When you climb into your car it doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to get to your destination. Thanks to your smart phone, and/or smart vehicle, you can plot a desired location into whatever satellite navigation system you have and, voila, off you roll. At sea, however, it’s a little more complicated. “Well, for […]
Yamarin 59 Bow Rider keeps it running in the family Featuring a hull designed exclusively for propulsion by Yamaha outboards, the Yamarin 59 Bow Rider boasts multiple features to enhance recreation, safety and security Unleashed in time for the 2023 boating season, Yamarin’s new 59 Bow Rider (BR) class is being offered as “a cruising […]
February saw the launch of the report Safety of Domestic Ferries – A Scoping Study of 7 Countries, based on research conducted by World Maritime University representatives including Anish Hebbar, Serdar Yildiz, Nadhir Kahlouche and Jens-Uwe Schröder-Hinrichs. The team’s research was funded by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation and supported by Interferry, the Worldwide Ferry Safety […]
Dutch naval architecture firm CoCo Yachts has been contracted to supply the designs for two Urban Sprinter 1000-type, diesel-electric vessels for Hong Kong operator Sun Ferries. The duo will be built by YaGuang Technology Co, China, and will provide daily runs between Central Pier and Cheung Chau Pier in Hong Kong. The ferries are double-ended, […]
Much-maligned graphene could yet prove an effective shipbuilding solution Graphene may be relatively unpopular, but is it simply misunderstood? Stevie Knight finds out from a small band of marine adopters that knowing how and where to apply can make all the difference between success and failure Most people have heard that graphene is “200 times […]
Viking Line route between Finland and Sweden to become green corridor The Finnish shipbuilding industry focuses on passenger vessels and ice-breaking tonnage that are more complex to build than many other types of ships. In addition, the country has substantial competence in R&D of decarbonisation in shipping. Last autumn, Business Finland granted almost €1.6 million […]
Raising its game in the wide-bore, medium-speed engine stakes, MAN Energy Solutions has introduced its most powerful dual-fuel, four-stroke engine to date. Spanning the 7,800-18,200kW maximum output range, the 49/60DF design exceeds the larger 51/60DF in potency, while consuming less fuel, such that it is claimed to achieve a class-leading standard of efficiency in both […]
Storm warning: digitalised platform could lighten the burden of heavy weather Climate change is causing issues for the shipping industry. Sea surface temperatures and sea levels are rising, becoming a catalyst for major weather events. Tropical cyclones, which carry the potential to develop into hurricanes and typhoons, are becoming stronger while precipitation is intensifying. Rising […]
Wind Propulsion 2023 conference brings together top speakers at IMO The Royal Institution of Naval Architects held its annual Wind Propulsion conference on the 16-17 February 2023. The event took place at the headquarters of the International Maritime Organisation in London, representing the first time that RINA has organised an event at this location. The […]
In January 2023, the first of the Marine Nationale’s new logistic support ships, the Bâtiment Ravitailleur de Forces (BRF) Jacques Chevallier commenced sea trials. Jacques Chevallier first went to sea in December 2022. Initial sea trials formally commenced on 25 January 2023, and were completed on 28 January 2023. The first-of-class is due to be […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in the US is hoping to revive the concept of wing-in-ground effect (WIG) and has selected two teams to develop designs for its ‘Liberty Lifter X-Plane Programme.’ In the first phase of the programme, two teams – General Atomics working with Maritime Applied Physics Corporation, and Aurora Flight […]
The US Navy is moving ahead with plans to significantly reconfigure its DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers to meet changed operational requirements and a new warfighting concept of operations in the Pacific theatre. Central to this is the integration of a new hypersonic weapon system into the Zumwalt-class ships to confer a long-range prompt […]