All articles by David Tinsley – Page 6
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News‘Made In Italy’ Reaches A New Scale
Set to become the largest-ever vessel constructed in Italy, the 175,500gt cruise ship Sun Princess reinforces the country’s standing as a European bastion of the shipbuilding industry, focused on high added-value production.
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NewsMAN Two-Stroke Revision Produces Efficiency Gain
As the latest phase in the continual refinement of the company’s direct-drive propulsion offering, MAN Energy Solutions has upgraded its ultra long-stroke, 500mm-bore engine.
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NewsNew LNG Carrier Enters Polish Trade
Poland’s increased recourse to gas imports to meet the energy needs of a growing economy is being facilitated by commitments to a series of newbuild LNG carriers.
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NewsMore Atomic Icebreakers For Russia
Russia is planning to extend its nuclear icebreaker shipbuilding programme, in support of Arctic energy export flows, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsNew Reefer Boxship Class For Seatrade
A new generation of refrigerated containerships is set to make its debut with specialist operator Seatrade towards the end of 2023.
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NewsOnboard Comfort Pivotal To Propeller Series
A new propeller design series tailored to the needs of cruise vessels is being developed under a Dutch-led joint industry project (JIP).
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NewsMethanol-Ready Baltic Icebreakers
Sweden is preparing to order a new generation of icebreakers readied for future adoption of methanol fuel.
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NewsJapan’s Steel Industry Backs Coastal Mode
Japan’s coastwise trading fleet has been augmented by a dedicated ro-ro steel carrier, the 115m JFE Hakuryu. Commissioned by Senba Kaiun of Tokushima, the 5,040dwt newbuild will serve one of the country’s premier steelmakers, JFE, transporting products from the group’s mills to volume customers.
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NewsAgile Capacity For Offshore Lifts
Dutch heavy-lift fleet capacity and trading versatility has been strengthened by the delivery to Amsterdam-based Spliethoff of the Chinese-built Brouwersgracht.
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NewsLNG Barge Deal Boosts German Yard
Resurgent German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has landed a major deal for a series of LNG bunker tankers. Three 4,500m3-capacity newbuilds have been ordered by a consortium made up of the German companies Nordic Hamburg Shipmanagement and Wessels Marine and the Dutch firm Titan Clean Fuels.
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NewsMalaysia Builds LNG Carrier Influence
A further stage in the expansion of the Malaysian-owned LNG carrier fleet has been signalled by the construction in South Korea of the 174,000m3-capacity sisters Seri Damai and Seri Daya.
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NewsHigh-End Cruiser From Genoese Yard
Italy’s shipbuilding industry has again shown its mettle in luxury passenger vessel construction by landing a yacht-type cruise vessel order from a joint venture market entrant.
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NewsDetermined Japanese Plan For Long-Term
While the merchant vessel order intake by Japanese yards for 2021 was, at around 16.3m dwt, on a par with that of the preceding year, the indications at this early stage of 2023 are that 2022 brought a pronounced decline in new contract volume, aggravated by a much reduced flow of new bulker contracts.
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NewsDiesel-Electric Flotilla Booked In Turkey
Dutch short-sea specialist Longship has ordered a series of ultra-efficient, diesel-electric cargo vessels from a Turkish yard.
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NewsBid To Boost EU Yard Efficiency
An EU-funded, four-year technological research project has been launched this month with the ultimate goal of boosting the competitiveness of European shipyards.
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NewsNew Japanese Engine Force In The Making
Japan’s largest shipbuilder is taking a stake in the country’s two-stroke engine production sector. A draft agreement has been signed for Imabari Shipbuilding’s intended 35% equity participation in a company to be created through the spin-off of Hitachi Zosen’s marine engine business.
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NewsNew Option In Methanol Power
Methanol-capable two-stroke propulsion options have been extended into a lower power range by MAN Energy Solutions in response to heightened interest in the fuel as a means of reducing shipping’s carbon footprint.
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NewsSpanish Yard Books Dutch Research Ship
To the consternation of the Dutch shipbuilding industry, the country’s latest research vessel order has been awarded to a foreign yard.
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NewsChile Readies Multi-Role Icebreaker
As the first ship of its type to be built in South America, the 110m polar icebreaker Almirante Viel was launched at Talcahuano on December 22 by Chilean contractor ASMAR.
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NewsEvolve Engine Reaches New Power Levels
Anglo Belgian Corporation (ABC) has augmented its medium-speed range with a powerful, multi-fuel engine targeted mainly at passengership, ferry and naval applications. Covering an output range up to 7,200kW, the 20EV23 design is a 20-cylinder development of the Evolve platform, initially introduced just over a year ago in four-cylinder configuration.
