General News – Page 559
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Safer high-speed craft on the horizon
Although maligned for its excessive and unnecessary bureaucratic interference, the EU does support worthwhile projects such as the development of safer ?high speed craft? (HSC), i.e. ships with design speeds of well over 30 knots. The need for this project was derived from EU?s attempts to alleviate congestion on the ...
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Norwegian stealth taps the deep
Norway's maritime research and construction sectors are successfully exploiting a paradox ? they are selling silence to niche market on a global scale at healthy profit margins.The vessel design is being pushed forward by Skipteknisk AS, consulting naval architects and marine engineers in Ålesund Norway and the latest research vessel ...
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Germany builds ?Blue Angel? standard research vessel
The Baltic Sea Research Institute Warnemünde, a non-university research institute dedicated to interdisciplinary marine research in coastal and marginal seas, is expanding its capabilities with a new, state-of-the-art, ice-breaking research vessel. The newbuilding, is to be named Maria S Merian, and will operate in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea ...
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Relume expands Arabian Gulf services
In July this year when MENAS showed off its new multipurpose light tender vessel Relume in a naming ceremony at Damen Shipyards? Scheldepoort facility in Vlissingen, The Netherlands, it was apparent that this was no ordinary vessel. "The new Relume marks a major transformation in the character of our organisation," ...
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On the up
The maverick Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, who has just received a mandate to continue as president for the next three years, declared at a top-level meeting of Mercosur ministers and leaders that he wanted Venezuela to become a member of the trade bloc within the next year. He then went ...
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Back on course
In June this year the Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), Miami, announced that the production of the cruise liner Pride of America shall be continued at Germany?s Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven. The vessel sunk at the fitting out quay during a stormy night in January this year, after listing caused an ...
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The changing face of Naval architecture
In an interview with The Motor Ship, Nigel Gee described naval architecture as the second oldest profession in the world. He said "The modern science of naval architecture was established during the industrial revolution with the basic methodologies established for hull design, resistance prediction, propulsion, stability and structural strength. Little ...
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Austal launches world?s largest aluminium ship
Australian builder of high speed vessels, Austal, has launched what is said to be the largest aluminium ship ever built, the 127m trimaran ferry Benchijigua Express.As well as being a significant ship on the world high-speed vessel scene because of its size, the vessel has a notable ability to give ...
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HTS ship propulsion succeeds at full load
American Superconductor Corporation, a leading electricity solutionscompany, has announced that its prototype 5-megawatt (MW) High TemperatureSuperconductor (HTS) ship propulsion motor has been demonstrated successfully at full load, under steady state operational conditions, at the Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS) at Florida State University in Tallahassee. The motor was developed ...
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BAE merger plan could save shipyards
Shipyards in Scotland under threat were given hope after the defence giant BAE Systems said it was seeking to merge its Clydeside operations with rival facilities across the UK. The company said it was in talks with the Ministry of Defence to create a single firm to run the nation?s ...
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Wärtsilä power for Spliethoff's new Sto-Ro freighters
Wärtsilä Corporation has received orders from the Polish shipbuilder Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa for the ship power plants for four new 12,800 tdw multi-purpose Sto-Ro cargo vessels contracted by the Dutch owner Spliethoff's Bevrachtingskantoor BV. For each of the four vessels, Wärtsilä will deliver two Wärtsilä 12V46 main engines, two Lips ...
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Shipshape in Greenwich
Important cruise and ferry industry forecasts emerged from the 21st Century Passenger Transport Conference held at London?s University of Greenwich. Delegates were told that, terrorism notwithstanding, cruise passengers will grow 50% to 1.5 million by 2010. But ferry volumes will be halved in the decade to 2010 unless the industry ...
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Unithai yard wins containership contract
Unithai Shipyard and Engineering Ltd signed a shipbuilding contract with NP Marine for a 150 TEU containership with delivery scheduled for the end of 2005. The vessel is designed to serve Thailand's coastal trade.Unithai owns and operates the largest shipyard in Thailand and is capable of building vessels up to ...
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Moore Stephens survey confirms UK Tonnage Tax success
Leading shipping accountant and business consultant Moore Stephens says theresults of a major survey into the operation of the UK Tonnage Tax schemeshow it to have been an overwhelming success. Owners who took part in thesurvey were taken equally from those in the scheme and those outside it.The clearest message ...
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Carnival signs multi billion-dollar order with Fincantieri
Carnival Corporation has signed a historic multi-billion-dollar cooperation agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to construct four new cruise ships as well as significantly redesign the previously announced Queen Victoria for its Cunard Line brand. Two of the newbuilding orders have been placed in U.S. dollars; two others are in euros. ...
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Ambitious plans to kick-start India's shipbuilding
The Indian government is proposing a new maritime policy incorporating ambitious plans for the shipbuilding and ship repairing industry. On the drawing board are plans for two international shipbuilding yards on the east and west coast on a public-private partnership basis. The Indian shipbuilding industry is in the doldrums with ...
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Finnish steel transport solution
MacGREGOR introduced transport solutions developed by Langh Ship at the International Steel Forum arranged by Metal Bulletin in Prague on 21 September. The three-day forum focused on topical issues within this field, one of which was the requirements set for the steel transportation chain. Kim Olin, Senior Naval Architect with ...
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OOIL orders boxship duo
Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL), the Hong Kong based group that owns one of the world?s largest international container transport business which trades under the name OOCL, has placed an order with the Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua for two 4,250TEU container vessels at a cost of $108.4 million. OOIL said it ...
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Engine room planning with 3D Engine Viewer
MAN B&W Diesel Group will, at SMM 2004, present a new software tool to support reliable engine room planning: The "3D Engine Viewer" provides CAD models of four-stroke engines in individual configuration.The engine rooms of ships are getting more compact every year, making every inch matter. At the same time, ...
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Wallenius orders world's biggest car carriers
Wallenius Lines has placed an additional order for three new Pure Car and Truck Carriers (PCTCs) that will be the biggest in the world. The vessels will be 228 metres long and capable of carrying 8,000 cars.Earlier this year Wallenius Lines ordered three ships with a capacity of 6,500 cars ...
