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As the first Royal Navy (RN) vessel to be fitted with integrated propulsion and Azipod propulsors, HMS Echo represents a radical departure for the normally conservative minded decision makers at the UK?s…

The 50,400g La Superba, delivered in March by Italian shipbuilder Nuovi Cantieri Apuania, is the first in a new two-ship series of what its Italian owner Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) describes as…

LNG carriers have probably been the biggest boom category in shipbuilding over the past year as demand for gas increases in line with power utilities switch to cleaner forms of energy production.…

Since Normand Flower was handed over to Solstad Shipping in September, the vessel has operated in the North Sea carrying out a variety of roles. Built by the Norwegian shipyard Soviknes Verft,…

Croatian shipbuilders have built up a healthy backlog of orders since the end of the Balkan conflict. The four main players ? 3 Maj, Brodosplit, Trogir and Uljanik ? have been particularly…

Improved automation will this year enhance performance of key system for controlling seawater cooling pumps.Central engine cooling systems can be a source of wasted energy. The pumps must be designed to pump…

In terms of column inches in the trade press, azimuth thrusters have been somewhat overshadowed by their azimuthing electric podded cousins of late. Yet in the past few years the azimuth thruster…

Another oil spill, another knee-jerk reaction. The Spanish government, rightly or wrongly, acted swiftly and decisively in the wake of the pollution caused by the tanker Prestige to its coastline by banning…

The present Dutch government has granted its shipbuilders 860 million ($58.6 million) in subsidies over the next 18 months under the provisions of the European Commission?s Temporary Defensive Mechanism (TDM). National shipbuilders…

Since William Froude discovered a ship?s resistance could be divided into frictional resistance and residual resistance much research has focused on reducing the impact of these two elements.Dr CH Thill, project manager…

As part of its fleet renewal policy, Norwegian shipping company I.M. Skaugen (IMS) contracted the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group in Shanghai, China, to build a new generation of six ethylene LPG gas carriers…

There have been a number of additions to the auxiliary engines market of late and, for some manufacturers, increased sales. Volvo Penta says that, despite declining markets, it has managed to increase…

China?s Yantai Raffles shipyard has delivered an emergency towing vessel to the UK?s Klyne Tugs for operation by the UK?s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). The vessel will provide emergency response cover…

Burundi, a landlocked central African state, which, naturally, is not normally associated with shipbuilding, has recently hosted the construction of a general cargo vessel with a 1,500t carrying capacity. The newbuilding, Teza,…

Two is sounder than one. That was the philosophy behind the introduction of mandatory requirements for double skins on oil tankers and the same theory underlies arguments for legislation demanding double skins…

Mention the word ?bulk carrier? and most of us conjure up images of rust-buckets which, all too often, are run by non-compliant owners and operators working on minimalist budgets with little or…

Korean yard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has presented an extensive study, in partnership with the influential Gaztransport & Technigaz of France, which concludes that gas turbine propulsion systems for LNG carriers…

Membrane LNG tankers can handle offshore cargo transfers and partial filling operations without any drastic changes to their design, according to a study conducted by Bureau Veritas (BV) and Gaztransport & Technigaz…

Don?t hold your breath, but? There is a body of opinion within the industry that believes the transportation of carbon dioxide (CO2) represents a growth market. If this view is correct, the…

Subsea oil wells need regular maintenance to operate efficiently. In the past, divers carried out much of this work. More recently the task has been performed from semi-submersible platforms. Attention has now…

With the recent delivery of the Normand Flower from Norwegian shipyard S?viknes Verft, Rolls-Royce Marine has seen the first example of its completely new UT 737 design enter service. The 4,100 dwt…

Some 18 months after announcing they were collaborating on a significant project, Rolls-Royce and Izar revealed at the SMM exhibition last month the nature of their plans in the shape of a…

Scandinavian Electric Systems has noticed an increasing demand for diesel-electric propulsion solutions, which has encouraged the company to significantly increase investment in design, testing and packaging resources. Frithjof Hustig, SES?s technical director…