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Six 2,478 TEU feeder boxships ordered by Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) will be equipped with MacGregor hatch covers with a partial box design offering improved construction, maintenance, and operational…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is to build two high-speed ropax ferries, featuring CRP Azipod propulsion, for Osaka-based Shin-Nihonkai Ferries. It is the first application of the innovative contra-rotating pod propulsion solution devised…

The world?s largest composite propeller, measuring 2.9m in diameter, has recently completed sea trials. QinetiQ, which undertook the trials on the Royal Naval vessel Triton, describes the outcome of the tests as…

Cruise operators are using stress wave analysis to monitor the condition of azimuthing pod drives and minimise the risk of unscheduled downtime due to bearing degradation. Most installations to date have taken…

Class societies must become much more involved with coatings within the next 10 years because of their impact on corrosion protection and fatigue according to Wilhelm Magelssen, vice president of DNV Maritime…

Oscar Spieler, technical director at Frontline, says that it is not commercially viable for an independent tanker operator to retrofit a VOC vapour recovery system to his ships since the cost is…

Two sister ships, ordered by Belgium dredger operator Jan de Nul, were launched earlier this year at Izar's Sestao shipyard. Named Filippo Brunelleschi and Francis Beaufort, the vessels are trailing suction hopper…

Earlier this year the German shipyard of Flensburg laid the keel for the first unit in a new five-ship series of roro ferries ordered by the Danish ferry operator DFDS. The lead…

This year marks a remarkable double event in the Norwegian offshore industry with the delivery of the world's first two gas-driven cargo carrying ships. These platform supply vessels, ordered by the shipping…

Six 2,478 TEU feeder boxships ordered by Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) will be equipped with MacGregor hatch covers with a partial box design offering improved construction, maintenance, and operational…