All articles by David Tinsley – Page 7
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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.
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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.
