Vessels & Shipyards – Page 85
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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).
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NewsLNGs are Navantia
Navantia Shiprepair in Spain undertook a total of 30 LNG projects in 2010, with 28 LNG at the Fene-Ferrol yard and two further LNG projects at the Cadiz yard.
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NewsPositive outlook for Scottish shiprepairer
Dales Marine Services’ expansion of its dry docking capability on Scotland’s east coast last year is delivering results with the value of contracts generated and dry dock usage both at record levels.
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Live long and prosper!
Getting maintenance timing wrong and incurring the associated costs is just one of the risks of operating a fleet of ships - or is it?
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NewsFlexibility and expansion are key to ASRY’s success
The first week of the New Year saw Bahrain’s Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Co (ASRY) break all records for the number of vessels docked simultaneously in its No.1 Dock.
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NewsRFA vessel returns
RFA ‘Cardigan Bay’ returned to A&P’s Falmouth shipyard for maintenance in January after three years in the Gulf supporting coalition operations and the Iraqi Navy.
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NewsGRE pipe retrofit completed on Swedish icebreaker
Future Pipe Industries Group (FPI) in the Netherlands, a major player in the fibreglass pipe industry, has completed the replacement of 1,200m of corroded steel pipe with glass fibre reinforced epoxy pipe systems (GRE) onboard Swedish icebreaker ‘Atle’.
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News‘Viking Lady’ - the first commercial ship with a fuel cell
The Eidesvik offshore support ship ‘Viking Lady’ may not quite be a brand new vessel, she was launched earlier in 2009, but her most significant feature was only installed and commissioned in December 2009, just in advance of COP15.
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NewsUlstein delivers powerful X-Bow seismic research vessel
The Oceanic Vega, one of the most advanced seismic research vessels in the world, was delivered by Ulstein Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway, to a joint venture between Norwegian shipowner, Eidesvik Offshore ASA, and the Paris-based geophysical company, CGGVeritas.
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NewsCutting edge trimaran ferry exceeds expectations
Austal’s next generation 102m trimaran has impressed during sea trials, achieving a speed of 39 knots at 90% MCR with 340 tonnes deadweight. The high speed passenger-vehicle ferry utilises Austal’s patented trimaran technology to deliver improved sea keeping, fuel efficiency, passenger comfort and payload capacity.
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News‘Le Boreal’ - the quintessence of luxury cruising
The French cruiseship company Compagnie du Ponant took delivery of the first in a two-ship series of mega-yacht style cruise ships ordered from Fincantieri.
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NewsFirst true Arctic 3-D seismic vessel
When Drydocks World-Dubai delivered the ‘Polarcus Asima’ to its owner Polarcus, the marine geophysical company based in Dubai, she became the company’s third and most sophisticated 3D seismic vessel to date.
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News‘Rem Gambler’ - a safe bet
When the Fosnavåg-based offshore fleet operator Rem Maritime ordered its first anchor handling tug supply vessel back in May 2007, the owner, Åge Remøy, took a gamble that the market would need the vessel and named it, appropriately, Rem Gambler.
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NewsRickmers christens four containerships
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) witnessed a quadruple naming ceremony at its Ulsan shipyard when the German Rickmers Group christened four New Panamax (NPX) ultra-large container ships (ULCS) of 13,100 TEU each.
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NewsNew construction support vessel joins Solstad fleet
The construction support vessel ‘Normand Pacific’, a custom built ship for diving and ROV-operations, entered into service with the Norwegian shipowner Solstad Offshore.
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New flagship for P&O Cruises
Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard delivered the 116,000gt ‘Azura’, the new flagship of P&O Cruises, part of the Carnival Group, which is the twenty seventh passenger vessel built at the yard out of a total of 53 built by Fincantieri.
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Ships of note 2010
This has been a year of slow recovery in the global economy which was reflected in the shipping industry with very few newbuilding orders being placed in the first six months although the pace did pick up in the second half. With regard to deliveries of newbuildings, the sheer size ...
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NewsAnother swath joins Elbe pilot fleet
The Elbe Pilot association in Cuxhaven, Germany has strengthened its fleet with the addition of the new 2,462gt pilot station vessel Elbe designed for rough coastal waters and tidal estuaries.
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NewsNew gas carrier expands LNG bunker infrastructure
Norwegian shipowner I.M. Skaugen Group (IMSK) took delivery of the first ship in its new series of multigas carriers ordered jointly with Shenghui Gas & Chemical Systems of Shanghai, China.
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NewsKawasaki Dunkirkmax bulk carrier
Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation in Japan has delivered the Feg Success bulk carrier to Cape 4 International S.A. at its Sakaide shipyard.
