Vessels & Shipyards

Although Island Offshore want to keep the UT777 design’s ‘competitive advantage’ under wraps for as long as possible, Yrjar Garshol of Rolls-Royce gives Stevie Knight a sneak preview.

Dag Pike looks at a new tanker concept design from Japan, developed in response to an expected demand for transportation of liquid hydrogen.

A new generation of Deltamarin-designed bulk carriers optimised for trade on the Great Lakes and St Lawrence Seaway which has been phased into service by Canadian operator Algoma Central Corporation is described…

Dag Pike describes a UK-designed, Turkish-built patrol vessel for the Middle East whose propulsion system is loosely based on offshore crew boat practice.

According to Michael Aamodt, group marine product manager of Hempel, the cost of marine corrosion worldwide is somewhere between US$50 billion and US$80 billion.

Danish coatings manufacturer Hempel first produced a silicone-based marine coating in 1999, based on technology patented by the company in the early 1970s. The product, Hempasil, provided a smooth non-stick surface on…

Scotland’s ground-breaking, hybrid ferry project has been realised through the entry into west coast service of two double-enders incorporating a novel powering and propulsion concept, described by David Tinsley.

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…

There will be a pressure on Ice-class OSVs in the future that won’t just come from the ice itself. Stevie Knight investigates.