Vessels & Shipyards – Page 92
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NewsAustal expands European service hub
Austal has announced an expansion of its European service presence with the establishment of a maintenance hub in the Strait of Gibraltar.
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NewsProspects good as late orders buck up in Germany
Welcome last-minute orders appear to have secured at least the immediate future of several of Germany’s most threatened big shipyards - those still building merchant ships that is.
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NewsAirmax prototype demonstrator gets airborne
The 15m long ship prototype Stena Airmax was named today in Gothenburg and is part of a project in which an ‘air cushion’ is being tested to investigate to what extent it reduces the friction between the hull and the water.
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NewsDiesel electric trend growing for offshore vessels
Leading offshore shipping companies are increasingly turning to diesel electric propulsion systems as an efficient means of meeting the performance requirements for modern platform supply vessels.
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NewsNew Skaugen gas carrier to expand LNG bunker infrastructure
Norwegian shipowner I.M. Skaugen Group (IMSK) named the first ship in its new series of Multigas carriers in a ceremony at the Skaugen joint venture company with Shenghui Gas & Chemical Systems’ facility in Zhangjiagang, north of Shanghai, China.
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NewsAnother busy year ahead for Dales Marine
The Aberdeen-based Dales Marine Services on Scotland’s east coast is looking forward to another busy year.
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NewsGrimaldi extends Cargotec maintenance contract
Cargotec has secured two new MacGregor Onboard Care all inclusive contracts.
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NewsArtemis goes back to Lloyd
Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven will upgrade the 44,588 gt cruise ship Artemis (ex Royal Princess) for the third time in April prior to her last season for P&O Cruises and handover to Artania Shipping in 2011.
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NewsKeppel BrasFELS to upgrade three Noble drillships
Keppel Offshore & Marine subsidiary Keppel FELS Brasil, has secured contracts from Noble Corporation to upgrade and repair three of Noble''s Brazil-based drillships for $456 million.
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NewsFast underwater ship hull cleaning
Hydrex Spain recently performed cleaning work with its own developed equipment on two large container vessels at anchorage 2km off the coast of Algeciras.
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NewsViking Lady - commercial ship debut for fuel cell technology
What is claimed to be the most environmentally-friendly ship afloat was on view recently at the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen (COP15).
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NewsCammell Laird lengthens cable layer
Birkenhead-based Cammell Laird Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders won a major contract to lengthen a cable laying ship for Nexans AS of Norway, a subsidiary of the international French based Nexans Group.
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NewsPermanent rudder repairs without drydocking
Hydrex has developed a new method enabling permanent repairs of rudders without drydocking the ship.
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NewsBusy Jurong
Jurong Shipyard in Singapore, a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, has recently been busy.
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NewsENVC facing uncertain times
Despite the global financial crisis, Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo (ENVC) in Portugal had, in terms of ship repair results, its second best year ever in 2009.
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NewsKawasaki delivers LNG carrier
Kawasaki Shipbuilding has delivered the LNG Carrier Taitar No.2 to NiMiC No. 2 S.A. of Panama. The newbuilding is the 11th in a line of 145,000 m3 LNG carriers boasting the latest facilities developed by Kawasaki Shipbuilding.
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NewsASRY signs RFA cluster repair agreement with A&P Group
Bahrain’s ASRY has signed a ‘heads of agreement’ with the UK’s A&P Group to become the repair yard of choice in the Arabian Gulf for two clusters of Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) vessels, involving five ships.
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NewsPalermo yard tackles cruise ship repairs
During 2009, Fincantieri of Italy carried out five repair jobs on cruise vessels and two conversions with most of work carried out at the company’s Palermo shipyard which concentrates on ship repairs and conversion.
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NewsQuiet start to year at B+V
The sale of Blohm + Voss to the Abu Dhabi MAR Group is likely to be a done deal by the time this issue of The Motorship appears and the historic transfer appeared to be proceeding smoothly as the Hamburg yard went quietly into the new year.
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NewsSinking a ship in a good cause
Norwegian research institute Marintek looks at accurate measuring of the impact of testing forces during Testing marine structures, such as very large tankers, requires equipment that can simulate the variety of forces and measure their exact impact with high precision and accuracy.
