General News

A new ferry nearing completion at the French shipyard of STX France Lorient will have a pioneering new type of electric propulsion, writes Dag Pike.

Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has presented British company, Carisbrooke Shipping, with Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) certificates for four low emission dry cargo vessels built by Chinese shipyard, Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding.

Norwegian shipbuilder, Ulstein Verft, recently delivered the second of six platform supply vessels (PSV), the ‘Blue Prosper’, to Portuguese investment company, Blue Ship Invest.

After a six hour battle, the fire on the 54,405 tonne MV Amsterdam Bridge which was carrying hazardous cargo has been contained although not extinguished, and the risk of an environmental disaster…

MAN Diesel had a new high speed engine on display at the recent SMM show in Hamburg; the vehicle-derived D2868 LE421 is a fully classified marine diesel for medium- and heavy-duty operation.

Germanischer Lloyd says that the Approval in Principle (AIP) certificate which it has granted to Technolog’s IPP-designed range of LNG-fuelled container ships demonstrates the increasing acceptance of gas as ship fuel.

Rolls-Royce says that it has delivered the first example of its newly-developed permanent magnet tunnel thruster (TT-PM) to Norwegian company Olympic Shipping, which will operate the thruster on AHTS ‘Olympic Octopus’.

Drydocks World recently announced the launch of its latest vessel, an Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel (AHTS), the Pacific Defiance – earlier than its initial scheduled date in September.