Net zero not a one fuel solution
The Naval Architect January 2022
The maritime industry will have to embrace a variety of different fuel transition pathways, according to a new report from researchers at the Technical University of Denmark.
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Titan LNG’s new tank design boosts bunkering capacity
The Naval Architect January 2022
Titan LNG has developed an innovative concept for the fuel storage tanks used in its liquid gas bunker barge design series ‘Hyperion’.
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.
VDES promises a new era for maritime communications
The Naval Architect January 2022
The design and implementation of VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) services has the potential to revolutionise ship tracking communication in the decade ahead.
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 […]
Planting the seed
Consider modern superyacht and megayacht interiors, replete with chrome-plated brass fittings and plexiglass partitions. They look stylish and clean, for sure…but they’re not exactly what you’d call ‘unique’. “Most yachts essentially look like hotels,” Björn Asmussen, director and executive architect at design studio 3Deluxe (3DLX), tells Ship & Boat International. “They’re very posh, but […]
Bite-sized Vampire Rib
The Vampire has big ambitions for a compact RIB – most crucially, to serve as a modular “rapid deployment transporter” for professional, commercial and recreational operators alike. The boat’s open aft deck can accommodate a moveable quick-release track mounting system, capable of deploying and recovering “everything from drones to quad bikes”, the RIB’s developer, Ring […]
Protective measures
(Image: Roberta Weisbrod, WFSA) Since 2016, the Philippines has managed an impressive turnaround in reducing its tally of ferry-related accidents and casualties (see Ship & Boat International May/June 2019, pages 38-40, and November/December 2019, pages 22-24, for more background). Now, IMO’s Technical Cooperation Division has teamed up with the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) of the Philippines […]
Hybrid-electric solutions sought for Royal Navy vessels
Warship Technology December 2021
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) in the UK is seeking solutions for innovations in hybrid powertrain technology that could power Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels and reduce carbon emissions.
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.
Technical assurance concept offers tailored naval solutions
Warship Technology December 2021
Classification society DNV has unveiled a new Naval Technical Assurance certification concept as an alternative approach to the classification assurance process.
Trinidad & Tobago commissions two new patrol boats
Warship Technology December 2021
At the end of November 2021, Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley formally commissioned two Cape-class patrol boats at a ceremony held at the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard base in Chaguaramas.