Ships & Yards – Page 37
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NewsIndustrial trader for the Trollhattan Canal
Characterised by an exceptionally high deadweight for a vessel built to the maximum dimensions for access to Sweden’s Lake Vaner via the Trollhattan Canal, the 5,680dwt mini-bulker ‘Snow Crystal’ was recently launched from the Westerbroek yard of Ferus Smit in the north Netherlands. David Tinsley reports.
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Japanese ro-pax melds experience and innovation
A new phase in the modernisation and upgrading of the Sea of Japan coastal passenger and freight traffic is signalled by Shin Nihonkai’s 25-knot ro-pax sisters. David Tinsley reports.
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NewsBiggest short sea roro makes debut
A new era is unfolding in European roro freight transport through the introduction of a vessel of unprecedented capacity to trade between the northwest Continent and British Isles.
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NewsSMC wins first cruise ship contract
Schulte Marine Concept (SMC) will provide technical consultancy and newbuild supervision services in its first cruise ship contract.
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NewsFlexible Neptun builds longships and FERUs
Neptun Werft has taken orders for six more135m river cruise ships to build alongside the giant FERUs now in regular production for Meyer, reports Germany correspondent Tom Todd
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NewsNew generation shuttle tanker for Canada
The first of Teekay Offshore Partners’ new series of Suezmax shuttle tankers is nearing completion in South Korea at Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje Island yard, reports David Tinsley.
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NewsRevived LWB back on track with Genting work
Work on the multi-million euro refurbishment of the 51,044gt ''Crystal Symphony'' is on schedule for completion at Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB) on 16 October, reports Germany correspondent Tom Todd.
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NewsShipbuilding can incorporate sustainability management
Sustainable development can efficiently be combined into management of innovations in shipbuilding argues a new doctoral dissertation.
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NewsNew breed for liquefied ethane trade
A combination of German technology and Chinese construction has produced an innovative, versatile class of gas tanker, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsFincantieri grows high value-added business
Having turned in a profit for 2016, and with a huge backlog of cruiseship and naval work, Fincantieri is sanguine about its prospects and is pursuing selective business and industrial expansion. David Tinsley reports.
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NewsMeyer Turku doubles investment programme to fulfill orders
Meyer Turku shipyard is doubling its investment programme to boost steel production and fulfil its record breaking order book reaching to 2024.
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NewsLR joins biggest wind-assisted cargo ship project
A project aiming to build the world’s biggest cargo ship with wind-assisted propulsion will be guided by Lloyds Register (LR).
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Chinese shipbuilder gets a restructure
China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) has established a new marine propulsion facility in Qingdao as part of a restructuring exercise.
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NewsSingle engine ice class trawlers fit for adverse conditions
Fisherman can operate in the Barents and North Atlantic with two new Ice3 class fishing trawlers fitted with Wärtsilä engines.
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NewsSelf-unloaders for US stone import traffic
Self-discharging bulker technology has an important new reference in the US-owned, Chinese-built ‘Ireland’, for Gulf of Mexico trade. David Tinsley reports.
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NewsHamburg hosts automatic hull coating technology
Shipyard workers in Hamburg can paint hulls safer, faster and cheaper thanks to a partnership between Blohm+Voss and Hubert Palfinger Technologies.
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NewsWärtsilä power for Virgin Voyages fleet
Wärtsilä has been contracted to provide a comprehensive scope of solutions for three new 2800 passenger cruise vessels being built for Virgin Voyages.
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NewsAlewijnse Marine outfitting self-discharging carriers
Dutch system integrator Alewijnse Marine is undertaking the electrical outfitting of two new self-discharging cement carriers for Eureka Shipping.
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NewsQuality control shipbuilding partnership
China Merchants Industry Holding (CMIH) and Norway-founded DNV GL have partnered to advance shipbuilding in the gas carrier, offshore and special vessel segments.
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NewsWagenborg sets new standard with EasyMax
‘Easy to build, easy to operate, easy to load’ have been the guiding principles for Wagenborg’s new class of home-grown multipurpose carrier, writes David Tinsley.
