Ships & Yards – Page 84
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NewsWind energy proves a bonus for shipping and shipyards
The old sailing ships harnessed the wind for propulsion; today the wind is being harnessed for generating electricity, writes Dag Pike.
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NewsPaint manufacturer is prepared to guarantee performance improvements
Norwegian paint and coatings specialist Jotun has recently launched its latest system, known as Hull Performance Solutions (HPS), which it says combines premium antifouling, priority technical service and reliable tools to measure hull performance over time. Part of the system is a warranty of improved performance, backed by a money-back ...
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NewsSave now, save later, says paint maker
According to Hempel of Denmark, the shipping industry can save time and money in the drydock, as well as at sea, with its Hempasil X3 package, the third generation of the company’s fouling release coating technology.
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NewsWilhelmsen new ro-ro is biggest ever
The Wilh Wilhelmsen group in Norway has marked its 150th anniversary with the introduction of the first ‘Mark V’ Panamax ro-ro ship, Tønsberg, claimed to be the largest vessel of its type afloat.
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NewsHybrid square riggers - the ultimate green ships?
In all the attention paid to alternative fuels and renewable energy, wind power has been receiving increased attention and two designs that seem to offer much promise are being put forward. Let’s hope that the fossil-free solution’s answer is ‘blowing in the wind’.
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NewsCoating uses carbon nano-technology for durability and performance
A Norwegian company, Advanced Marine Coatings (AMC), says that it has harnessed a breakthrough nano-science and a patented dispersion technology to make a marine paint with exceptional abrasion resistance and smoothness.
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NewsTesting cargo tank coatings provides answers on maritime chemical service
According to Donald J. Keehan, chairman, Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC), of the USA, the industry often turns to various types of testing to solve the chemical cargo mystery before a chemical is even carried.
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NewsSmarter coatings technology for chemical tankers
International Paint has introduced Interline 9001, a new bimodal epoxy coating for the cargo tanks of chemical tankers.
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NewsGermany goes for high-tech emergency towing vessel
On 1 January 2011 the new German Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) ''Nordic'' sailed from Cuxhaven to take up station off Norderney on Germany’s North Sea coast. The powerful, purpose built ship is one of the latest and most sophisticated ETVs to enter service anywhere. Nordic was designed for the sole ...
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NewsModern shipbuilder chooses laser measurement
Measurement specialist Hexagon Metrology describes how the surveying team at German yard Meyer Werft uses Leica Geosystems instruments to maintain build quality of its cruise ships. By Andreas Petrosino.
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NewsLaw aims to shake up Russian shipbuilding
Russian shipbuilding and shipping are on the verge of big changes, which may follow the adoption of a long-awaited law ‘On the measures to support Russian shipbuilding and shipping’, which is currently under government consideration.
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NewsUlstein delivers another X-bow PSV
Ulstein’s popular PX105 design received further endorsement when yard number 288, the platform supply vessel ‘Rem Hrist’, was delivered to a Norwegian offshore operator at the beginning of March 2011.
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NewsDW-Dubai gets first FSRU conversion project
Drydocks World - Dubai is carrying out its first floating storage re-gasification unit (FSRU) conversion job, known as the FSRU Livorno project.
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NewsBredo uses cast-off sections as LWB consolidates
German repair facility Bremerhavener Dock (Bredo) is using a relatively slack period to save costs and complete a novel repair-related project in a deal which appears to have done everyone some good.
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NewsGerman heavy-lifter takes world title
In December 2010 the J.J. Sietas Neuenfelde shipyard near Hamburg delivered the heavy lift ship ‘Svenja’ to Germany-based heavy lift company Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land (SAL), a joint venture with the Japanese ''K''-Line group.
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NewsGulf repairers face new competition
Middle East ship repair is set for a major shake-up, with sweeping management changes at Drydocks World Dubai (DWD) and new repair docks coming on stream which will raise regional capacity by a significant margin.
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NewsThe future of factory ships
Factory ships are not a new concept, writes Dag Pike. Probably the best known examples are the whaling factory ships of the post war days that followed the whaling fleets into the Southern Oceans.
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NewsLarge-scale coating removal with environmental benefits
UK company Mac’Ants Group has announced a new system for stripping coatings from ships and other large structures which is claimed to be both effective and to reduce waste material for disposal by up to 90%.
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NewsGerman yards show pallet versatility
Container and other specialist merchant ships have dominated what has been a busy year so far for versatile Blohm + Voss Repair.
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NewsHarnessing the wind
Greenwave, a UK registered charity that exists to remind the shipping industry of its environmental obligations and to find practical, meaningful and affordable ways to meet them, has been looking at the concept of developing wind engines (article reproduced by kind permission of Lloyd''s Register).
