Month: July 2016

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Autonomous ship projects may have unexpected results for the entire industry writes Stevie Knight

Importer · 29th July 2016

Auto-ships promise industry shift

Importer · 29th July 2016

OPINION

OPINION

“If you are offering something really different – not just ‘more of the same’ – then it’s actually quite difficult to sell,” says Hallvard Slettevoll, founder of STADT, the small engineering company that has stolen electrical integration contracts away from…

Importer · 29th July 2016

Hallvard Slettevoll: Converting the unbelievers

Importer · 29th July 2016

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

All eyes are on cruise ships in Germany following the creation of a second major newbuilding group alongside Meyer Werft. The development, unthinkable just a short time ago, is expected to breathe…

29th July 2016

German cruise newbuilding expands

29th July 2016

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Technology’s Catch 22 is that innovation is at worst an expensive failure and at best - if it’s a success - it will be superseded writes Stevie Knight. No wonder that so…

29th July 2016

Highly-charged vision

29th July 2016

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Flettner rotors have a great deal going for them. In fact, early signs show they could prove an untapped goldmine – but getting it right will make or break those involved in…

29th July 2016

Different directions for Flettner rotors

29th July 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ClassNK has concluded that 8000 N/mm3/2 is the minimum required brittle crack arrest toughness for extremely thick brittle crack arrest steel plates of 100mm used in ultra-large container ships.

28th July 2016

ClassNK identifies ULCS steel strength requirements

28th July 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

MPR has developed a mobile ultrasonic propeller defect detection system which does away with the need to carry out testing manually.

28th July 2016

MPR ultrasonic propeller defect detection system

28th July 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

AkzoNobel’s marine coatings business has outlined its full compliance with ISO 19030, the new standard for measuring hull and propeller performance.

27th July 2016

International Paint incorporates hull performance standard

27th July 2016

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Reintjes will present its new down WVSA down angle gearbox series at this year’s SMM exhibition in Hamburg in September.

27th July 2016

Reintjes introduces down-angle gearbox

27th July 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

RWO, a leading supplier of water treatment systems on ships and offshore platforms, has made advancements to a number of its products.

26th July 2016

RWO water treatment system advancements

26th July 2016