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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

WinGD signs MoU on dual-fuel ammonia engines

Switzerland’s WinGD has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Seoul-based KSS Line, a gas and chemicals shipping specialist, to assess opportunities for X-DF-A dual-fuel ammonia engines on new mid-size and large gas carriers. The companies…

25.09.2023
Shipbuilding

WinGD expects first ammonia-fuelled engines by 2025

Swiss engine company WinGD has revealed that it is ‘on track’ to supply the first X-DF-A dual-fuel ammonia engines in the first three months of 2025, with the first ships powered by these engines commissioned in 2026. The announcement follows…

24.07.2023
Shipbuilding

Finnlines takes delivery of hybrid RoPax

China Merchants Jinling Shipyard has handed over the first of two ice-class RoPax ferries, Finnsirius, to Helsinki-based Finnlines. Together with its sister ship, Finncanopus, due for delivery by the end of this year, the vessel will operate on the…

21.07.2023
Shipbuilding

Ammonia combustion test successfully completed

MAN Energy Solutions has revealed the first successful tests of an engine operating on ammonia at its Research Centre Copenhagen (RCC). The combustion was carried out using a MAN B&W two-stroke 4T50ME-X engine with what the company described as…

14.07.2023
Shipbuilding

Fibre optic condition monitoring for LNG carriers

Two separate consortia with a total of eight LNG carriers under construction at China State Shipbuilding Corporation subsidiary Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding for Qatar’s North Field project, have chosen fibre optic hull condition monitoring systems…

13.07.2023

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