Vessels & Shipyards

Dieter Kühne, managing director of the Lindenau Schiffswerft & Maschinenfabrik in Kiel, Germany, describes how the yard has applied large-ship ecological principles to a small coastal tanker, featuring double hull, redundant propulsion,…

Germany’s small Hitzler Schiffswerft has completed Kietz, the first of three special inland icebreakers worth a total of €15.3 million for service with local waterways authorities in east and west Germany, writes…

One of Germany’s oldest private shipyards, J.J.Sietas, has completed its first ro-pax newbuilding, the small, 75.1m, state-of-the-art, double-end ferry Uthlande, and with it entered a specialist sector still competitive for some European…

Dutch yard Damen is best-known for its policy of standardising designs and using common parts as much as possible throughout the range, but recently the Damen group has embarked on what it…

Germany’s small Hitzler Schiffswerft has completed Kietz, the first of three special inland icebreakers worth a total of €15.3 million for service with local waterways authorities in east and west Germany, writes…

One of Germany’s oldest private shipyards, J.J.Sietas, has completed its first ro-pax newbuilding, the small, 75.1m, state-of-the-art, double-end ferry Uthlande, and with it entered a specialist sector still competitive for some European…

The Tasmanian fast ferry shipbuilder Incat recently introduced its Ecoship 130 concept design which is billed as the new wave of lightweight fuel efficient fast ships able to carry large numbers of…

In the early 1970s, the biggest ship was about 2,000 TEU, compared to 14,000 TEU today. Is this development going to continue or will it be curbed by global warming and the…

Welcome last-minute orders appear to have secured at least the immediate future of several of Germany’s most threatened big shipyards - those still building merchant ships that is.

The 15m long ship prototype Stena Airmax was named today in Gothenburg and is part of a project in which an ‘air cushion’ is being tested to investigate to what extent it…