Ships & Yards 13-18 – Page 80
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NewsCruise makeovers benefit Italian yards
Fincantieri has been awarded an extensive refit and refurbishment project for the newly acquired Saga cruiseship, the 37,301gt ‘Bleu de France’, built in 1981 by Bremer Vulkan in Germany for Hapag-Lloyd Cruises as the ‘Europa’.
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NewsAnother builder returns to repair
The Korean-owned Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries (DMHI) shipyard, located 40 km south of Constanta harbour in Romania, is returning to the shiprepair and conversion business after a four-year break during which it concentrated on newbuildings.
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NewsMixed fortunes for Spanish and Portuguese repair yards
The Portuguese shiprepair yard Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo (ENVC) repaired 31 vessels up to September, a number slightly inferior to that achieved in 2010 in the same period.
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NewsGerman newbuilding: time for the specialists
Times remain hard but German newbuilders are not giving up, writes Tom Todd. Specialist production changes underway almost everywhere to meet changing demand are being reflected in impressive newbuildings and in some unexpected new orders.
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NewsLargest Italian cruise ship enters service
Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard in Venice, Italy, recently delivered the largest cruise ship flying the Italian flag to Costa Cruises.
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NewsWorld’s first hybrid turbocharged bulk carrier
The Japanese shipowner Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) recently took delivery of a new 180,000dwt bulk carrier, Shin Koho, from the Universal Shipbuilding Corporation’s Tsu Shipyard.
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NewsVersatile, gas-fuelled design for northern waters
Norway’s geography and its distribution of communities and industry has ensured a continuing, important role for coastal and short-sea transportation, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsTanzania gets new catamaran ferry
The Hobart, Tasmania, shipbuilder Richardson Devine Marine (RDM) recently delivered the 38m aluminium catamaran passenger ferry Kilimanjaro III to Coastal Fast Ferries in Tanzania.
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NewsBaltic operator to use biofuel in new project cargo carrier
Finnish-based industrial products and general cargo transport group Meriaura added a new dimension to its Baltic and North Sea fleet in 2008 when it commissioned the 4,700dwt multipurpose open deck carrier Aura, targeted at regional heavy-load opportunities.
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NewsNew sea-river coaster class for UK operator
Operating economics and relative shipbuilding costs have fostered a shift towards larger vessels in the European coastal and short-sea trades, reducing the availability of vessels able to access length- or draught-restricted, small ports and harbours, and thereby limiting opportunities for waterborne freight transportation in those areas, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsMHI develops new generation LNG carrier
Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has completed development of a new-generation liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier marking an evolutionary advance from Moss type 1 LNG carriers.
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NewsWind resistance of superstructure reduced by 10%
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) and Tsuneishi Shipbuilding have jointly developed a new energy-saving technology called the MT-Cowl, which reduces the wind resistance of the vessel’s superstructure.
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NewsFirst Bourbon Evolution 800 delivered
The first of a series of 10 Bourbon Evolution 800 IMR (inspection, maintenance & repair) vessels was delivered recently by Sinopacific’s Zheijang Shipyard in China for Bourbon Offshore at a cost of around €45 million.
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NewsHeavy lift ship is world’s largest
Dutch heavy lift shipping company Dockwise is expanding its fleet with a new vessel which will be the world’s largest heavy lift ship, writes Dag Pike.
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NewsEnergy-efficient LNG carrier delivered
NYK Line and Tokyo LNG Tanker, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo Gas, recently held a naming ceremony for a jointly owned LNG carrier built at the Sakaide Shipyard of the Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation in Japan.
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NewsSpecialist conversions shine at German repair yards
Specialist conversions, some of them unusual, have been among the highlights of recent activity at German repair yards, particularly the smaller facilities, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsFinal two mega-boxships delivered to Rickmers
The final two 13,100TEU container vessels in an eight-ship series being built for the Hamburg shipowner Rickmers Group were delivered in June and July at the Ulsan shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries.
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Marseilles reopens bidding for giant drydock
The French port of Marseilles has announced plans to bring back into service its giant No10 drydock, the biggest in the Mediterranean at 465m long and 85m wide.
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NewsDaewoo plans ship repair yard in SA
South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) is interested in establishing a shipyard next to Richards Bay Coal Terminal to service cargo ships that operate in southern African waters.
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NewsNew Polish repair yard gets off the ground
In 2010, one of the oldest Polish steel construction companies, Energomontaz-Polnoc of Gdynia, acquired the drydock SD I from the bankrupt Gdynia Shipyard to provide ship conversion and repair services under the name of EPG Shipyard.
