Ships & Yards – Page 25
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NewsSHIPBUILDING TOUR-DE-FORCE ON MERSEYSIDE
The UK’s new polar research ship is a boon to the science community and also represents a milestone industrial achievement, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsNYK orders large LNG-fuelled car carrier
Japan’s NYK Line has placed an order for an LNG-fuelled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC). The 200 metre-long vessel is expected to become the world’s largest LNG-fuelled PCTC when it enters service, with the capacity to carry up to 7,000 cars.
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NewsFUTURE-PROOFED FERRIES FOR ENGLISH CHANNEL
A new generation of ferries has been ordered in China to serve passenger and freight traffic between Britain and continental Europe on the busiest and shortest crossing of the English Channel, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsTHUN RAISES SCOPE IN COASTAL TRADES
Despite the cessation of trade in oil products to many small, tidal ports and river berths in the British Isles over the past few decades, the NAABSA charter party clause denoting ‘Not always afloat, but safely aground’ remains wholly relevant to the region’s shortsea market, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsAmerican Ethane reveals plans to order 17 VLECs
Houston-based American Ethane announced plans to order 17 very large ethane carriers at Gastech in Houston on 17 September. The 150,000 cbm capacity VLECs will be ordered from Chinese shipyards Hudong-Zhonghua and Jiangnan, both of which received approval in principle for VLEC designs earlier in 2019.
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NewsRE-ENERGISED RAUMA YARD BUILDS BUSINESS
Finland is the setting for an unusual European case of the revival of shipbuilding in one of the industry’s traditional centres, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsNEW ENTRANT TO CEMENT HANDLING TRADE
Dutch shipbuilding has strengthened its hand in dedicated cement carrier design and construction through the delivery last month of the 4,200dwt self-discharger Kongsdal to Cyprus-based SMT Shipping, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsCON-RO TONNAGE BOOST TO HAWAIIAN TRADE
A further phase in Matson Navigation’s modernisation programme for its Hawaiian services is set to be realised with the impending completion of the 52,000dwt con-ro vessel Lurline, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsPrysmian cable layer newbuilding project progresses
Prysmian Group is moving ahead with the construction of its fourth cable-layer. The keel was laid for its newbuild cable-laying vessel, Leonardo da Vinci, at the Vard shipyard in Norway in September 2019.
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NewsZERO-EMISSION CAR CARRIER PROPOSED
Finnish technical consultancy Elomatic has developed a concept design for a zero-emission pure car/truck carrier (PCTC) in cooperation with the NYK Group and NYK’s research arm Monohakobi Technology Institute (MTI) of Japan, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsFirst Azipods for Oldendorff transhipment units
Oldendorff carriers has ordered two transhipment vessels from Chengxi Shipyard in China for operation in Vietnam, each propelled by 2 x 1.9MW Azipod units. The order represents the first reference for ABB''s Azipod propulsion technology from the bulk carrier segment.
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NewsARCTIC DELIVERY VOYAGE FOR NUCLEAR POWER BARGE
Representing both a breakthrough for mobile nuclear technology and a landmark technical achievement by the Russian shipbuilding industry, the floating nuclear plant Akademik Lomonosov has departed Murmansk under tow for a remote Arctic port in the Chukotka region, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsCemre launches 50th Havyard hull
Cemre Shipyard in Turkey has launched the fiftieth hull built for Norway''s Havyard Ship Technology.
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NewsPetram sells German yard business to Rönner
Bremerhaven’s Petram Group has sold its shares in three local shipyards to longstanding fellow-German associate Heinrich Rönner, saying it wants its shipbuilding interests to stay in trusted hands and not be sold off to investment companies, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsNEW RO-PAX DUO FOR INLAND SEA
Further testament to the constant renewal and revitalisation of Japan’s long-haul coastal ferry fleet was provided this month by the launching of the 16,300gt ro-pax Settsu, designed for Seto Inland Sea service, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsLNG CARRIER FOR EXPANDING SPANISH TRADE
Giving a prestigious boost to the merchant fleet under the Spanish flag, the 180,000m3-capacity LNG carrier Adriano Knutsen has entered service on long-term charter to power utility Endesa following handover in South Korea, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsMAN Engines to power Austal and Incat ferries
Australian shipbuilders Austal and Incat Tasmania, have ordered eight MAN 16V28/33D STC engines following the decision of the Government of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago to build one fast ferry at each yard.
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NewsDamen supplies world’s first electric tug
New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland has signed a contract with the Damen Shipyards Group for the delivery of the world’s first fully electric ship-handing tug.
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NewsLARGEST PLUG-IN HYBRID FERRY MAKES DEBUT
Norway’s maritime cluster has opened a new chapter in the roll-out of environmentally-attuned shipping through the completion of the world’s largest ‘plug-in’ hybrid ferry combining diesel and electric power, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsCONSOLIDATION A CONTINUING THEME IN JAPAN
Business determination by Japanese shipbuilders is expressed in the reshaping of strategies and capacities in the face of unremitting competition, writes David Tinsley.
