Technical Articles

The first Business Offshore Conference 2011 in Hamburg was a big success. Held on December 8th and 9th at the Hotel Hafen Hamburg under the auspices of the DVV Media Group’s maritime magazines Ship&Offshore and...more

NORDIC YARDS      Commercial shipping in the Arctic – facing severe ice conditions, cold, darkness and remoteness – is still young but seen today as offering great promise. Specialised vessels will have...more

OVERVIEW      While shipbuilding is growing in countries such as India, Brazil and Russia, China,South Korea and Japan remain at the forefront of the international shipbuilding industry. Song Xinxin,...more

WIND PARK INSTALLATION - Requirements for specialised offshore ships are becoming more and more demanding, especially for vessels deployed to install offshore wind-power facilities. Since borders blur between the operational...more

SIMULATION - Recent advances in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) have made it possible to perform simulations of lifeboat launching at full scale and under realistic initial and boundary conditions. Simulations also allow an...more

ADVANCED OFFSHORE ANALYSIS - Growing importance of the offshore oil, gas, and renewables sectors imposes increasing safety challenges, especially for new kinds of wind turbine platforms and jack-up units. A promising way forward...more

Emissions reduction - To comply with future environmental regulations, improvements of ships’ emissions are urgently required. LNG as a ship’s fuel will reduce NO x to clearly below Tier III level, SO x and particulate matters to...more