Repair & Conversion – Page 10
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NewsLPG-Fuelled Gas Tankers For Croatia
Croatian operator Jadroplov has purchased two newly-built, short-sea LPG carriers powered by LPG-capable dual-fuel machinery. The 7,500m3-capacity gas tankers are two in a series of three ordered from Sasaki Zosen in Japan by Swiss interests.
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NewsSpanish Charter For Former Honfleur
Spanish operator Balearia has signed an initial six-month charter on an innovative ro-pax ferry, which has lain idle in Poland since completion last May. Originally ordered by Brittany Ferries for cross-Channel duty as the Honfleur, the 187m vessel now bears the name Rusadir for her impending assignment on western Mediterranean service between Malaga and the Spanish North African enclave of Melilla.
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NewsSamskip places 2+2 order with Cochin for H2-fuel cell feeders
European container operator Samskip has awarded Cochin Shipyard a contract for 2 x container feeder vessels, with an option for a further 2 vessels. The container feeders will be equipped with a diesel-electric propulsion system, but are intended to be primarily powered by H2-fuelled fuel cells.
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NewsNH3-fuelled short-sea bulker design receives BV AiP
Bureau Veritas (BV) has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Viridis Bulk Carriers for an innovative ammonia (NH3)-fuelled short-sea bulk carrier design. Viridis Bulk Carriers expects to place the first orders for NH3-fuelled ships during 2023, with deliveries starting in 2025.
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NewsCanadian Operator Keeps Faith With Hovercraft
UK hovercraft technology has attracted a further export deal, in the shape of a Canadian contract award to specialist builder Griffon Hoverwork.
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News‘Made In Italy’ Reaches A New Scale
Set to become the largest-ever vessel constructed in Italy, the 175,500gt cruise ship Sun Princess reinforces the country’s standing as a European bastion of the shipbuilding industry, focused on high added-value production.
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NewsNew LNG Carrier Enters Polish Trade
Poland’s increased recourse to gas imports to meet the energy needs of a growing economy is being facilitated by commitments to a series of newbuild LNG carriers.
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NewsWärtsilä propulsion package for Chilean Navy amphibious transports
Wärtsilä has been selected to supply a propulsion package for two amphibious transports under construction at Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada (Asmar) in Chile for the Chilean Navy.
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NewsUS clean energy goals push US shipbuilding forward
The US government is pushing ahead with offshore wind leases, and the future looks bright for the nation’s shipbuilding industry, but there are roadblocks ahead.
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NewsUnique Ro-Ro For Space Programme
Custom-built to meet the complex requirements for ocean transportation of rocket components, the 121m ro-ro Canopée has made her first transatlantic crossing, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsMore Atomic Icebreakers For Russia
Russia is planning to extend its nuclear icebreaker shipbuilding programme, in support of Arctic energy export flows, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsNew Reefer Boxship Class For Seatrade
A new generation of refrigerated containerships is set to make its debut with specialist operator Seatrade towards the end of 2023.
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NewsMethanol-Ready Baltic Icebreakers
Sweden is preparing to order a new generation of icebreakers readied for future adoption of methanol fuel.
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NewsCSL and Algoma place joint 4+2 order for methanol-fuelled bulkers
Canadian operators Algoma Central Corporation (Algoma) and CSL have placed an order with Jiangsu Yangzi-Mitsui Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (YAMIC) to construct four new methanol-ready ocean-going self-dischargers.
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NewsP&O Maritime Logistics to convert MCV to MeOH-fuelled hybrid Cable Layer
P&O Maritime Logistics has announced plans to convert one of its Modular Carrier Vessels (MCVs) into a Cable-Laying Vessel (CLV). The conversion will see the MCV equipped with an energy storage supply (ESS) and the conversion of its engines to allow them to operate on methanol fuel.
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NewsHanwha Group to acquire HSD Engine
Hanwha Group has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a 33% stake in HSD Engine, the Korean engine builder, and intends to acquire the engine builder in the third quarter of 2023.
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NewsJapan’s Steel Industry Backs Coastal Mode
Japan’s coastwise trading fleet has been augmented by a dedicated ro-ro steel carrier, the 115m JFE Hakuryu. Commissioned by Senba Kaiun of Tokushima, the 5,040dwt newbuild will serve one of the country’s premier steelmakers, JFE, transporting products from the group’s mills to volume customers.
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NewsHMM places order 9 methanol-fuelled 9,000 teu newbuildings
HMM has placed an order with Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries for 7 x 9,000 teu container vessel newbuildings, and an order with HJ Shipbuilding and Construction (HJSC) for 2 x 9,000 teu vessels. Both orders specify dual-fuel engines capable of operating on methanol for the newbuildings.
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NewsTsuneishi inks methanol-fuelled bulker contract
Mitsui E&S Machinery has been awarded the contract to supply a dual-fuel engine capable of operating on methanol for a 65,700 dwt bulk carrier slated for construction at Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
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NewsFincantieri inks cooperation deal with Greek yard
Fincantieri and a consortium of Italian suppliers are extending their industrial cooperation with the Onex Elefsis Shipyards in Greece in the context of an Italian-led bid for a naval programme of Greek corvettes. The agreement envisages future collaboration in commercial shipbuilding as well as the expansion of naval supply relationships.
