Ships & Yards – Page 24

  • Windea Jules Verne is the first hybrid SOV for Bernhard Schulte. Photo Ulstein.
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    Versatile new SOV hybrid makes waves

    2020-10-12T11:08:00Z

    The first of what is billed as a new generation of offshore hybrid service operation vessels (SOVs) is now in North Sea wind farm service after completion for Hamburg-based Bernhard Schulte, writes Germany correspondent Tom Todd.

  • Scot Ranger, due for launching at Hoogezand in November. (credit: Scotline).
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    BATTERY POWER FOR UK NEWBUILD COASTER

    2020-10-12T11:06:00Z

    UK shortsea specialist Scotline Marine has implemented a new phase of fleet investment distinguished by the nomination of a hybrid power arrangement, writes David Tinsley.

  • Algoma Intrepid follows sister Algoma Innovator (pictured) out of 3 Maj at Rijeka. (credit: Algoma).
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    ANOTHER CANADIAN LAKER FROM CROATIAN YARD

    2020-10-09T18:40:00Z

    Croatia’s hard-pressed shipbuilding industry has brought an important export project to fruition through the delivery of a self-discharging bulk carrier for trade on the Great Lakes and St Lawrence system, writes David Tinsley.

  • Damen has delivered an ASD 2813 tug to Con.Tug Photo: Damen Shipyards Group
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    Damen delivers ASD Tug 2813 to Con.Tug

    2020-10-09T13:23:00Z

    Damen Shipyards Group has delivered an ASD Tug 2813 to Con.Tug in Italy for operation in Gioia Tauro, one of the most important transhipment ports in the Mediterranean.

  • The arrival of the Polish-built hull of Nexans Aurora in Ulsteinvik for equipment and machinery installation and outfitting. (Credit: Nexans).
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    CUSTOM-MADE CABLESHIP FROM NORWAY

    2020-09-30T21:32:00Z

    A high capacity, DP3-class vessel for laying, connecting and repairing subsea power cables and umbilicals is taking shape at Ulsteinvik, writes David Tinsley.

  • The staggered effect of shipyard disruption has created pent-up demand for repair work that will fill most yards later in 2020, according to Jad Mouawad of Mouawad Consulting. (Credit: Bernd Flickenschild, Pixabay)
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    YARDS ANTICIPATE NEW WAVE OF REPAIR AND RETROFIT WORK

    2020-09-30T21:20:00Z

    Vassilis Vassiliou, ship-repair broker at Interyards in Greece, reflects on the evolving challenges the ship repair sector has overcome since February

  • 'MV Glen Sannox'
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    Ferguson shipyard places contracts worth GB£15m

    2020-09-29T16:19:00Z

    Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Limited has placed three contracts worth over GB£15m with Scottish companies to continue progress with the completion of two dual fuel vessels to operate on CalMac routes on the west coast of Scotland.

  • Manson’s diesel-electric suction dredger will be built in at the Keppel AmFELS yard in Brownsville, Texas (credit: Keppel).
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    HIGH-SPEC TRAILER DREDGER FROM US YARD

    2020-09-28T16:55:00Z

    Seattle-headquartered Manson Construction has signed a contract for what will be the largest trailing suction hopper dredger ever built in the USA, writes David Tinsley.

  • A Techcross ECU BWTS installed in the engine room of an LNG carrier. (Image: Goltens Worldwide)
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    YARDS BUSY WITH SURVEYS, REPAIRS AND RETROFITS

    2020-09-23T22:26:00Z

    A range of repair and retrofits projects have been completed amid the challenging conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Wind turbine installation vessel Pacific Orca (credit: Swire Blue Ocean)
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    SCALING-UP FOR OFFSHORE WIND BUSINESS

    2020-09-21T10:21:00Z

    Copenhagen-headquartered Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) plans a major fleet investment on the strength of sustained growth in the offshore wind farm sector, writes David Tinsley.

  • MAN ES plans to deliver the first ammonia-fuelled variant of its ME-LGIP engine by 2024 (Image: MAN Energy Solutions)
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    MAN ES unveils 2025 ammonia retrofit target

    2020-09-17T10:48:00Z

    MAN Energy Solutions plans to introduce a retrofit package for its ammonia-fuelled engine by 2025, the company announced in a presentation yesterday.

  • Energy transportation to Japan: the Fujisan Maru.(credit: Namura Shipbuilding).
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    OPTIMISED CRUDE CARRIERS FOR MALACCA TRANSITS

    2020-09-11T14:35:00Z

    Cinderellas of world seaborne trade, VLCCs make a vital, sustained contribution to global economic activity and wellbeing, with new levels of transportation efficiency achieved by the latest tonnage, writes David Tinsley.

  • Kongsberg is designing a revolutionary krill fishing vessel for Rimfrost Photo: Kongsberg Maritime
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    Kongsberg helps ‘revolutionise’ krill fishing

    2020-09-10T12:04:00Z

    Kongsberg Maritime has been contracted to design and equip a new vessel for the Norwegian krill processing firm Rimfrost which is hoped will ‘revolutionise’ krill fishing in Antarctica.

  • The ‘Shenhai 01’, China’s first hybrid rescue vessel Photo: ABB
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    ABB supports China’s first hybrid rescue ship

    2020-09-09T11:53:00Z

    ABB has provided a full scope of electric and digital solutions to the first Chinese-built hybrid rescue vessel.

  • The first two of Havila Voyages' four new coastal ships are in the water Photo: Havila Voyages
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    First two Havila Voyages ships launch

    2020-09-07T11:57:00Z

    The first two of Havila Voyages'' four new coastal ships have launched at the Tersan shipyard in Turkey.

  • Galicia being put through her paces off the Chinese coast.(credit: Brittany Ferries).
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    RO-PAX BOOST TO ANGLO-SPANISH ROUTES

    2020-09-01T12:38:00Z

    Brittany Ferries is set to introduce the first of three ro-pax newbuilds of Stena’s E-Flexer type to the UK/Spain traffic, writes David Tinsley.

  • The new chemical tankers will feature a five-cylinder, 500mm bore RT-flex50-D low pressure LNG dual-fuel main engine. (Image: Terntank)
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    TERNTANK'S NEWBUILDS ARE SET FOR A LIFETIME OF EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS

    2020-08-28T16:13:00Z

    Terntank has always had an eye for technology, and the group''s latest newbuildings will showcase advances that competitors are already looking to copy.

  • The Appledore yard with its signature covered building hall.(credit: Babcock International).
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    CLOSED UK YARD SET TO BE REVIVED

    2020-08-28T10:18:00Z

    A dormant shipyard in the west of England is set to re-open following purchase by London-based energy group InfraStrata, which also saved Harland & Wolff (H&W) from closure last year, writes David Tinsley.

  • Clean lines of the Future Trader.(image credit: DEKC Maritime).
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    COASTER DESIGN ADAPTABLE TO POWER CHANGES

    2020-08-27T14:51:00Z

    A new concept of short-sea cargo vessel that would facilitate technological adaptation and updating over time has been proposed by a Dutch company, writes David Tinsley.

  • The order will extend Bahri's fleet of chemical tankers to 44 (credit: Bahri)
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    SAUDI OWNER AWARDS MAJOR TANKER CONTRACT

    2020-08-25T12:16:00Z

    Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) has boosted its orderbook by landing a US$410 million contract from Saudi Arabia for an extensive series of petrochemical carriers, writes David Tinsley.