How greener shipping is changing shipbuilding contracts
The Naval Architect February 2022
Balancing owner preferences and regulatory requirements is becoming increasingly challenging.
Design & Construction
Modular, multirole patrol corvette proposal submitted to European Defence Fund
Warship Technology January 2022
A new class of corvette with a high level of commonality and modularity has been proposed to meet the needs of European navies.
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.
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 […]
Royal ambassador
Gulf Craft is on a mission to promote the UAE as a capable rival to the Netherlands, Turkey, the UK and the US when it comes to producing high-quality superyachts and megayachts. Set to celebrate its 40th anniversary next year, the builder specialises in boats sized roughly 9-54m in length, and estimates that it is has […]
South Korea plans for a hydrogen-based future
The Naval Architect October 2021
South Korea plans for a hydrogen-based future
The Korean Register explains how government-mandated promotion of the hydrogen economy is translating into maritime R&D.
Amazon prime
Ship & Boat International eNews: September/October 2021
While the pandemic has disrupted and postponed multiple industry events and schedules over the past 18 months, the Worldwide Ferry Safety Association stayed on track in organising its 8th Annual International Student Design Competition for a Safe, Affordable Ferry.
With flying colours
Ship & Boat International eNews: September/October 2021
Preying on the pushers
Ship & Boat International eNews: September/October 2021
A future forward design for Nuyina
The Naval Architect September 2021
Nuyina, the Australian Antarctic Division’s (AAD) newest scientific research vessel, has been designed to intelligently voyage the Antarctic for the next 30 years