Stars realign to favour Finnish suppliers and contractors
The Naval Architect March 2022
The fortunes of the Finnish shipbuilding cluster have started to brighten in the aftermath of Covid-19, writes Kari Reinikainen.
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CII may become a deciding factor in ship chartering
The Naval Architect March 2022
The Carbon Intensity Indicator will have a profound impact on the marketability of vessels, according to inspection specialists IDWAL.
Class of ’22
The forthcoming Dutch training vessel Ab Initio is on schedule to be delivered in August this year, builder Concordia Damen has confirmed. The 67m x 8.2m ship will provide training to future crew and ship’s masters, doubling as a field lab in which companies can trial new equipment and technology on board, in collaboration with the students. […]
SSI’s ShipConstructor 2022 R2: take back control
The Naval Architect January 2022
The latest SSI has introduced assembly level locking features that provide project management with high-level change controls throughout the design approval workflow.
Trash in hand – Circular Explorer
Here’s a sobering statistic, courtesy of German environmental non-profit One Earth-One Ocean (OEOO): by 2025, the total amount of plastic in the ocean – currently estimated to be 5.25 trillion pieces – will outnumber fish. In other words, we’re going to need a lot of waste-collection vessels to clean up this mess. In […]
UK Defence Secretary launches National Shipbuilding Office
Warship Technology December 2021
A National Shipbuilding Office has been created to ‘galvanise and promote’ the UK’s shipbuilding enterprise, Ben Wallace, the Government’s Shipbuilding Tsar and Defence Secretary has announced.
Royal ambassador
Gulf Craft is on a mission to promote the UAE as a capable rival to the Netherlands, Turkey, the UK and the US when it comes to producing high-quality superyachts and megayachts. Set to celebrate its 40th anniversary next year, the builder specialises in boats sized roughly 9-54m in length, and estimates that it is has […]
Where form and functionality converge
The Naval Architect September 2021
Small luxury cruise ships and megayachts have physical similarities, but different design philosophies, writes Kari Reinikainen.
Aker Arctic develops icebreaking container ship
The Naval Architect July/August 2021
Aker Arctic develops icebreaking container ship. The 8,000TEU vessel concept might potentially expedite the transit of goods between Asia and Europe
The Royal Navy and naval shipbuilding: what do the yards say?
Warship Technology - Jul/Aug 2021
The roles assigned to UK Royal Navy are growing, government policy on naval shipbuilding is evolving and a ‘refresh’ of naval shipbuilding strategy is in the works. What does that mean for British shipyards, their role building warship and auxiliaries, and their ability to export? Responses to a Defence Committee inquiry provide answers from yards’ point of view.
Unlocking the potential of sustainable submarine design
Warship Technology - Jul/Aug 2021
As Lisa Hammock, a Senior Environmental Consultant at BMT told RINA’s ‘Warship 2021: Future Technologies in Naval Submarines’ conference, there are opportunities aplenty to make designs more sustainable.
Gender diversity is a problem for everyone
The Naval Architect June 2021
Catherine Ingram, principal naval architect at BMT and winner of RINA's Eily Keary Award, offers her insight on what needs to change.