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SRC gets approval for Methanol Superstorage system

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded approval in principle (AiP) to SRC Group for a new methanol storage retrofit system. The fuel has been identified as one of the frontrunners for existing ships as their owners seek to decarbonise their operations by…

04.10.2023
Shipbuilding

First steel cut for NYK cruise ship

The construction of a new cruise ship for Japan’s NYK Cruises has begun at Meyer Werft’s Papenburg yard, following a traditional steel-cutting ceremony attended by Japanese guests and shipyard representatives. The 52,200gt Asuka III, 230m long and…

26.09.2023
Shipbuilding

Ulstein lands cable layer contract from Nexans

Norway’s family-owned Ulstein Verft has clinched an order for a large DP3 cable layer from Nexans Marine Operations AS. The ST-297 CLV design from SkipsTeknisk is an updated version of the Nexans Aurora, delivered in 2021. The 149.9m-long vessel…

26.09.2023
Shipbuilding

Damen wins Combi Freighter contract

Damen Shipyards has signed a deal with Turkey’s Feyz Group for three Damen Combi Freighter 3850s. The flexible general cargo ships, with a deadweight of 3,850 tonnes, will be built at the Damen Yichang Shipyard in China. The recently redesigned CF…

03.08.2023
Shipbuilding

‘Next shipyard chapter’ begins at Meyer Wismar

Insolvency administrator of the MV Werften Group, Dr Christoph Morgen, has passed the symbolic key of the Wismar shipyard to Bernard Meyer of Meyer Wismar. "With the handover of the shipyard to Meyer Wismar, we’re now marking the beginning of the…

03.08.2023
Shipbuilding

Wärtsilä technology clocks up 6% efficiency gain

The two Wärtsilä systems, EnergoFlow and EnergoProFin, installed on two medium-range tankers owned during the summer of 2022, have notched up efficiency gains and emission reductions averaging 6%, the company claims in a statement. The two tankers,

27.07.2023
Shipbuilding

Edda Wind chooses Schottel propulsion

Four commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) being built by Fincantieri-owned Vard Group for Haugesund-based Edda Wind are to have propulsion packages provided by Germany’s Schottel. Each vessel will have two Schottel Dynamic…

26.07.2023

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