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Repair round-up: Metalock Brasil moves into cell guide repairs

Repair round-up: Metalock Brasil moves into cell guide repairs

Metalock Brasil diversifies to perform cell guide repairs Metalock Brasil has been expanding its operations through the deployment of riding teams to carry out complex repairs on the cell guides of container ships. These operations were performed while the vessels were in transit, at the request of a leading European shipowner. Cell guides are vertical […]

RINA unveils Maritime Cybersecurity Task Force

RINA unveils Maritime Cybersecurity Task Force

Maritime cybersecurity has a definition problem: few of us try to define what maritime cybersecurity actually means, writes Dinos Kerigan-Kyrou AmRINA,  co-founder of the RINA Cybersecurity Task Force. The term has become synonymous with computers and IT paraphernalia but, while IT is clearly a critical component of cybersecurity, what is not fully realised – including by many […]

Electric CSOV promises an offshore power surge

Electric CSOV promises an offshore power surge

Offshore wind turbines and battery-powered support vessels seem a perfect match, promising reduced fossil fuel use and a holistic solution for the wind power industry’s success. However, can batteries – whether in a hybrid diesel-electric set-up or installed as a standalone solution – provide enough power for an 80m+ service operation vessel (SOV) to compete […]

Foiling into ferry territory

Foiling into ferry territory

The sleek, black trimaran set outside Seawork’s main gate this summer was riveting, and not just for its triple-hulled design: more unusual were the bright orange foils extending beneath. However, what’s important isn’t novelty and excitement: rather the reverse. The idea, underlines Chris O’Neill, technical director at Chartwell Marine, is to explore how foiling can […]

Frigate-building first for Colombia

Frigate-building first for Colombia

The Colombian Navy has embarked on an ambitious project to build a new class of frigates in Colombia, in so doing becoming only the third South American country, after Brazil and Mexico, to build ships of this type. The frigate programme, which dates back to 2007, forms part of an ambitious programme agreed between the […]

EV Maritime’s EVM200 enables Auckland commuter charge

EV Maritime’s EVM200 enables Auckland commuter charge

New Zealand-based electric ferry designer EV Maritime has announced the launch of its first pure-battery urban ferry, the EVM200. Developed with support from the New Zealand Government for operation by Auckland Transport, the 24m-long EVM200 will provide a passenger service between downtown Auckland and the suburb of Half Moon Bay, spanning 16km. The debutante is […]

LR workshop lends impetus to hybrid-nuclear SLV

LR workshop lends impetus to hybrid-nuclear SLV

A collaboration between class society Lloyd’s Register (LR), nuclear battery manufacturer Deployable Energy and naval architect Seatransport aims to realise a 73m-long, hybrid-powered stern landing vessel (SLV) incorporating two modular micro reactors (MMRs), in what may prove a step forward for the use of nuclear energy at sea. The SLV project was given renewed focus […]

Multinational team to build US Coast Guard icebreaker

Multinational team to build US Coast Guard icebreaker

An industry team comprising Bollinger Shipyards, Rauma Shipyard, Seaspan Shipyards and Aker Arctic have formed a partnership to deliver the Arctic Security Cutter (ASC) for the US Coast Guard (USCG). Bollinger says the partnership is “a deliberate effort to strengthen the US industrial base, expand America’s shipbuilding capacity and equip American workers with the skills […]

An extra deck for ‘Stena Foreteller’

An extra deck for ‘Stena Foreteller’

North Sea ferry Stena Foreteller recently returned to service on the Rotterdam-Immingham route following a major rebuild and renovation project, including an additional new cargo deck providing a 30% increase in capacity. Stena RoRo undertook the work at CMI Jinling in Weihai, China, where the vessel was fitted with a fourth vehicle deck on top […]

Robotics key to UK offshore wind growth

Robotics key to UK offshore wind growth

The UK offshore wind industry must exploit robotics and autonomous systems to the hilt if it is to thrive, according to a report issued by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult. Titled Robotic & Autonomous Systems For Operations and Maintenance In UK Offshore Wind, the report, produced in partnership with Innovate UK’s Workforce Foresighting Hub […]

Sixth AAL Super B-class heavy-lifter ready for action

Sixth AAL Super B-class heavy-lifter ready for action

Heavy-lift vessel operator AAL Shipping (AAL) says it is preparing to take delivery of the sixth in a series of eight Super B-class “powerhouses”. The 179.9m x 30m, 32,000dwt methanol-ready vessel, christened AAL Dammam in a naming ceremony hosted at the Guangzhou facility of Chinese builder (and long-standing AAL collaborator) CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding, is […]

Barging into greener territory

Barging into greener territory

Tristar Eco Voyager, a new type of bunker tanker built in Turkey by Akdeniz Shipyard, was recently been delivered to UAE-based Tristar Eships. The company will deploy the vessel out of Fujairah, where it will be well positioned to meet the lube oil needs of vessels at the nearby anchorage.  The new hybrid, battery-driven lube […]