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Lloyds Register, Zodiac Maritime join Korean nuclear JDP

Lloyds Register, Zodiac Maritime join Korean nuclear JDP

Class society Lloyd’s Register (LR) and UK-based operator Zodiac Maritime have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) and KEPCO E&C for a joint development project (JDP) to research and develop nuclear-propelled designs for container ships and bulk carriers. According to the press release KSOE (the […]

Anglo-Italian partnership explores shipping’s nuclear potential

Anglo-Italian partnership explores shipping’s nuclear potential

Fincantieri, RINa and newcleo team up for nuclear-propulsion study Although it’s unlikely to offer a short-term solution to shipping’s decarbonisation mission, the tantalising possibilities offered by nuclear power continue to attract a small but growing number of proponents among the industry’s forward thinkers. In late July, Italian shipyard Fincantieri became the latest company to declare […]

Stripping back the layers

Stripping back the layers

Much-maligned graphene could yet prove an effective shipbuilding solution Graphene may be relatively unpopular, but is it simply misunderstood? Stevie Knight finds out from a small band of marine adopters that knowing how and where to apply can make all the difference between success and failure Most people have heard that graphene is “200 times […]

RINA brings together top speakers in the field of wind-assisted propulsion systems

RINA brings together top speakers in the field of wind-assisted propulsion systems

Wind Propulsion 2023 conference brings together top speakers at IMO The Royal Institution of Naval Architects held its annual Wind Propulsion conference on the 16-17 February 2023. The event took place at the headquarters of the International Maritime Organisation in London, representing the first time that RINA has organised an event at this location. The […]

Norwegian maritime cluster spreads a wider net

Norwegian maritime cluster spreads a wider net

The GCE Blue Maritime cluster comprises more than 100 Norwegian ship designers, yards and OEMs. Recently, it has set out a new strategy of fully decarbonising, and becoming “the world’s full scale net-zero maritime cluster,” explains Daniel Garden, CEO of GCE Blue Maritime. “Throughout the pandemic, we made up a new strategy called the new […]