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Using an abundant, if toxic, resource to power the maritime fleet. A mature future fuel already in use - but will it become dominant? LNG is currently the most popular lower carbon fuel, but with bio and e-LNG it could move beyond its current transition fuel status supported by extensive existing infrastructure. Numerous NGOs protested against the IMO earlier this year putting biofuels in its Global Fuel Standard, but the “fuel versus food” debate seems to have been solved by deriving fuels from waste. Technically the cleanest possible fuel source available to the maritime world and one that has the longest history, dating back to the 1950s. Why is it not in common, non-military use? Read More Read More Read More Read More Read More
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Offshore Ship Designers
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NewsKeeping it all moving
A new breed of offshore support ship - the seismic support vessel - is entering service, with three such ships, headed by the ''Bourbon Petrel'', designed by OSD-IMT and now in operation with Bourbon; Stevie Knight reports.
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NewsSeismic support contracts for China
OSD-IMT, a division of Offshore Ship Designers, has secured a design contract for two IMT 965 seismic support vessels with a bollard pull in excess of 50t for China Oilfield Services Ltd (COSL), of Beijing.
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NewsUK operator orders six vessels from Balenciaga
Scotland-based Craig Group has ordered six emergency response and rescue vessels from Balenciaga in Spain.
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NewsA novel design goes chasing the surveys
Chase & support work for the big seismic survey ships means fulfilling very diverse criteria, Andrew Richards of Offshore Ship Designers tells Stevie Knight.
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NewsOSD secures new Asian PSV contracts
Netherlands-based Offshore Ship Designers has received two contracts for platform supply vessel designs, from customers in China and Japan.
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NewsIMT 950 joins North Star fleet
The OSD-designed and Spanish-built 50.7m safety standby vessel ''Grampian Don'' has recently joined the fleet of Aberdeen-based North Star Shipping.
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NewsOSD seals ten new PSV orders
Offshore Ship Designers reports that it has sealed ten new design contracts for large diesel-electric platform supply vessels for two major offshore operators building at three shipyards in Brazil, Japan and Spain.
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NewsOSD to design low emission tug for Iskes
Offshore Ship Designers has been contracted to develop the design of a low emission diesel electric harbour tug for IJmuiden based Iskes Towage & Salvage.
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Hybrid ship design for Bourbon from OSD
Offshore Ship Designers has been chosen to design a series of six new fuel-efficient seismic support/chase vessels ordered by French offshore major Bourbon to be built at Dubai’s Grandweld Shipyards.
