Ship & Boat International: eNews January/February 2020
The converted research vessel Plastic Odyssey will showcase plastic recycling solutions on a three-year, 30-port expedition, using pyrolysis to convert plastic trash into fuel.
The Naval Architect: January 2020
RINA’s inaugural Wind Propulsion Conference revealed that wind power can bring positive changes to the industry, but more studies need to be conducted.
The Naval Architect: January 2020
Regular readers will know that The Naval Architect has followed with interest the ongoing research into ammonia as a green alternative fuel, with several leading classification societies highlighting it as one of the most credible options on the table. In the most recent edition of its Maritime Forecast to 2050, DNV GL went so far as to call it “the most promising carbon-neutral option for newbuildings”.
The Naval Architect: January 2020
The Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) gives its response to India’s historic accession to IMO’s Hong Kong International Convention for Ship Recycling, announced in November.
The Naval Architect: January 2020
Susio Frontier, the world’s first liquified hydrogen carrier, was launched at Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ Kobe shipyard shortly before the end of last year.
The Naval Architect: January 2020
Malcolm Latarche reflects on some of the announcements at Shanghai’s Marintec and the shipping related discussion at the COP 25 climate conference in Madrid.
Warship Technology: January 2020
Flywheel energy storage systems could prove to be well-suited to pulse power applications, such as laser weapons, the UK and US believe.
Warship Technology: January 2020
BMT has unveiled a new multirole support ship with a focus on logistics and roll-on/roll-off transport.
Warship Technology: January 2020
As Eric Norris, Director Business Development of Global Government at classification society ABS explains in the January 2020 issue of Warship Technology, digital technology is facilitating a transition from reactive maintenance to condition-based maintenance and ultimately condition-based class.
Warship Technology: January 2020
The US Navy is to build nine Block V Virginia class attack submarines, of which three will be of a lengthened design with significantly more firepower.
Shiprepair & Maintenance: 4th Quarter 2019
The UK based Condition Monitoring specialist, James Fisher Mimic (JFM), is working on a new generation of software that it believes will change the way owners and operator’s access and utilise data for condition monitoring purposes.
Ship & Boat International: eNews December 2019
Wight Shipyard Co. (WSC) has scooped what it describes as its largest export order so far, with a contract to supply four fast ferries to a Maltese tourboat operator.