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Three of four ULCCs ? the largest to be ordered for nearly 30 years ? were delivered to Greek tanker company Hellespont Shipping in 2002. The 442,470 dwt vessels were built by…

As the first Royal Navy (RN) vessel to be fitted with integrated propulsion and Azipod propulsors, HMS Echo represents a radical departure for the normally conservative minded decision makers at the UK?s…

The 50,400g La Superba, delivered in March by Italian shipbuilder Nuovi Cantieri Apuania, is the first in a new two-ship series of what its Italian owner Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) describes as…

LNG carriers have probably been the biggest boom category in shipbuilding over the past year as demand for gas increases in line with power utilities switch to cleaner forms of energy production.…

Since Normand Flower was handed over to Solstad Shipping in September, the vessel has operated in the North Sea carrying out a variety of roles. Built by the Norwegian shipyard Soviknes Verft,…

Viewing Tempera bow-on, the Fortum-owned ship looks like any normal Aframax tanker. Even from the stern there is not an obvious difference. Close inspection, however, reveals an aft-facing wheelhouse and, to the…

The World is the first ever ocean-going residential resort. The 43,524g ship, the brainchild of billionaire Norwegian shipowner Knut Kloster jr, looks for all the world like a regular mid-sized cruise ship.…

Croatian shipbuilders have built up a healthy backlog of orders since the end of the Balkan conflict. The four main players ? 3 Maj, Brodosplit, Trogir and Uljanik ? have been particularly…

Eight days after leaving Riga, Latvia, bound for Singapore with a cargo of nearly 77,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil, Prestige hit trouble off Cape Finisterre in heavy seas. Six days later…

Improved automation will this year enhance performance of key system for controlling seawater cooling pumps.Central engine cooling systems can be a source of wasted energy. The pumps must be designed to pump…