Vessels & Shipyards

UK based specialist polymer coatings development and applications company CAPPS International reports success with its latest product, CAPPS Vessgard EXT, an advanced polyurethane encapsulation technology for protection of marine and offshore exterior…

Steven Ferry of Ecospeed looks at the importance of choosing the right hull coating system and maintenance regimen for vessels in the offshore oil and gas industry

David Tinsley describes a new scientific ship being built in Spain for a UK research organisation, to a Norwegian basic design and with Finnish propulsion.

Icelandic company Marorka, a provider of marine energy management solutions, has added additional functionality its Marorka Online web-based fleet energy management solution to reliably and transparently measure hull and propeller performance.

Blohm + Voss, well known from its shipbuilding and ship repair activities in Hamburg, has seen many changes taking place in recent years. Dr Herbert Aly, managing partner, talks to Henrik Segerkrantz…

The last ship in a continually-evolving series of smaller-tonnage multi-purpose cargo vessels, notable for the level of customisation to the owners’ requirements, has now been handed over by the Dutch Damen Shipyards.

Dutch shipyard group Damen has developed a bow form that is said to improve seakeeping for fast craft with minimal detrimental effect on performance. Dag Pike explains.

David Tinsley looks at ‘Viking Grace’, the first large passenger ship to run primarily on LNG fuel, built by STX in Finland, and which is entering service this month in the Baltic.

Long in gestation, ACL’s project for a new breed of deep-sea ro-ro containership (con-ro) finally reached the contractual stage in August, whereby the US-based owner entrusted the building of five 45,000dwt vessels…