Absence of regulatory mandate means safety and financial benefits of structural health monitoring systems are not being realised, writes Niklas Hallgren, CEO, Light Structures Structural health monitoring (SHM) has the potential to revolutionise maritime safety by enabling real-time insight into vessel integrity, yet comprehensive regulations mandating these systems are conspicuously absent. Regulations and classification have […]
Econowind and Jumbo Maritime have collaborated on a recent installation The shipping industry is increasingly embracing wind-assisted ship propulsion technology, and most recently heavy lift shipping and offshore transport company Jumbo Maritime has joined the movement. Wind power technology supplier Econowind has installed two leased VentoFoil units on the heavy lift vessel Jumbo Jubilee in […]
Long-term shipowner agreements help secure a healthy future for the Singapore yard group’s repair and upgrade business sector Singapore-based Seatrium is enjoying a strong recovery in business fortunes, following its creation last year as a result of the merger of the Sembawang and Keppel shipyard businesses. Overall, the company achieved revenues of around S$4 billion […]
MAN PrimeServ’s largest service centre is adopting new repair and conversion concepts to address challenges arising from key market trends MAN Energy Solutions’ largest service centre, in Hamburg, Germany, has announced some significant initiatives to enable it to adapt to changing times in the maritime service sector. The company cites the emergence of alternative fuels, […]
In the maritime industry’s ever-changing landscape, new regulations, new fuels, new engine designs and constantly changing original equipment manufacturer (OEM) requirements are just some of the issues adding to the complexity shipping operators must navigate. At the same time, a crew’s understanding of their ship’s engine performance can often rely on data collected in a […]
Combination carrier operator’s CLEANBU project helps it post record-breaking profits To an earlier generation the combination, or ore-bulk-oil (OBO), carrier was seen as the ideal ‘everyman’ vessel; capable of switching between dry and wet cargo depending on marketing fluctuations, or switching between cargoes on reverse voyages rather than an unprofitable return journey in ballast. But […]
Enhanced stowage solutions from MacGregor are allowing container ship operators to maximise cargo intake and reduce environmental footprint Much of the discussion concerning maritime decarbonisation focuses around solutions that will be familiar to readers of The Naval Architect: hull form optimisation, speed reduction and engine de-rating, the adoption of new fuels and energy storage, and […]
Package of optimisation measures leads to substantial efficiency gains on 868TEU Henneke Rambow “Right now there’s quite a few different things realigning in the industry. This means there’s quite a lot of movement happening with retrofitting from an energy and efficiency perspective,” reflects Jonas Nyberg, Berg Proplulsion’s managing director for advanced solutions. Like others, the […]
The RINA Warship conference in Adelaide in June 2024 heard that surface combatant survivability needs to be revisited to address challenges posed by attacks by multiple UAVs, and uncrewed vessels have challenges all of their own. Future warships will have to be able to survive – and fight – in the face of a new […]
A paper presented at the 2024 RINA Warship conference in Australia heard an analysis of how the Royal Australian Navy might meet a requirement for greater fire power and more missile-armed vessels. The Royal Australian Navy’s surface fleet is well-equipped in sensor and combat management systems but lacks the ability to deploy sufficient effectors, but […]
Drawing on design practice employed in surface combatants and aircraft carriers, a project to develop concept designs for drone carriers has been developed in response to growing use of naval USVs. The use of drones in naval warfare has come sharply into focus since the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the use of uncrewed units […]
The first in RINA’s long-running series of ‘Warship’ conferences outside the UK took place in Adelaide, Australia in June 2024, and focused on the Royal Australian Navy’s significant need for, and investment in, new vessels. As Rob Gehling, Secretary of the institution’s Australian Division explained, the conference was organised by RINA headquarters in the UK, […]