Ships & Yards 13-18 – Page 65
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NewsThe UT story: 40 years of vessel success
New designs and concepts continue to flow from the Rolls-Royce offshore family; John Barnes looks at the 40-year history of the UT family of offshore support ships.
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NewsOffshore crew transport gets larger and faster
Australian shipbuilder and designer Incat Tasmania has recently christened what it claims to the world’s largest and fastest crew boat.
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NewsASRY continues to attract new clients
Arab Ship Repair Yard (ASRY) of Bahrain has recently appointed Resolute Maritime Services as its Greek agent. This has resulted in increased activity from the Greek market at ASRY including leading Greek owner Maran Tankers Management which sent a VLCC for docking.
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NewsYard coins ‘retro-upgrade’ term for offshore job
Damen’s Shipdock Amsterdam yard describes a recent repair and conversion job on two offshore supply ships a ‘retro-upgrade’ – combining a general upgrade with retrofitting of anti-roll stabilising tanks.
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NewsSeaKing Electrical invests in “high impact” electrical engineering software
Birkenhead, UK based SeaKing Electrical, which focuses on marine electrical engineering, says that it has invested in new engineering software, as used in the nuclear and military markets .
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UK yard invests in upgrades
UK shipyard McTays says that it has invested more than £1million at its Birkenhead yard, including upgrading a slipway to accommodate vessels up to 2,000dwt and 90m in length.
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NewsROV hull cleaning service comes to Europe
Dubai-based GAC EnvironHull says that Gothenburg is the latest port to be added to the network of bases offering using its HullWiper ROV-operated hull cleaning service.
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NewsGermans lose Scandlines conversions
The biggest surprise at Blohm + Voss Repair so far this year has been the decision by Scandlines not to convert its two unfinished ro-pax ferries Berlin and Copenhagen at the Hamburg yard after all, writes Tom Todd.
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German yard co-operation praised
Yard personnel co-operation has come in for praise at Germany’s Privinvest group of companies after a ship repair job at Lindenau Schiffswerft proved more difficult than originally thought, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsRetrofits spice up German yard work
Routine dockings in quite a few German yards of late have been complemented by complex scrubber, ballast water plant and LNG retrofits as owners move to meet new environmental regulations, reports Tom Todd
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NewsMeyer/Finland talks: a refreshing change
Meyer Werft talks with the Finnish Government about the possible acquisition of STX Oy and its cruise ship building facilities in Turku were still going on when ''The Motorship'' went to press, says Tom Todd.
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News‘Sonne’ kicks off German research fleet revamp
German Chancellor Angela Merkel put the finishing touches to the building of Germany’s biggest and most expensive research ship to date by naming and launching the €124.4 million ‘Sonne’.
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NewsVariety marks flexible German newbuilding
Meyer Werft’s delivery of its biggest-ever cruise ship and its mind-boggling €1.6 billion order for two more 164,600gt Breakaway Plus newbuilds highlight German newbuilding this autumn: but they are not the only highlights in an active year which has seen a variety of orders and deliveries as the dust settles ...
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NewsCombining best features of diesel electric and mechanical propulsion
Dag Pike looks at a Dutch innovation in diesel electric propulsion, fitted to an offshore supply vessel for service in the US, which is claimed to provide substantial fuel savings and increased flexibility.
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NewsIsland ferry gains more accommodation
UK consultant Burness Corlett Three Quays (BCTQ) was responsible for design and technical management of a recent major refurbishment project on a small ferry, which the company had designed originally over 20 years ago.
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NewsAdept breed of pipelayer shaped by Brazilian needs
Subsea7’s newbuild pipelaying vessel, which has been built in the Netherlands and tailored to the specialised needs of the Brazilian offshore oil and gas market, is described by David Tinsley.
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NewsFlaminia back in service as 'eco ship'
The German container ship ''MSC Flaminia'', heavily damaged in an accident in 2012 , is now back in liner service as an ‘eco ship’ after repair and modifications, reports Tom Todd.
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NewsSetting standards in pipelaying and heavy lift
There is palpable excitement at EMAS Singapore. The flagship of the fleet, ‘Lewek Constellation’ has entered service in full splendour and has set off for West Africa for a heavy lift job with Vaalco Energy.
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NewsInnovative Nor Lines duo to raise the bar in shortsea trade
As the first of a pair of LNG-burning general cargo ships for operation in ECAs is nearing completion in China, David Tinsley looks at what could prove the future for European coastal and shortsea ships.
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NewsHybrids – an answer to inefficiency
True hybrid solutions could, with the right push, go much further than their diesel electric forebears in answering some of the inefficiencies which lie at the heart of offshore support operations.
