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Two sister ships, ordered by Belgium dredger operator Jan de Nul, were launched earlier this year at Izar?s Sestao shipyard. Named Filippo Brunelleschi and Francis Beaufort, the vessels are trailing suction hopper…

Hamburg-based Rickmers Line has moved a step closer to realising its round-the-world service ambitions with the christening of Rickmers Shanghai, the fourth newbuilding in a $270 million series of nine vessels it…

The world?s largest composite propeller, measuring 2.9m in diameter, has recently completed sea trials. QinetiQ, which undertook the trials on the Royal Naval vessel Triton, describes the outcome of the tests as…

Class societies must become much more involved with coatings within the next 10 years because of their impact on corrosion protection and fatigue according to Wilhelm Magelssen, vice president of DNV Maritime…

Oscar Spieler, technical director at Frontline, says that it is not commercially viable for an independent tanker operator to retrofit a VOC vapour recovery system to his ships since the cost is…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is to build two high-speed ropax ferries, featuring CRP Azipod propulsion, for Osaka-based Shin-Nihonkai Ferries. It is the first application of the innovative contra-rotating pod propulsion solution devised…

Cruise operators are using stress wave analysis to monitor the condition of azimuthing pod drives and minimise the risk of unscheduled downtime due to bearing degradation. Most installations to date have taken…

Two sister ships, ordered by Belgium dredger operator Jan de Nul, were launched earlier this year at Izar's Sestao shipyard. Named Filippo Brunelleschi and Francis Beaufort, the vessels are trailing suction hopper…

Earlier this year the German shipyard of Flensburg laid the keel for the first unit in a new five-ship series of roro ferries ordered by the Danish ferry operator DFDS. The lead…

Delegates to this year's Motor Ship Marine Propulsion Conference got the most out of their trip to Hamburg in more ways than merely being present in such a renowned centre of world…