Team 10 of Delft University of Technology, with the boat Team X, designed and built the fastest radio controlled model sailing boat of the Netherlands. On January 20th, the team won the design and sailing contest out of 15 competing teams from Delft University of Technology and Inholland University of Applied Sciences. The contest finished with a race in the Shallow Water Basin at MARIN in Wageningen.

Video of the sailing contest:

Video of Team X, the winner:

After 36 years of service, the Dutch navy said goodbye to the Hr. Ms. Zuiderkruis last week. It is the fifth vessel to be decommissioned due to cutbacks, thereby reducing supply capacity by fifty per cent. Watch a video of the decommissioning below. You can read the full news entry here.

Towards the end of 2012, Interstream Barging puts the first gasoil free LNG Greenstream Tanker into use. This week, Peters Shipyards and Interstream Barging introduced the Greenstream to the trade press. Below a video of the new tanker.

The entire news post can be found here.

With special thanks to Peters Shipyards for supplying the video to our editorial office.

Recently, the Port of Rotterdam welcomed the Vale Rio de Janeiro, the largest bulk carrier ever to visit Rotterdam. The vessel transports iron ore and has a load capacity of 400,000 t and a maximum depth of 23 m. The ship was commissioned last year. Brazilian iron ore multinational Vale plans to build nineteen of these vessels, setting a new standard for iron ore transport by sea.

The Vale Rio takes the place of the Berge Stahl, which used to be the largest dry bulk carrier of the port of Rotterdam with a load capacity of 365,000 t. This vessel has been sailing from Ponta de Madeira to Rotterdam for 25 years, but is currently at the dock for repairs after which it will sail between the Netherlands and Brazil for another five years.

Below a Dutch video about the Vale Rio de Janeiro made by RTV Rijnmond.