Month: May 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Fincantieri has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Italy-based robotics specialist Comau to develop prototypes of robotized steel welding solutions.

25th May 2021

Fincantieri to co-develop steel-welding robot technology

25th May 2021

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Nitrous oxide emissions are just one of the challenges facing researchers into ammonia-fuelled engines but ship owner interest is building, Paul Gunton hears

24th May 2021

Ammonia fuel: mounting ship operator interest is eclipsing other alternatives

24th May 2021

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Akishima Laboratories and MOL Ferry have successfully demonstrated their jointly developed auto berthing and unberthing system.

24th May 2021

First auto berthing using large car ferry

24th May 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co. Ltd has delivered the first vessel of a new upgraded Handymax type, the TESS42. The vessel was delivered to the customer at Tsuneishi’s Zhoushan shipyard in Zhejiang, China on…

24th May 2021

TSUNEISHI DELIVERS FIRST OF NEW HANDYMAX BULKER RANGE

24th May 2021

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

DNV has awarded approval in principle (AiP) to Keppel Offshore & Marine for its AssetCare suite of digital services to support an asset’s lifecycle.

24th May 2021

DNV AiP for Keppel’s Assetcare

24th May 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Chinese shipbuilder Wuhu Shipyard has won a contract for the construction of a bitumen carrier for a Canadian customer, bolstering its position in the specialised tanker market.

24th May 2021

Chinese yard wins another bitumen carrier order

24th May 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Energy Solutions has written to 2- and 4-stroke customers offering a range of Energy Efficiency Existing Ships Index (EEXI) solutions that can be adopted to meet upcoming legislation.

24th May 2021

MAN OFFERS EEXI ASSESSMENT REPORTS REGARDLESS OF ENGINE MANUFACTURER

24th May 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Raising its game on the English Channel, DFDS is poised to introduce a newly-built E-Flexer type ro-pax ferry to the Dover/Calais route, writes David Tinsley.

24th May 2021

COMPETITION INTENSIFIES ON CHANNEL ROUTES

24th May 2021

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

Construction of the third in a series of newbuild LNG battery hybrid PCTCs for United European Car Carriers (UECC) reached a significant milestone this week with keel-laying at Shanghai’s Jiangnan Shipyard.

21st May 2021

Keel-laying for third UECC LNG/hybrid PCTC

21st May 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Vard Marine and ILS are teaming up to develop design solutions for the global icebreaker market and to address the challenges of ice-capable shipping worldwide.

21st May 2021

Vard and ILS team up on icebreakers

21st May 2021