With the kind permission of the Marine Engineers Review (MER), SWZ Maritime publishes an article on the fire onboard Irish Ferries' vessel Oscar Wilde in February 2010. The fire was caused by incorrect diaphragm material. Below a video of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) responding to the fire and two of the vessel as it sails today.

'Steady as She Goes! Sailing by Mercator’s Map' is the new exhibition at the Maritime Museum in Rotterdam. Apart from an article by the museum's curator Ron Brand in SWZ Maritime (November edition), below two videos with Jack Wouterse and navigation specialist Wouter Heijveld introducing the exhibition. The first is a short commercial that introduces the exhibition, the second gives more background information and shows that even navigantion specialists can get seasick.

SWZ Maritime's November issue reports on demotanker Argonon's first trial runs. Below a video that MVP made for HME on the use of LNG for inland shipping and the Argonon as an example of this new development.

The Mercurious Group has brought its first M-Factor into service, the Mer-Green. A short article on this new vessel can be found in SWZ Maritime's November issue. Below a video of the vessel.

Groot Cross-Bow in Waves

The concept of the Groot Cross-Bow is tested in the HSVA Hamburg towing tank. The vessel's design proved to be very efficient in waves. Slamming is reduced significantly.

Open Top with Groot Cross-Bow

3000DWT open top vessel with Cross-Bow. Model testing at MARIN Wageningen, the Netherlands.

Groot Cross-Bow in Ice

The concept of the Groot Cross-Bow is tested in the HSVA Hamburg ice tank. The vessel's design proved to be very efficient for ice class 1A vessels (acc. Finnish/Swedish rules).

8500 MPC with Groot Cross-Bow

As was reported in Maand Maritiem in SWZ Maritime (edition 7/8 2011), Super GreenShip has ordered four Groot Super Green 8500s (8500t multipurpose carriers) with Groot Cross-Bow. The vessels are currently under construction at Jiangsu Yangzijang Shipbuilding at Yiangsu. Read all about it in SWZ Maritime. Below a video of the vessel.

Read the full news item on SWZonline. 

With special thanks to Groot Ship Design

The Seven Pacific is Subsea7’s latest pipelay vessel built by IHC Merwede Offshore & Marine. SWZ Maritime’s January issue describes the ship in detail. You can watch a video of the ship being built, the launch and the ship departing for seatrials here on SWZonline.

The Seven Pacific being built

Launch of the Seven Pacific-7719 at IHC Krimpen Shipyard

The Seven Pacific departing for seatrials

At SWZ Maritime's visit to Heesen Yachts, the superyachtbuilder announced to be working on a new 65 m superyacht. The 3D animation of this vessel has been posted below along with some other videos of yachts built by Heesen.

65 meter 3D animation Omega

YN 14844 My Petra

 Perle Noir

SWZ Maritime editor Hugo Dill came across videos of Innespace Production's latest submersible watercraft: the Seabreacher X. As the videos will show you, it is not difficult to see what inspired this special vessel.

SWZ Maritime editor Richard Akerboom was invited to pay a visit to IHC Lagersmit, a report of which has been published in the December issue. IHC Lagersmit specialises in sealing solutions and some of the products discussed in the article are the Supreme Ventus Seals. Below, SWZonline has posted two videos of the workings of the Supreme Ventus Seal and the Supreme TG high pressure Seal for tidal power stations.

Supreme Ventus Seal

Supreme TG high pressure tidal turbine seals

Following SWZ Maritime's visit to EMSA (European Maritime Safety Agency), which was reported on in the November issue, SWZonline offers some extra videos from the agency below.

General video

Clean Sea Net

Oil Spill Response Services

Vessel Traffic Monitoring

SWZ Maritime's November issue reported our visit to the 7th conference of European Maritime Heritage (EMH). Theme of the conference was interesting young people in maritime heritage. An example of a successful project was creating a replica of the Shtandart. Watch some videos of this sailing ship below.

SWZ Maritime's October issue includes an extensive article on the Splashtour-1, a so called 'amfibus' that drives ànd sails through Rotterdam. Below some videos of this Dutch novelty.

Like many shipping companies, JR Shipping has suffered from the economic crisis. Yet, they have survived and believe in the future. SWZ Maritime interviewed one of the company's directors, Sander Schakelaar, for its September issue on how they worked their way through the crisis. SWZonline offers you a background video on JR Shipping's activities below (in Dutch).

SWZ Maritime's September issue features an extensive article on the Stena Hollandica. Below you can watch three videos on this new super roro-ferry. The first video shows the ship being built. The second contains a Dutch documentary by RTV Rijnmond. The last one shows the ship's evacuation system.

In Maand Maritiem in the September issue of SWZ Maritime, editor Gerrit de Boer reports on the new Wagenborg Watertaxis Plevier, Stern and Kluut. The taxis offer a new way to travel to the Dutch Wadden Isles (Waddeneilanden) reducing travel time to a mere 20 minutes. Apart from the report in SWZ Maritime, SWZonline offers you a video of the festive christening ceremony (published by RTV Noord) and footage of the ships on the water (by Lemmen Productions).

At the moment, the Oleg Strashnov is the largest mono-hull crane vessel and the largest ship ever to be built by IHC Merwede Offshore and Marine. That is why SWZ Maritime’s May edition and offshore special dedicated an article to this special ship. SWZonline offers you some extra material.

Watch the Oleg Strashnov being built below (video provided by Seaway Heavy Lifting).

The Oleg Strashnov was launched on August 22, 2009. Below two videos of the launch.

Second video of the launch (provided by Seaway Heavy Lifting).

Extra pictures can be found on Seaway Heavy Lifting’s website.

SWZ Maritime's April edition reported the launch of Subsea 7's Seven Pacific. The ship was built by IHC Merwede in Krimpen aan den IJssel. This video shows the vessel being built.

Maand Maritiem in the April edition of SWZ Maritime features the delivery of the Abis Belfast. Below a video of the christening.

The December 2009 issue of SWZ Maritime is all about safety. Therefore, one of the articles is about the Antoinette. The new lifeboat for the KNRM. As a test the new KNRM-lifeboat Antoinette was tipped over. Below a video of this test.

The December edition of SWZ Maritime reported on Weighty, a new draft survey device by SARC. Below you find a video presentation.

With special thanks to SARC BV.

The December 2009 issue of SWZ Maritime contains a special on safety. No matter how safe the ship, the sea can always be dangerous. Watch some of the spectacular footage below.

Slide show of ships in heavy weather:

A heavy storm outside can also lead to dangerous situations inside:

Coast Guard lifeboats were filmed doing rescue manoeuvers at the Checto River Bar entrance during rough seas. Wave heights were close to 11' feet at the river bar entrance. The coast guard also deployed a dummy during the rescue training. You'll see it during the slow motion section of the video.