Month: May 2003

After just two years operational service, Stena Line will replace Stena Forwarder with a larger capacity ferry on its Irish Sea service between Dublin and Holyhead this summer. It will introduce the…

In February this year the Italian shipbuilder T. Mariotti delivered the 754 passenger cruiseship Seven Seas Voyager to Radisson Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC). It is the world?s second all balcony-suite vessel, following…

With regulations getting tougher and pressure from environmental groups increasing it is inevitable that cruise ship owners will have to adopt new technologies in dealing with wastewater.Conformance to IMO / USCG historic…

The design of the car carrier, other than in terms of sheer size, has altered very little in recent decades but all this has changed with the latest pure car truck carrier…

European Councillors have agreed on proposals for an accelerated phase-out of single-hull tankers. The proposals will enter into force immediately upon the European Parliament issuing approval, expected within months. "I expect this…

Like huge vacuum cleaners, trailer suction hopper dredgers suction-up the sand from the sea bed and empty it into their containers which can hold about 20,000m3. The ship, which with its freight…

Douglas McGowan bought the paddle steamer Waverley from Caledonian MacBrayne in Scotland for the princely sum of £1. He is now retired from Waverley Excursions, but works on a voluntary basis as…

Navi-Radar 3000, a PC-based radar display system with advanced ARPA and chart facilities and extended integration capabilities has been launched by Transas. These integration capabilities include the ability to exchange data with…

The X-Craft is a demonstrator, which will be used to prove technologies for use in the US Navy?s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The prime contract was awarded to The Titan Corporation (NYSE:…