Vessels & Shipyards

Danish coatings manufacturer Hempel first produced a silicone-based marine coating in 1999, based on technology patented by the company in the early 1970s. The product, Hempasil, provided a smooth non-stick surface on…

Scotland’s ground-breaking, hybrid ferry project has been realised through the entry into west coast service of two double-enders incorporating a novel powering and propulsion concept, described by David Tinsley.

A new breed of offshore support ship - the seismic support vessel - is entering service, with three such ships, headed by the Bourbon Petrel, designed by OSD-IMT and now in operation…

There will be a pressure on Ice-class OSVs in the future that won’t just come from the ice itself. Stevie Knight investigates.

The two UT 771 WP support vessels now being built by Sinopacific are edging into MPSV territory, explains Ronny Pål Kvalsvik of Rolls-Royce.

Both physical and legislative challenges have come together to give rise the first LNG icebreaker, writes Stevie Knight

Some reported incidents of ‘DP technology failure’ are actually down to human error.

Bringing different capabilities together isn’t a question of just piling everything you can onto one ship, even if that ship is as big as the 215.9m Petrofac JSD 6000.

There are divergent forces at the heart of the DP certification: on one side is the need for capable and experienced operators, while on the other side there is a surge of…

A very sophisticated offshore support training facility has been built, housed not in a high end OEM R&D installation, but in a not-for-profit facility in Mumbai, India. By Stevie Knight