Ships & Yards 13-18 – Page 39
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NewsWeco retrofit at St Nazaire
Denmark-based shipowner WECO RoRo will install scrubbers on its 11,469 dwt Roll on–Roll off (Ro-Ro) carrier, Wedellsborg.
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NewsNYK orders methanol-fuelled carrier
NYK placing low carbon ships at heart of strategyJapan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has ordered a 49,000 dwt methanol-fuelled chemical tanker with an expected delivery date of 2019.NYK announced in December that the project was being partly financed by a 10-year JPY2bn ($18mn) loan from Taiyo Life Insurance. The project ...
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NewsKeppel wins scrubber and LNG contracts
Singapore-based Keppel Offshore & Marine has won contracts worth S$300m to construct an ice-class LNG bunker vessel and refurbish a Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) together with 65 scrubber retrofit projects.
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NewsDiverse projects broaden Gulf maritime market
In cash-constrained times, few regions can compete with the sheer volume of shipyard investments currently emerging in the Arabian Gulf. We highlight some of the latest projects.
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NewsClean start for new era of expedition cruising
A pair of cruiseships being built for Norwegian owner Hurtigruten are the first to combine batteries with diesel generators. The Motorship visited Kleven shipyard to learn more.
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NewsNew transhipment vessel for grain exports
Central to a scheme to provide Australian grain producers with a more cost-effective export channel, an innovative class of shallow-draught transhipment vessel is approaching completion in China.
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NewsCondensate tanker for Yamal polar trade
Condensate arising from the Yamal LNG project in the Russian Arctic is to be shipped to export markets by an Arc 7-class icebreaking tanker newly-built in China, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsFincantieri seeks its fortune on the silk road
Like Marco Polo in the fourteenth century, Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has been treading the long road to China. Now, writes Gavin Lipsith, a burgeoning cruise market is in its sights.
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NewsDeltamarin participates in FSO conversion
Deltamarin has assisted Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers (KNOT) by providing engineering services for its tanker-to-FSO conversion project.
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NewsFirst intelligent very large ore carrier
Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard has delivered the world’s first intelligent very large ore carrier (iVLOC) to China Merchants Energy Shipping Company.
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Stena starts building third E-Flexer RoPax
Stena Line has reached a milestone in its new fleet investment programme with the steel cutting of a third E-Flexer RoPax ship to be deployed on its Irish Sea routes.
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NewsABB extends China service capability
Global company, ABB Turbocharging, has announced the establishment of a branch office of ABB Jiangjin Turbo Systems in Zhoushan, China.
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NewsFirst cruiseship for US hotel group
Signalling the impending debut of a major US-owned hotel group in the ultra-luxury segment of the cruise business, a 24,000gt newbuild has been launched for Ritz-Carlton from the Vigo premises of Hijos de J.Barreras, in northwest Spain.
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NewsFlensburger trailer ships for Italian trade
Italy’s coastwise and shortsea traffic is set to gain two ro-ro freight vessels that will rank among the largest in the Mediterranean, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsRussia advances icebreaker strategy
Additional icebreaker capacity is planned by Russia in support of traffic growth on the Northern Sea Route (NSR), the country’s Arctic seaway. David Tinsley reports.
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NewsUlstein kicks off Color Hybrid construction
Norwegian ship designers, Ulstein Verft, has been commissioned to build a new plug-in hybrid ship for fellow Norwegian cruise company, Color Line.
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NewsFirst Wärtsilä 31 retrofit for Norwegian trawler
Fishing company Norwegian Gardar is to conduct the first ever retrofit installation of the Wärtsilä 31 engine, shedding eight cylinders and 200,000 litres of fuel a year on the trawler ‘Gardar’.
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NewsCruise demand fuels German newbuilding
Cruise and passenger ships are in demand at bigger German yards while specialist tonnage proves lucrative elsewhere, reports Germany correspondent Tom Todd.
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NewsLargest battery conversion ferries in service
‘Aurora’ The ForSea ‘Tycho Brahe’ and ’Aurora’ (pictured) passenger ferries now feature 4160kWh batteries. Credit: ForSea
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NewsDamen floats dock in Curacao
Damen Shiprepair Curaçao’s (DSCu) new large floating C dock is now operational.
