On June 16 2021 the Paris MoU Committee published the most recent performance lists for flag States and Recognized Organizations. These lists will take effect from the 1st of July 2021. The Dutch flag holds the 5th position on the global prestigious 'White List'.
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On May 25 the Dutch flagged LNG carrier Coral Energy was instrumental in the first offshore marine LNG delivery in Norway.
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The Netherlands will launch a vaccination programme for seafarers from mid-June. All seafarers working on seagoing vessels flying the Dutch flag or managed from the Netherlands are eligible for this COVID-19 vaccination programme that will be coordinated by the Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners (KVNR).
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The Dutch flagged mv Adriaticborg loads yachts in the Mediterranean for the far east. With a total available deck space of 1.890 m2, these A-Class vessels are perfectly suitable to carry deck cargo.
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Recently EAGLE-ACCESS has tested their new access system on the Dutch flagged VOS Star in the Danish windfarm Horns Rev.2. Around 150 people were safely transferred. In addition about 300 transfers with and without cargo were completed. The system in the stand alone version proved to be safe, comfortable and reliable
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Roll Group’s ice class vessel BigRoll Bering will be upgraded with a Dynamic Positioning 2 system (DP2). This allows the 173 meter long module carrier to better maintain its position during loading and unloading. It also it increases the deployability of the vessel for more complex transports.
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On Monday March 1, Thun Equality was launched in an online event where she was named by God Mother Margareta Alestig, Chairman of the Board of Erik Thun AB. Thun Equality is the third product tanker, powered by gas, in a series of four E-class vessels being built by Scheepswerf Ferus Smit B.V.
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On Tuesday April 6 the Netherlands Coastguard noticed that the container vessel mv Escape started circling at roughly 9 nautical miles North of Vlieland due to malfunction of the rudder system. The Netherlands Coastguard ordered the offshore safety tug Guardian to mobilize from its Den Helder base to assist mv Escape.
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On Monday 29 March Boskalis completed the successful salvage operation of the Ever Given that was blocking the Suez Canal. Apart from dredging a substantial amount of sand to help free the container vessel eleven harbor tugs and the powerful Dutch flagged ALP Guard and Italian flagged Carlo seagoing tugs were deployed.
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