Vessels & Shipyards

Norwegian paint and coatings specialist Jotun has recently launched its latest system, known as Hull Performance Solutions (HPS), which it says combines premium antifouling, priority technical service and reliable tools to measure…

According to Hempel of Denmark, the shipping industry can save time and money in the drydock, as well as at sea, with its Hempasil X3 package, the third generation of the company’s…

The Wilh Wilhelmsen group in Norway has marked its 150th anniversary with the introduction of the first ‘Mark V’ Panamax ro-ro ship, Tønsberg, claimed to be the largest vessel of its type…

In all the attention paid to alternative fuels and renewable energy, wind power has been receiving increased attention and two designs that seem to offer much promise are being put forward. Let’s…

A Norwegian company, Advanced Marine Coatings (AMC), says that it has harnessed a breakthrough nano-science and a patented dispersion technology to make a marine paint with exceptional abrasion resistance and smoothness.

According to Donald J. Keehan, chairman, Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC), of the USA, the industry often turns to various types of testing to solve the chemical cargo mystery before a chemical is…

International Paint has introduced Interline 9001, a new bimodal epoxy coating for the cargo tanks of chemical tankers.

On 1 January 2011 the new German Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) Nordic sailed from Cuxhaven to take up station off Norderney on Germany’s North Sea coast. The powerful, purpose built ship is…

Measurement specialist Hexagon Metrology describes how the surveying team at German yard Meyer Werft uses Leica Geosystems instruments to maintain build quality of its cruise ships. By Andreas Petrosino.

Russian shipbuilding and shipping are on the verge of big changes, which may follow the adoption of a long-awaited law ‘On the measures to support Russian shipbuilding and shipping’, which is currently…