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SPONSORED: Swift Repair for the National Geographic Explorer

SPONSORED: Swift Repair for the National Geographic Explorer

Most planned dockings have tight schedules, and timely replacement of vital propulsion parts is crucial. MarineShaft understands the urgency of these situations and is dedicated to solving any emergency swiftly. Their strategy includes maintaining a large stock of raw materials with class certificates and European Origin to ensure the shortest possible delivery times for both […]

An urgent call to define ‘enclosed spaces’, to save lives

An urgent call to define ‘enclosed spaces’, to save lives

It seems that, no matter how many times the maritime and offshore sectors flag the problem, enclosed space fatalities just won’t go away. A recent report from the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) reveals that, of 1,611 standard vessel inspection reports uploaded to its Common Marine Inspection Documents (eCMID) and Common Marine Inspection Documents for […]

Seawork showcases diverse hullforms

Seawork showcases diverse hullforms

Standardised hullforms mean many workboats came to look a lot like each other. However, times are changing, mostly driven by the need to reduce the marine sector’s carbon footprint, alongside a growing understanding that alternative fuels will only provide, at best, a partial answer, writes Stevie Knight. Therefore, Seawork 2024, hosted in June, saw a […]

Deltamarin and BAR Technologies’ innovative wind powered tanker design

Deltamarin and BAR Technologies’ innovative wind powered tanker design

In an age when environmental consciousness intersects with technological innovation, there are few more potent symbols of the maritime industry’s ambitions than the renaissance of wind assisted propulsion (WAP). Announced at an event at RINA headquarters in London on 13 February, Project Aquilo, a collaborative effort between Deltamarin and BAR Technologies, is the latest WAP […]

Smart charging at the end of the gangway

Smart charging at the end of the gangway

The new 7017 E service operation vessel (SOV) from Damen has a trick up its sleeve – or more accurately, at the end of its gangway, writes Stevie Knight. Importantly, it’s a trick that promises to allow the vessel to run on battery power alone. This recent 4,300gt design will, like its SOV 7017 predecessor, […]

Prysmian Group boosts its CLV fleet

Prysmian Group boosts its CLV fleet

Italian-based energy and telecoms systems provider Prysmian Group has announced plans for two further cable-laying vessels (CLVs) to meet the growing demand for submarine cable systems for interconnections and offshore wind farm projects. The first vessel, to be designed and built by Norwegian shipyard Vard, a subsidiary of Fincantieri Group, will be built to the […]

Deltamarin unveils all-in-one ‘scientific cruiser’

Deltamarin unveils all-in-one ‘scientific cruiser’

Of all the yacht subsectors, the expedition yacht segment perhaps faces the most immediate pressure to guarantee low-to-zero-emissions operations, given the eco-sensitive areas these vessels are designed to visit. Finland-based shipbuilder and designer Deltamarin elaborates: “Customer pressure is especially strong in the more exclusive ship types – expedition ships and yachts. A lot of clients […]