Next-Level Lifting: PALFINGER’s latest Marine Crane Generation PALFINGER, the world’s leading producer of innovative lifting solutions, is making waves with its latest product update – the renewed PK 6.501 M, a foldable knuckle boom crane. As part of a comprehensive redesign project, all PALFINGER MARINE cranes are being brought up to the latest production […]
Electrification of the offshore sector has been steadily advancing for a number of years now with offshore wind vessels in particular at the forefront of innovation. In June this year, Norwegian owner REM Purus took delivery of the Vard-built 85 metre diesel-electric/battery hybrid CSOV REM Power, the first vessel to be equipped with Kongsberg Rim […]
UK-based Newport Shipping has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Zhejiang Energy Marine Environmental Technology (ZEME) in China that aims to further broaden the company’s ability to offer environmental retrofit solutions to customers in the shipping industry. ZEME offers a range of environmental solutions including scrubbers, methanol fuel and alternative marine power (AMP) technology. […]
All the signs are that 2023 will be one of the best years for some time for Portuguese shiprepair yard Lisnave. Over the first nine months the company docked 55 vessels of varying types. This is not an exceptionally high figure. However, the average value of the work per vessel contracted by owners was significantly […]
Until the early 2000s refits were a secondary offering at Vlissingen-based Damen Yachting. While the company always reserved space in the shipyard for returning yachts, it wasn’t until the building boom of the mid-2000s that it truly began to invest in the refit side of the business. That investment has led to a sustained upturn […]
Among the key service and support developments at WinGD over the past year has been the strengthening of WinGD integrated Digital Expert (WiDE). The remote diagnostics platform has been claimed to reduce time spent troubleshooting by crew by around 50%, thanks to its ability to detect engine issues early and provide actionable insights on root […]
Whether or not methanol should prove to be the winner (or one of them) in the great rush towards cleaner fuels is one of many questions unlikely to become apparent for a number of years yet. What is clear is that many shipowners are already prepared to hedge their bets. Over the summer Maersk, whose […]
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 […]