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A tripartite alliance involving BAE Systems, Thales UK and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will be responsible for building two new aircraft carriers in a £2.7 billion ($4.3 billion) future carrier programme…

The Mariehamn-based Birka Line, which operates the 1986-built 22,712g Birka Princess cruise/ ferry ship, placed an order late last year with the Finnish shipbuilding yard of Aker Finnyards for the construction of…

Just when one ferry company claims it is building, or has just put into service, the world?s largest cruise ferry, along comes another operator announcing it is building an even bigger ship.…

Singapore?s marine industry enjoyed a good run last year driven by strong demand from the offshore sector. The outlook for this sector remains good even though overall marine demand is expected to…

Dover Harbour Board is evaluating the installation of an automated mooring system at two new ferry berths it is building in its Eastern Docks. The UK port has commissioned Mooring Systems, the…

Scientists from the University of Aarhus, Denmark, have developed a technique that could improve the commercial processes used to remove environmentally harmful sulphur from fossil fuels. This is currently done using a…

The need to ensure the safety and security of vessels at sea and in port is as important as the high-profile fight against terrorism.According to a report issued by the ICC International…

Austal ships chairman John Rothwell has pledged a vigilant pursuit of technological advancements to ensure the company?s "leading role" in delivering premium levels of passenger comfort.Speaking about long term prospects for the…

Just occasionally a meeting takes place where coincidental events that are making news headlines elsewhere focus the minds of the delegates more strongly on the agenda than they ordinarily would be, resulting…

Security is an unavoidable issue in today?s climate of terrorism derived fear and paranoia. Such security fears are strongly impacting development in the natural gas industry, particularly where gas comes ashore at…

Completely new shipyards are rare, but two yards that stand out are the Kvaerner Philadelphia yard in the US andYantai Raffles in China.While the Philadelphia yard has been designed primarily to build…

Brittany Ferries? new flagship, Mont St Michel, entered service on the Portsmouth-Caen route in December last year and is claimed to be the largest cruise ferry to have been purpose-built for operations…

Much research has been done on the performance of various pipework materials when used on saltwater systems. Copper-nickel alloys have been specified for seawater use for over 50 years and are the…

Eight days after leaving Riga, Latvia, bound for Singapore with a cargo of nearly 77,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil, Prestige hit trouble off Cape Finisterre in heavy seas. Six days later…

Here at The Motor Ship we above all take pleasure in writing about the ships which make the most innovative use of new designs and technologies. Over the course of a year…

Alaskan air quality is set to survive a potential smoke stack choking later this year when Princess Cruises? latest luxury liner Coral Princess, delivered from France?s Chantiers de l?Atlantique last month, arrives…

The lead ship in Holland America Line?s (HAL) new five-cruiseship ?Vista class? Panamax series, the Zuiderdam, sailed on its maiden voyage, a seven-day Caribbean cruise from Fort Lauderdale, Florida on December 14.Although…

China?s Guangzhou Shipyard International has finally completed Tai An Kou, the first of two 18,000 dwt semi-submersible heavy lift ships it was contracted to build by Chinese company Cosco Guangzhou. It is…

One of the world?s largest custom built livestock carriers, Becrux, is fulfilling a design brief for delivering high volumes of livestock in first class condition despite a rocky start to its service…

American Eagle Tankers? Eagle Virginia, is believed to be the first VLCC to be equipped with a Dual Axis Doppler Speed Log, according to the company?s chief executive officer Joseph Kwok.The Doppler…

While a number of this year?s selection of notable ships are included principally for their pioneering use of podded propulsion, this revolutionary drive is not the only method shipowners and equipment manufacturers…

Three of four ULCCs ? the largest to be ordered for nearly 30 years ? were delivered to Greek tanker company Hellespont Shipping in 2002. The 442,470 dwt vessels were built by…