Ships & Shipyards

• Norway leads the way in the offshore industry

  The Norwegians – and the west coast area in particular – enjoy a strong position in the global offshore industry. Building on the foundations of North Sea oil and gas, Norway has established itself at the forefront of ship and equipment design, building and operation. 01 Feb 2012 - The Motorship

• Offshore orders for high speed Cat engines

  Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has won two significant orders for its 3500 series diesel electric propulsion engines to power offshore support vessels. 31 Jan 2012 - The Motorship

• Large PSV joins Swire Pacific fleet

  Swire Pacific Offshore Operations in Singapore recently took delivery of its latest platform supply vessel (PSV) from Universal Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) in Japan. 31 Jan 2012 - The Motorship

• Military vessels at the environmental cutting edge

  The move towards energy-saving and environmental measures encompasses warships as well as commercial craft; in fact military vessels may have lessons in ‘green’ technology for the wider world, as Dag Pike reports. 31 Jan 2012 - The Motorship

• Flemish master joins DEME fleet

  The IHC Merwede shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands, recently delivered a trailing suction hopper dredger to the Belgian dredging company DEME (Dredging, Environmental & Marine Engineering) Group. 31 Jan 2012 - The Motorship

• Mitsui 56s keep rolling off the production line

  Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES) recently completed and delivered the latest example of its Mitsui 56 series bulk carrier ‘Diamond Jubilee’ (MES hull no 1780) at its Tamano Works to Helios Navigation of Panama. 31 Jan 2012 - The Motorship

• First of an innovative ro-ro quartet from FSG

  German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has recently delivered the ro-ro freight ferry 'Seatruck Progress' to Seatruck Ferries in the UK. 31 Dec 2011 - The Motorship

• MHI develops ‘ultra green’ bulk carrier

  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has developed a new bulk carrier which the Japanese shipbuilder claims will enable reductions in carbon emissions by about 25% compared with conventional standard bulk carriers. 31 Dec 2011 - The Motorship

• Eco-friendly tanker design unveiled

  Sauter Carbon Offset Design has released details of a VLCC design, which the company claims will be the largest and ‘greenest’ Post-Panamax vessel, and which will provide the most economic form of crude oil transport. 31 Dec 2011 - The Motorship

• The bulk carrier of the future

  Oshima Shipbuilding and DNV recently completed the first milestone of the joint programme to develop the ‘ECO-Ship of the future’ project, first described in The Motorship, July-August 2011. 30 Nov 2011 - The Motorship

• Better by design

  The ship design process is changing as new tools arrive on the market and computers get more powerful and faster, writes Mark Langdon, or maybe things change less than we think? 30 Nov 2011 - The Motorship

• Co-designer technology for global ship design project distribution

  Elomatic of Finland outlines its Nupas-Cadmatic technology, which the company says addresses the need for global distribution of design and engineering work in the ship design process, particularly when several sites are involved. 29 Nov 2011 - The Motorship

• Naval architect chooses 3D visualisation

  Portsmouth, UK, based naval architect Hart Fenton & Co (HF) carried out research, in 2009, into available 3D software that could support its ship design activities. 29 Nov 2011 - The Motorship

• Ghost, first super-cavitating ship

  Juliet Marine Systems (JMS) of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA, has now been able to release details of its ‘Ghost’ vessel concept, which it claims is the first super-cavitating craft, to the public following removal of secrecy orders by the US Navy/USPTO. 29 Nov 2011 - The Motorship

• Bourbon gets Chinese X-bow PSV

  ‘Bourbon Front’ is the latest addition to join the Bourbon offshore support fleet and represents the first of a four-ship series based on the Ulstein design PX105 MACS. 29 Nov 2011 - The Motorship