Author: Importer

Korean yard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has presented an extensive study, in partnership with the influential Gaztransport & Technigaz of France, which concludes that gas turbine propulsion systems for LNG carriers…

Membrane LNG tankers can handle offshore cargo transfers and partial filling operations without any drastic changes to their design, according to a study conducted by Bureau Veritas (BV) and Gaztransport & Technigaz…

Don?t hold your breath, but? There is a body of opinion within the industry that believes the transportation of carbon dioxide (CO2) represents a growth market. If this view is correct, the…

Subsea oil wells need regular maintenance to operate efficiently. In the past, divers carried out much of this work. More recently the task has been performed from semi-submersible platforms. Attention has now…

With the recent delivery of the Normand Flower from Norwegian shipyard S?viknes Verft, Rolls-Royce Marine has seen the first example of its completely new UT 737 design enter service. The 4,100 dwt…

Some 18 months after announcing they were collaborating on a significant project, Rolls-Royce and Izar revealed at the SMM exhibition last month the nature of their plans in the shape of a…

Scandinavian Electric Systems has noticed an increasing demand for diesel-electric propulsion solutions, which has encouraged the company to significantly increase investment in design, testing and packaging resources. Frithjof Hustig, SES?s technical director…

Two-stroke engine options may be limited to the ranges of three manufacturers, but as the power matrix for all engines over 800mm bore opposite partially demonstrates, there is still a multiple of…

Germany has the biggest and most modern container vessel fleet in the world. The latest additions to this fleet include both the world?s largest container vessels, starting with Hapag Lloyd?s 7,500 TEU…

Earlier this month Orion Schiffahrts took delivery of the second of six 31,880 dwt handy size bulkers from Hakodate Dockyard on Japan?s northern island of Hokkaido. The delivery of Patriarch follows the…

Herbert von Nitzsch, ceo of Blohm+Voss, said at an SMM press meeting earlier this year: "SMM is taking place this year in a completely different economic environment from two years ago. While…

This month sees the introduction of a new passenger and freight roro ferry operator on three Scottish "lifeline" routes, and with it three new ships. With the takeover, from October 1, of…

Commercial life is never easy for a shipyard, but at least some can take a bit of comfort from their niche. Ship owners naturally go to Korea, Japan or China for the…

The recent purchase of two ropax ferries by DFDS Tor Line from Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa ? the company formed by ARP, the Polish Restructuring Agency, to take over the assets of the…

Times are changing. For the American shipbuilding industry the 1980s were rough. Despite the Cold War defence spending of the Reagan years, many famous names went to the wall. But for those…

Six may not sound like a lot. But there are six cabins on Royal Caribbean?s latest ship Brilliance of the Seas from which the revenue goes straight to the operator?s financial bottom…

Our industry is sometimes known to be slow to accept change and cautious in the implementation of new concepts and practices. There is nothing wrong with this approach in a mature industry,…

Much coverage has been given of the potential for Vietnam to follow China?s recent advance and mount a competitive challenge to the established Asian shipbuilding nations. However Nguyen Quoc Anh, director of…

Lua Cheng Eng, former chairman of Singapore-based shipping company Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), has pretty much seen it all. Over his nearly 33 years in NOL and shipping, he has witnessed the…