Month: October 2009

The 2nd German Society for Maritime Technology (STG) International Conference on "Ship Efficiency" in Hamburg left more than 200 participants wondering whether the current proposal to implement an Energy Efficiency Design Index…

The Swiss naval architect firm of Fintry Marine Design has placed its first order for a CarboCAT MPV23, an offshore wind farm service catamaran, with Kockums? Karlskrona Yard in Sweden. The Fintry…

An Automated Voyage Risk Assessment tool (AVRA), which provides users with a ship and voyage specific preview of security threats that may be encountered throughout a proposed voyage has been made available…

ABS and Lloyd?s Register have agreed to use common software for the assessment of scantlings of bulk carriers and oil tankers designed to comply with the new IACS Common Structural Rules (CSR).…

Parlevliet & Van der Plas B.V., one of the largest European fishing companies, is taking a pioneering step with the purchase of the first ever towing kite wind propulsion system for operation…

Operators of offshore support vessels are facing another difficult year in 2010, although there should be some recovery over this year's market. This claim was made by Christian Loken, senior vice-president of…

There were only three bids at the international tender for the six state-owned shipyards that closed on Wednesday at the Croatian Privatization Fund (HFP).The government is selling two of the shipyards at…