Offshore wind turbine installation is still a maturing segment but with its growth have also emerged concerns about safety. Figures published earlier this year by G+, the global offshore wind health and safety organisation, revealed that a total of 78 vessel-related ‘high potential incidents’ took place in 2022, a 59% year-on-year increase on the year […]
Oliver Rommelrath, a student at Staffordshire University, scooped the first-place prize in this year’s Superyacht UK (SYUK) Young Designer competition, hosted at the Southampton International Boat Show. The contest saw the entrants given 14 hours (spread over a day and a half) to produce a superyacht profile illustration, a general arrangement (GA) drawing and detailed […]
A Japanese consortium has been jointly awarded what is thought to be the first Approval in Principle (AiP) for a ship equipped with a large low-speed two-stroke hydrogen-fueled engine as the main propulsion engine. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), MOL Drybulk, Onomichi Dockyard, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) received the AiP from ClassNK for […]
3D printing for marine applications is still in it nascent phase – although ambitious projects in the US, Denmark and the Netherlands are casting light on the potential for 3D-printed vessels. In October 2019, the world’s largest 3D-printed composite boat, the 3Dirigo, was assembled and launched by the Advanced Structures & Composites Center of the […]
Cycloidal (or vertical axis) propellers have, frankly, been a bit ‘niche’ – until now, writes Stevie Knight. Although their ability to change thrust direction almost instantaneously has proven very useful for tugs and ferries, their Achilles Heel has been speed. So, the most important point about ABB’s new Dynafin is that it promises to deliver […]
Washingtonian boatbuilder BRIX Marine has delivered a custom-built aluminium catamaran to Alaska-based Allen Marine Whale Watching Tours. Based on BRIX Marine’s PaxCat class, Eagle features a length of 14.6m and a 5.5m beam, and has been constructed with 5086 alloy aluminium hull skins for enhanced durability in the choppy Alaskan waters. The builder reports that […]
Alfa Laval’s OceanGlide technology has been selected by Southeast Asian LPG tanker and bulk carrier company Kumiai Navigation for installation onboard one of its LPG tankers as a retrofit. The company’s decision to leverage fluidic air lubrication technology is rooted in its ambition to reduce the vessel’s energy consumption, improve its overall performance and comply […]
ABB has signed a contract with global logistics company Samskip Group, based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to supply a comprehensive power, propulsion and automation system for two newbuild short-sea container ships. The vessels will be among the world’s first of their kind to use hydrogen as a fuel. The two vessels will be built by […]
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received an order to fit out 10 x 84,500dwt multipurpose vessels being built in Asia with general cargo cranes. The order, valued at more than €25 million, was booked into Cargotec’s 2023 third quarter orders received. The cranes are scheduled to be delivered between the fourth quarter of 2024 and […]
Babcock’s LGE business, specialising in liquefied gas solutions, has received approval in principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register (LR) for its multi-fuel gas supply and CO2 cargo handling systems, ecoFGSS-FLEX and ecoCO2. The new ecoFGSS-FLEX system is based on Babcock’s pre-existing ecoFGSS LPG fuel gas system. The fundamentals of both systems are the same. However, the […]
Zulu Associates, the Belgian short-sea shipping company, has contracted Conoship International to advance the design of the Zulu MASS 200TEU container vessel. The new 100m-long vessel will be powered by zero-emission propulsion technology and provide a short-sea platform initially for direct container and feeder flows. It will be able to operate on both rivers and […]
The Cruise Division of MSC Group has confirmed firm orders for two hydrogen-powered vessels for its luxury travel brand Explora Journeys with the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. MSC has also pledged to continue its push towards a 2050 net zero-carbon emissions target by investing in new environmental technologies for the luxury ships. The deal completes a […]