxtends rules to reduce enclosed space accidents

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MARINE

• Vlootshow in Antwerpen voor 75 jaar marine

• Ziehier de nieuwe "RV Belgica"

• De oude "Belgica" is vertrokken, lang leve de nieuwe 'Belgica'

 

MARITIME ACCIDENTS

• Fishing vessel grounded after captain left wheelhouse while on autopilot

• Failure to disconnect car batteries caused inferno aboard "Hoëgh Xiamen"

• Bart & Werner re Golden Ray

• EMSA reports a decline in marine casualties in Europe

• Two officers accused of drunkenness after fatal collision in Baltic

• Aging freighter runs aground and breaks up off Crete

• "Felicity Ace" sinks with $400 mln in lost cars during tow off Azores

• Reducing Container losses at sea

• World's most extreme rogue wave recorded in the North Pacific

• Report: Drifting boxship was the Give-way vessel in collision

 

MERCY SHIPS

• "Global Mercy" is cruiseschip zonder toeters en bellen

 

NAVIGATION

• Schaalvergroting in scheepvaart kent haar grenzen

• Offshore Wind growth to spark race for ocean space the size of Italy

• Offshore wind turbines could mess with ships' radar signals

• UKHO sets out transition plan for fully digital chart portfolio by end 2026

• Nieuw HF radarsysteem in gebruik genomen

• Al 155 keer loss alarm voor lege migrantenboten

• Mariners working together to map the seafloor

• Shipping lane change could be sea change for SRI Lanka's blue whales

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OFFSHORE & DREDGING

• Jan De Nul laat "Voltaire" te water

• Uitgerust met kraan en poten

• Allseas showcases its Pioneering Spirit

• DEMES "Orion" ready for sea

• OceanXpress provides next level crew change solution

• Deepocean, solstad Offshore and Ostensjo team up in remote operations venture

• Scaldis rondt complex project met twee reuzenkranen af

• Jan de Nul laat nieuw waterinjectiebaggerschip "Cosette" te water in Nederland

• DEME upgrades DP fallpipe vessel fleet

• First turbine monopolie in place at Hollandse Kust Noord wind farm

 

OPEN FORUM

• Why shipping's clean technology revolution is accelerating

• Outdated laws governing undersea cables need modernizing

• What is social responsibility in shipping?

• The deck chairs of the "Christina"

• Could LNG-fueled ships become 'stranded assets' in 2030 race for zero-carbon fuels?

• Outlaw ocean podcast: how the high seas became a metaphor for freedom

• Pilots are not advisors to masters

 

PERSONALIA

• Francois De Mulder

• Raymond De Mulder

• Erelidmaatschap KBZ-CRMB voor Dr Robert Verbist

• Maritieme Liga kent award toe aan Oostendenaar Willy Versluys

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PIRACY

• One crew member killed, six kidnapped in new Gulf of Guinea incident

• Pirates steal cargo from product tanker in western Gulf of Guinea

• UN contact group on Somali piracy changes its policy

• RECAAP: ten robberies in Singapore strait in first seven weeks of 2022

• Piracy plummets in Gulf of Guinea

• Armed pirates rob offshore platform in Bay of Campeche

• Shipping industry to remove the Indian Ocean high risk area

• No room for complacency, says IMB, as global piracy incidents hit lowest levels in decades

• UN: Nigeria's pirates switch from kidnapping seafarers to stealing oil

 

PROPULSION

• Maersk fixes methanol supply

• Does AI dream of Electric Ships?

• Backing for nuclear-powered ships grows

• Eerste op waterstof aangedreven Crew Transfer Vessel "Hydrocat 48"

• PoAB toont eerste beelden van 'swerelds eerste sleper op waterstof

• Electrifying the European ferry fleet will reduce emissions with 50%

• Le "Piana", le tout premier ferry zero particule dévoilé à Marseille

 

REGULATIONS

• EU ship recycling rules need "major surgery" not a band-aid 

• Sanctions puzzle demands both human and artificial intelligence

• The importance of ongoing testing of ballast water management systems

• Campaign to check on STCW compliance will commence in September

• Indices d'efficacité Energétique

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RESEARCH

• A. Saverys (CMB): "mee rond de tafel zitten voor kenniscentrum waterstof"

• Sleepwagen van bijna 60 ton komt aan in Oostende

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SAFETY

• Electric vehicles and maritime transportation fire hazards identified

• Potentially catastrophic' - container loaded with discarded lithium batteries catches fire enroute to port

• IMO: Improvements to safety of shipping

• LR revised EPIRBs and VDR performance standard

• Fleet safety to modernize distress communication

• Entering enclosed spaces aboard ships

• EMSA: safety analysis of EMCIP data: analysis of navigation accidents

• TT club: dangerous goods shippers still need to work on fire safety

• Maritime safety communication modernized as Inmarsat launches fleet safety

• Danish maritime is concerned Russian tankers will sail without pilots

• Allianz: fires, cargo/vessel losses, theft drive up insurance claims

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SECURITY

• Maritime sanctions: tis for due diligence

• Cybersecurity for the increasingly connected ship

• IMO Council decisions on Black Sea and Sea of Azov situation

• Nieuwe wet maritieme beveiliging

• Simple steps to take in a complex cyber threat environment

• How to avoid collateral damage in a mine threat area

• Cyber pirates prowling ship controls threaten another big supply chain shock

• An ocean of risk? Managing new cyber threats from MLC amendments

• ABS Chairman says maritime security is pressuring decarbonization efforts

• Bart Huybrechts: "Grote cybergolf in maritieme sector komt eraan"

• New report warns hackers could create another "Ever Given" incident in the Suez Canal

 

SHIP OPERATION

• Le cargo du paradis

• Uniserve revives the Ellerman brand to form a new British shipping line

• Les lignes maritimes congolaises vot ouvrir des bureaux dans les ports de Mombasa et de Dar Es Salaam

• Hot the $120 Billion Global Grain Trade is being redrawn

• War, fuel prices and all things green: shipping's top concerns in 2022

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TECHNICAL

• Sjorren en schoren of de CSS Code 2021

• Container shortage sparks experiment to ship coffee in bulk

• Worn-out containers raise risk for shippers and ships, warns TT Club

• advancements in dry buk carrier design

• Intercargo: all stakeholders need to reduce risk of cargo liquefaction

• Safeguard shaft seals and propeller shaft bearings

• Why container ships probably won't get bigger

• New SOLAS requirements for safe mooring

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WIND PROPULSION

• France debuts another sail cargo ship design

• Coalition en faveur du transport maritime vélique

• Coffee shipped by sailboats in efforts to disrupt the heavy ships' command of the high seas

• Sailcargo's "Ceiba" is a hybrid vessel

• Wind-assisted coal carrier begins operations for Tokohu Electric

• Containerships with sails and fuel cells receive ABS design approval

• Sailing freighter "Canopee" reaches Netherlands to be completed at Neptune

• Fuel EU vote: European shipowners recognize progress but more is needed for clean fuel uptake

• Installation begins on RO-RO for Michelin's prototype wing sail