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 […]
Having gone through its first, exciting growth spurt, the US offshore wind sector has hit its next step – the ‘challenge phase’, we could maybe call it – where the country’s ambitions for clean, renewable energy come up against harsh market realities. For example, the second half of 2023 saw delays hit some of the […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Technical Presentation 4 October 2023: SS President Coolidge: Sinking and the Shipwreck Carl Linkenbagh, a Senior Systems Engineer working within the Department of Defence on maritime projects, gave a presentation titled SS President Coolidge: Sinking and the Shipwreck to a joint meeting of the NSW Section and IMarEST ACT & NSW Branch at the Royal […]
The NSW Section Committee met on 3 October and, other than routine matters, discussed: SMIX Bash 2023: Sponsorship pledges have continued to arrive and the budget is expected to be met; bookings have opened on the Trybooking website. TM Program 2023: Presentation for October has been secured. TM Program 2024: RINA now has four presentations […]
Technical Presentation 6 September 2023: Australian Naval Classification Mr Colin Dagg CSC, Assistant Secretary, Australian Naval Classification Authority, gave a presentation on Australian Naval Classification to a joint meeting of the NSW Section and IMarEST ACT & NSW Branch in the Henry Carmichael Theatre, Sydney Mechanics School of Arts in the Sydney CBD, with the […]
Technical Presentation 2 August 2023: IMO Navigates the Age of Alternative Marine Fuels Robert McMahon, Marine Engineer and Energy Consultant/Auditor, gave a presentation on IMO Navigates the Age of Alternative Marine Fuels to a joint meeting of the NSW Section and IMarEST ACT & NSW Branch in the Henry Carmichael Theatre, Sydney Mechanics School of […]
NSW Committee Meeting July 2023 The NSW Section Committee met on 18 July and, other than routine matters, discussed: SMIX Bash: Sponsors have been contacted and replies are arriving, some have already paid; deposits have been paid; Trybooking website is up and running and bookings are now open. TM Program: Presentation for August moved to […]
Technical Presentation 5 July 2023: HMAS Choules – Capability Assurance Programme Lachlan Rowley, Engineering Manager, Atlantic & Peninsula Australia, gave a presentation on HMAS Choules SEA3030 Mid-Life Upgrade, to a joint meeting of the NSW Section and IMarEST ACT & NSW Branch in the Henry Carmichael Theatre, Sydney Mechanics School of Arts in the Sydney […]