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Collaboration on LNG bunkering vessel concept

British marine architect Tritec Marine and shipping company Stena LNG have cooperated to create a new design of liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel, called the SAFE Bunker concept. The design aims to prevent the bunker vessel making contact...

02.06.2020

Rotor Sail installed on board Copenhagen

Finland’s wind propulsion specialist Norsepower Oy Ltd has notched up the fourth successful installation of its Rotor Sail, this time on board Scandlines’ hybrid passenger ferry, Copenhagen, which operates on the route between Rostock, Germany and...

01.06.2020

Companies & People

TKMS takes over Brazilian yard

German naval shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) said it has signed a contract to buy the Oceana shipyard in Brazil. The seller is Brazilian Alianca S.A., a company owned by CBO Group in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The acquisition is being...

01.06.2020

MAN supplies engines for largest-ever container ships

The first in a series of twelve ultra large container ships, the 23,964-TEU HMM Algeciras, equipped with a MAN Energy Solutions main engine, was launched recently at Daewoo’s Okpo yard in South Korea. Its MAN B&W 11G95ME-C engine, capable of...

29.05.2020

Shipbuilding, Covid-19 Update

State loans for South Korean yards

South Korean state export credit bank, the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank), will provide 5.2 trillion won (US$4.1 billion) in financial aid to Korean shipbuilders amid reduced newbuilding orders in the coronavirus crisis. Under the programme,...

29.05.2020

Damen unveils electric dredger

A new design for an electric cutter suction dredger (ECSD) has been launched by Damen Shipyards Group. The ECSD 650 has been adapted from the conventional CSD 650 which is powered by diesel engines. The CSD 650’s modular design has enabled Damen to...

28.05.2020

All from a single source:
Reliable pumping on an FPSO

Immense effort is required to access new oil and gas deposits, as boreholes have to be prepared and created. It can take years of preparation before a new oil field comes online. For offshore wells, oil producers now frequently are opting for a...

28.05.2020

BV issues cyber notation for first LNG carrier

Paris-based classification society, Bureau Veritas BV, has issued the LNG carrier, Elisa Larus, with cyber notation in what BV claims is the first such move. The 174,000m3 vessel was built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries for France LNG Shipping...

27.05.2020

DIV Shipbuiding yards to construct residential yacht

British company Ocean Residences Development has confirmed an order for a cruise ship-style floating residency vessel of 290m length placed with Norwegian/Croatian shipbuilding group DIV Shipbuilding. The 81,000gt vessel will have 12 decks, and...

27.05.2020

Wärtsilä to supply LNG systems for Japanese ferries

Technology group Wärtsilä is to supply LNG-fuelled engines, gearboxes, gas storage, supply and control systems for the first LNG-powered ferries to be built in Japan. The two vessels are to be constructed for Ferry Sunflower, a Mitsui O.S.K. Lines...

26.05.2020

Faroe Islands fish company orders wellboat

Glyvrar-based producer of salmon, Bakkafrost, has placed an order with Sefine shipyard in Turkey for a wellboat for live fish transport. The vessel is designed by Danish naval architect Knud E. Hansen. The fleet expansion is part of the company’s...

26.05.2020

Hartmann orders ME-LGIP engines for LPG tankers

MAN Energy Solutions has received an order to supply MAN B&W ME-LGIP (liquid gas injection propane) dual-fuel engines for three 5,000m3 LPG tankers currently under construction at the CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering Co, Ltd shipyard in...

25.05.2020

Japanese autonomous ship framework awarded class approval

NYK Line and its wholly-owned research and development subsidiary, MTI Co Ltd, have been awarded Approval in Principle by Japan’s ClassNK for a joint project on the concept design of an autonomous ship framework. The framework, called Action...

25.05.2020

Kongsberg delivers freezer trawler

Kongsberg Maritime has announced the delivery of an 81.8m-long freezer trawler, Ilivileq, built to its latest NVC 375 WP design, which is to be deployed in Arctic waters. The company’s NVC range of vessels is based on a combination of sustainable...

22.05.2020

DDW starts drillship conversion

DP World’s Dubai shipyard, Drydocks World (DDW), has begun conversion of the ultra-deepwater drillship Yan, recently owned by Transocean of Switzerland and previously named GSF Jack Ryan. The drillship is to be converted into an offshore installation...

21.05.2020

New type of gas barges to operate on river Rhine

A Dutch-led yard consortium is continuing to build a new type of efficient barges to transport gas on the river Rhine for customer Ineos Trading & Shipping. Three vessels have been completed and will be among the largest gas barges operating on the...

20.05.2020

Thun Tankers' new NaabsaMAX able to call tidal restricted ports

Shipping company Thun Tankers BV, part of Swedish shipping group Erik Thun, has placed an order with Dutch yard Scheepswerf Ferus Smit for one more 4,250dwt product tanker. The tanker is scheduled to be delivered in May 2022. Together with one...

19.05.2020

Dogger Bank partners to build new UK operations base

Norwegian state energy firm Equinor and partner SSE Renewables, a UK-listed company specialising in low-carbon energy, have announced plans to build a new operations and maintenance (O&M) base at the Port of Tyne. The facility will service Dogger...

19.05.2020

Damen presents workboat for fish-farming operations

The Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group has unveiled a new workboat for the aquaculture industry – the Damen Utility Vessel (UV) 2613. It can be deployed for harvesting, net cleaning, diving support and de-licing, Damen said in a statement. With...

18.05.2020

Ingeteam to provide hybrid propulsion for new trawler

Spanish Ingeteam Power Technology, S.A. is to supply a hybrid-electric propulsion system for a new pelagic fishing vessel to be built by Bilbao’s Zamakona Shipyard. The 87.6m-long trawler, designed by Norway’s Salt Ship Design for Danish fishing...

18.05.2020

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