All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 76
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NewsPositioning Nor-Shipping at the heart of the maritime economy
One of the enduring paradoxes of Nor-Shipping is how it manages to offer visitors access to the latest developments in a wide range of maritime sectors, while maintaining its welcoming collegiate atmosphere.
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NewsNavantia contract marks first Azipod naval retrofit order
ABB has been awarded a first contract for the retrofit of its Azipod® units to a naval vessel. Navantia, the Spanish state-owned shipbuilding company, awarded a contract to retrofit the Spanish Navy flagship, Juan Carlos I, with an electrical propulsion system based on dual ABB Azipod units.
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NewsTorghattan Nord’s H2 Ferries Mark Shipping’s New Dawn
As a decision on a shipbuilder for the new H2 ferries for Torghatten Nord nears, The Norwegian Ship Design Company claims their ground-breaking design heralds the dawn of shipping’s zero-emissions era.
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NewsEffective safety management through remote monitoring of inert gas systems
Amid surging demand for LNG from end-user markets, finding ways to reduce vessel downtime and support LNG tanker crews – especially when it comes to safety - are now more critical than ever, explains Bernt Öhrn, General Manager of Maritime Protection at Survitec.
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NewsViking LH2 fuel cell project advances
Dr. Pierluigi Busetto of Trieste-based naval architects Navalprogetti s.r.l. discusses the progress of a retrofittable liquid hydrogen (LH2) container-based system in an interview with The Motorship
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NewsAustal Sets New Record With Danish Ferry
Australian lightweight shipbuilding technology has a new reference in the Nordic market by way of the 37-knot catamaran ro-pax ferry Express 5. Although not the longest vessel delivered to date by Austal, the 115m addition to the Molslinjen fleet ranks as the largest newbuild in terms of volume produced to date by any of the Australian group’s yards.
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NewsMacGregor equips eighth offshore wind service vessel
Edda Wind repeat order confirms MacGregor as offshore wind service vessel technology of choice
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NewsNorth Sea partners commit to rapid expansion of offshore wind capacity
Seven members of the European Union along with Norway and the UK announced ambitious plans at the Belgian port of Ostend to increase offshore wind capacity in the North Sea to ‘at least’ 120GW by 2030 on 24 April 2023.
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NewsEU SRR: just one small problem…
Tentative EU Commission proposals to promote greater circularity in the EU’s shipping market may explain reluctance to expand the list of non-EU yards on the EU SRR proposals, but capacity constraints and the structure of the market present serious obstacles.
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NewsNaming ceremony for methanol-fuelled Stena Promise in the Port of Rotterdam
Proman Stena Bulk has formally named its third newbuild IMOIIMeMAX methanol-fuelled 49,900dwt tanker, Stena Promise, in a ceremony hosted in the port of Rotterdam on 26 April.
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NewsKongsberg relaunches Vessel Performance app
Kongsberg Digital is relaunching its application for vessel and fleet optimisation, Vessel Performance, for offshore vessel operations. The data-driven solution now provides even more accessible onboard and onshore decision support, enabling significant cost and emission reductions in offshore operations.
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NewsGlobal Drone Inspection to take on specialist demand for drone and ROV services from RIMS BV
Global Drone Inspection (GDI), the subsidiary of robotic inspection specialists RIMS BV, and Dubai based JOME Engineering have signed an agreement, whereby JOME will become a local service station partner for GDI.
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NewsAnother Finnish Delivery For Revived Brand
Resurgent cruise brand Swan Hellenic has commissioned its third and largest newbuild to date, tailored to the cultural expedition segment of the market. After handover by Helsinki Shipyard on March 31, the 125m SH Diana sailed to Palermo to begin her career with a voyage encompassing North African and Iberian ports, before working up Europe’s Atlantic fringe to undertake Arctic sailings.
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NewsCat and Svitzer take next steps on methanol adoption
Caterpillar Marine and Svitzer have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to adopt solutions that enable Svitzer to use methanol in its fleet, furthering both companies’ ambition for using methanol as part of the marine industry’s decarbonisation.
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NewsNo laughing (gas) matter: Schneiter targets zero N2O in new X-DFA
WinGD’s programme to develop dual-fuel two-stroke engines capable of operating on ammonia and methanol is advancing apace, Dominik Schneiter, WinGD’s Vice President R&D, tells The Motorship.
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NewsFirst LNG bunkering for MSC World Europa at Port of Marseille Fos
TotalEnergies Marine Fuels and the Cruise Division of MSC Group have successfully completed the first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunkering operation at the Port of Marseille Fos, on France’s Mediterranean coast, for MSC Cruises’ MSC World Europa.
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NewsIndian Yard Turning Out 12 Hybrid Coasters
A new generation of hybrid/diesel-electric cargo vessels ordered by Nordic interests is expected to make its debut in the short-sea trades during the third quarter of 2023.
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NewsAiP for first Korean NH3 FSRU
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) for its Ammonia Floating Storage Re-Gasification Unit (FSRU), the first of its kind in Korea.
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NewsAsian focus for Hempel’s seam fairing solution for ship hulls
Hempel A/S, the world-leading coatings company, is showcasing its unique seam fairing solution, SeamFlow, for the first time in Asia at Sea Asia in Singapore.
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NewsNew Swedish passenger catamaran will run on hydrogen
Sweden’s Gotlandsbolaget and the Australian shipyard Austal have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a design agreement of Gotlandsbolaget’s new passenger catamaran, Gotland Horizon X, which will be able to run on hydrogen.
