Ships & Yards – Page 20
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NewsShip Shape Shifters
Modular power systems may not be far off, but what about the ships themselves?
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NewsHull form optimisation drove super-eco Ultramax gains
A hull form optimisation project using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) helped a new class of Ultramax bulk carriers to achieve best in class fuel consumption
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NewsFuture of UK ship recycling uncertain
The European Commission has clarified what will happen at the end of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement transition period, when the EU Ship Recycling Regulation (EU) No 1257/20137 no longer applies in the UK.
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NewsAFRAMAX SIGNALS GROWING RUSSIAN SELF-RELIANCE
Russia’s most advanced shipyard, under development in the country’s Far Eastern region, has built the first in a long series of Aframax tankers, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsC-Job designs new TSHD for GLDD
C-Job Naval Architects has delivered the basic design package of the trailing suction hopper dredger to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLDD).
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NewsA future-proof fleet: modular and adaptable design
Owners may have a dilemma when picking an energy technology capable of lasting a vessel’s 20 or 30-year lifetime, writes Stevie Knight
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Germans negotiate another shipyard merger
It has been revealed that another merger of north German shipyards could be in the offing - just a month after the last one was agreed, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsHHI inks deal to develop advanced design systems
Hyundai Heavy Industries has signed a technical cooperation agreement with a Finland-based technology supplier for the development of next-generation design systems.
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NewsStena Bulk unveils next-gen product tanker concept
Stena Bulk is presenting a prototype of the next-generation product and chemical tanker – the IMOFlexMAX, which combines a dual-fuel LNG engine with renewable energy generation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by over 25% compared with modern product tankers.
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NewsSILVER STANDARD FOR ISLAND CRUISING
Tailored in design and engineering to provide luxury cruising in the Galapagos Islands, the 110-metre Silver Origin was delivered on 3 June by Shipyard De Hoop, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsRopax designers seek efficiencies as capacity ceiling looms
Maximum ropax ferry capacities may have plateaued at 5,600 lane metres, despite strong incentives to meet efficiency improvements via economies of scale, writes Kari Reinikainen. Owners will also have to think of future regulatory considerations with their newbuilding plans.
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NewsGermans approve €1 billion in maritime aid
The Berlin Government has approved €1 billion in crisis aid over the next two years for new ships and projects in the German maritime sector, reports Germany Correspondent Tom Todd.
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NewsBMT SATV ready for service
A BMT-designed Service Accommodation and Transfer Vessel (SATV) has successfully completed sea trials for its owner Ventus Marine, and charterer SGRE, and has commenced servicing turbines on the Formosa 1 offshore wind farm, near Taiwan.
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NewsFSG Honfleur construction restart this month
Plans have been announced to resume construction of Brittany Ferries'' unfinished LNG RoPax ferry Honfleur at the insolvent German shipyard FSG in June, writes Germany Correspondent Tom Todd.
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NewsBELFAST YARD TEAMS WITH SPANISH BUILDER
Harland & Wolff shipyard’s new owners have shown a commitment to taking the Belfast yard back into newbuild construction through an agreement with Spanish shipbuilding and defence group Navantia, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsAET takes delivery of DP2 shuttle tanker
Malaysia-based tanker operator AET has taken delivery of Eagle Petrolina, the first of a quartet of Suezmax DP2 shuttle tankers under construction at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).
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NewsKOREAN DELIVERIES STRENGTHEN GASLOG FLEET
Despite the industrial disruption in South Korea caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, two LNG carriers have been delivered in timely manner and on budget into the growing fleet controlled by GasLog, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsFirst LNGC delivery for Nakilat-Maran joint venture
Nakilat has taken delivery of the LNG carrier Global Energy from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). The carrier is the first of four vessels for Global Shipping Co. Ltd, Nakilat''s joint venture with the Angelicoussis Group''s Maran Ventures Inc.
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NewsSecond German LNG ferry conversion begins
Construction of a 15m long stern section for the second conversion of a German conventional RoPax ferry to LNG DF operation has begun at Dutch yard Niestern Sander, reports Germany correspondent Tom Todd.
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NewsZero-emissions loading capacity for Utkilen chemical tanker
Bergen-based shipping company Utkilen took delivery of the third of a series of four ice-class chemical tankers from Avic Dingheng shipyard on 15 May.
