Thames river cats prove a capital challenge for Wight Shipyard Commissioned with building two Thames river cats for the Uber Boat by Thames Clippers service, Wight Shipyard Co. found that producing a low-emission solution was far from straightforward. Stevie Knight finds out about the challenges involved, and how the yard overcame them You might believe […]
Knud E. Hansen river ship concept brings rhythm ‘n’ cruise to the Mississippi One of the most popular cruise destinations in the US is the Mighty Mississippi: the country’s second-longest river. Each year, tens of millions of visitors sign up to cruise portions of the river, picking from a wide range of itineraries and vessel […]
Fincantieri is taking further steps into the US offshore wind farm support sector, having secured a contract to build a service operation vessel (SOV) for Crest Wind – a joint venture formed between US-based Crowley and Denmark’s Esvagt in 2021. The forthcoming vessel will be chartered by Siemens Ganesa and used to support Dominion’s Coastal […]
Developing safe, reliable and efficient ammonia-fuelled engines demands new research capabilities, writes Dr. Andreas Schmid, General Manager Technology Development, WinGD. With ammonia emerging as one of the leading clean fuel candidates for decarbonising the shipping industry, WinGD and other engine designers face an important challenge: to design an engine concept that can be applied to […]
By Jose Gonzalez and Guntars Zommers Stolt Tankers, The Netherlands Biofouling is a major contributor to energy efficiency reduction; the ships spend almost their entire operational life afloat favoring the creation of biological layers (biofilm) and macrofouling populations in different working areas of the ship. The consequence of this occurrence is mainly reflected in additional […]
Sustained demand for sustainable PCTC equipment, says MacGregor With a VesselsValue blog post logging earnings for the Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC) ship type at US$150,000 a day in August 2022 – 174% more than in January 2022 – the finished car logistics sector is “short of PCTC supply following years of underinvestment”. Demand […]
The global expedition cruise fleet continues to grow at a brisk pace and at the high end of the market the cruise yachts that some hotel groups are introducing mark further diversification of the cruise industry. The switch to clean fuels poses challenges for both, but these are felt more in the expedition segment. Both […]
German startup has disruptive ambitions for cloud-based 3D ship design platform As a notoriously conservative industry it probably shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that ship design and construction wasn’t exactly among the pacesetters when it comes to cloud-based collaboration. However, a German startup company is hoping it can seize the advantage where other […]
British-led Team Resolute, comprising BMT, Harland & Wolff and Navantia UK, has been appointed as the preferred bidder to deliver three support ships to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). The £1.6 billion (US$1.9 billion) contract to build the vessels providing munitions, stores and provisions to the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers, destroyers and frigates deployed at […]
In October 2022, Austal Australia took possession of a decommissioned Armidale-class patrol boat, the former HMAS Maitland, from the Commonwealth of Australia, to commence planning, modification, and test and evaluation of autonomous and remotely operated systems. The Patrol Boat Autonomy Trial (PBAT) is a collaboration between Austal, the Trusted Autonomous Systems Defence Cooperative Research Centre […]
BAE Systems Naval Ships has provided Warship Technology with an insight into concept development activity intended to establish the key characteristics and attributes required for a future highly configurable, multi-mission warship optimised for littoral strike and lethality. Known as the Adaptable Strike Frigate, the concept has been evolved to deliver a flexible ‘system of systems’ […]
Unmanned surface and above-water units are changing the nature of naval classification. Novel technologies in the naval defence space, from uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) to advanced offshore patrol vessels (OPV), are changing the game for classification societies, and require a more sophisticated approach to risk assessment and validation than ever, as Lloyd’s Register’s (LR) naval […]