Vessels & Shipyards – Page 32
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NewsGERMAN YARDS INVEST FOR HIGH-END MARKETS
Structural change and revitalisation of German shipbuilding is accompanied by technological and environmental strategies to keep the industry ahead of the curve.
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NewsSELF-DISCHARGER FOR EUROPEAN STONE TRADE
Steel cutting has been implemented in China on a 40,000dwt self-unloading bulk carrier ordered for north European trade by a German-Canadian joint venture, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsMajor LNG carrier order for Zvezda Shipyard
A joint venture between Novatek and Sovcomflot will oversee order and operation of a new fleet of ice class LNG carriers, writes Eugene Gerden
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NewsGerman yard wins work on unique research ship
What is being billed as the world’s largest combined scientific research and cruise expedition vessel will dock at specialist German shipyard Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven (LWB) next April for about a year of final outfitting support, reports Tom Todd.
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NewsAtlantic Offshore battery hybrid upgrade
Technology group Wärtsilä will engineer, supply, and install complete battery hybrid packages to two offshore supply vessels owned by the Norway-based operator Atlantic Offshore.
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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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NewsLNG Retrofits: Why Better Lateral Thinking is Needed to Ensure Reliability
Peter Morsbach, Director Projects at Høglund Gas Solutions, discusses some of the issues that can arise during LNG retrofits.
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NewsAiP for Osaka Gas for gas conversion project
Classification society, ClassNK, has granted approval in principle (AIP) to Osaka Gas for their joint project with Daihatsu Diesel on an LPG Reformer for marine engines.
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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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NewsKongsberg hybrid upgrade for Tidewater OSV
Kongsberg has been contracted to provide a ‘full picture’ upgrade for a Tidewater Marine offshore supply vessel (OSV), ''Bailey Tide''.
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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.
