All articles by David Tinsley – Page 5
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NewsArklow Backs Lengthened Dutch Design
Ireland’s pre-eminent shipowner, Arklow Shipping, has woven another strand of fleet modernisation and development by investing in a new series of Dutch-built, 6,800dwt mini-bulkers.
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NewsDredger Deal Signals Dutch Yard Re-Opening
Dutch shipbuilder and equipment maker Royal IHC is looking to seal its first large-scale contract since last year’s restructuring.
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NewsDutch Coaster Builder Lands Swedish Order
Swedish owner Ahlmark Lines is calling on Dutch know-how in short-sea vessel technology for a new stage of investment in its fleet of forestry product-orientated general cargo carriers.
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NewsJapanese Builder Commits Wholesale To Dual-Fuel
Tsuneishi Shipbuilding of Japan has taken an industry lead by making a strategic commitment to other than conventionally-fuelled merchant vessels within the next 12 years. The group, which controls an extensive network of yards in Japan, the Philippines and China, has stated that its goal is to produce only dual-fuel powered ships by 2035, to complete a shift away from tonnage fitted with heavy fuel oil-based engines.
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NewsBelgian Maker Unveils Methanol Engine
Ghent-based medium-speed engine designer and manufacturer ABC Engines has added another string to its bow through the development of a methanol dual-fuel range. Covering the output band from 955kW up to 3,536kW, the new DZD MeOH series derives from the DZ engine family, and addresses the evolving needs of the Belgian company’s target markets in shipping, power generation and rail traction.
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NewsLow-Speed Four-Stroke Family Embraces Methanol
Accelerating interest in methanol fuel among the shipping community has led to the unveiling of a new engine type in the Japanese low-speed, four stroke mould.
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NewsCanada Boosts Prospects For Smaller Yards
Canada’s federal government is ready to invest C$2.5bn (US$1.84bn) into the smaller classes of vessel deployed by the Coast Guard. The programme for the modernisation of this sector of the fleet provides for up to 61 craft and vessels of various types to serve in shallow coastal waters, rivers and inland lakes that are inaccessible to larger ships.
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NewsMajor Polish Boost To Ferry Network
A new generation of dual-fuel hybrid/electric ro-pax ferries is set to transform the Polish short-sea network from 2025 onwards.
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NewsUK Backs Zero-Emission Trimaran Project
The UK Government has allocated funding of nearly £2m ($2.5m) for a novel, zero-emission high-speed ferry research project.
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NewsUS Maintains Grants For Small Yards
Keeping faith with the country’s multifarious, smaller shipbuilding and shipbuilding companies, the US Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced a new round of funding of nearly $21m for the sector.
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NewsBespoke Ferry For Isle Of Man Run
A new stage in the evolution of the Irish Sea ferry sector is signified by the construction and imminent delivery of a ro-pax optimised for long-term viability in the Isle of Man trade.
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NewsItalian Ro-Pax Design Attracts Polish Deal
Based on a well-proven template, the latest short-sea ferry newbuild at Cantiere Navale Visentini in northeast Italy has been committed to Polish Baltic Shipping Company (PZB). Floated out last month from the construction dock at Porto Viro, on the Po delta, the 216m ro-pax is expected to be ready for handover by the end of the year, and deployed in 2024 on the Swinoujscie/Ystad (Sweden) route under PZB’s Polferries’ banner.
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NewsIndian Yard Turning Out 12 Hybrid Coasters
A new generation of hybrid/diesel-electric cargo vessels ordered by Nordic interests is expected to make its debut in the short-sea trades during the third quarter of 2023.
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NewsSpanish Short-Sea Fleet Backs Diesel-Electric
Spain’s shipbuilding industry is raising its game through the construction of the national fleet’s first diesel-electric cargo vessels. With Mundaka NM, the lead vessel in a series of four 6,200dwt newbuilds nearing completion, Astilleros de Murueta recently launched second-of-class Katuxa NM from its Erandio yard on Bilbao’s Nervion River.
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NewsMethanol Building Favour In Bulker Sector
Copenhagen-based J.Lauritzen is the latest owner to endorse methanol fuel by way of the propulsion machinery specified for a pair of Kamsarmax bulk carriers ordered in Japan.
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NewsBusiness Pairing Yields Dual-Fuel Boxships
Hong Kong-headquartered Seaspan Corporation in cooperation with Israeli-owned carrier ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has realised the opening phase in a major newbuild programme.
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NewsResilient Dutch Build Business Platform
Although the much-vaunted scheme to realise at least 30 domestically-produced, zero-emission ships by 2030 under the Maritime Master Plan has yet to be endorsed by government, Dutch shipbuilders continue to show resilience and business verve.
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NewsFirst Ship In Offing For Explora Brand
Marking the debut of the MSC Group’s luxury cruise brand Explora Journeys, the 248m Explora I is being readied in Italy for a July service start.
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NewsLPG-Fuelled Gas Tankers For Croatia
Croatian operator Jadroplov has purchased two newly-built, short-sea LPG carriers powered by LPG-capable dual-fuel machinery. The 7,500m3-capacity gas tankers are two in a series of three ordered from Sasaki Zosen in Japan by Swiss interests.
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NewsCanadian Operator Keeps Faith With Hovercraft
UK hovercraft technology has attracted a further export deal, in the shape of a Canadian contract award to specialist builder Griffon Hoverwork.
