Shipyard News – Page 44
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News40 knot performance from new catamaran tour boat
Washington, USA-based boat builder Armstrong Marine’s most recent launch, the 40ft (12m) catamaran ‘Mirai’, recently ran its first passenger tour in Oahu, Hawaii.
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NewsTurkish shipyard delivers battery ferries to Norway
Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard has delivered two battery powered ferries to Fjord1 in Norway just a week apart from each other.
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NewsNobiskrug and German Naval Yards Kiel implement CostFact
In order to further advance the cost estimation and cost planning of complex and challenging projects, German shipyards Nobiskrug and German Naval Yards Kiel have implemented the cost management system "CostFact".
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NewsDigital Knowledge Management in shipbuilding
How does Norwegian shipbuilder and designer Ulstein go about successful and suitable ship design? Bart Daman, Ko Stroo and Dolf Manschot, project manager/naval architects at Ulstein Design & Solutions BV, face this challenge on a daily basis.
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NewsUK shipbuilding partnership bidding for Royal Navy frigates
UK defence contractor Babcock has announced it will lead a bespoke team of industry partners in a bid for the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) new £1.25 billion Type 31e general purpose light frigate programme, building on the success of its role within the Aircraft Carrier Alliance.
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NewsEmilsen Fisk purchases ProZero workboat
Tuco Marine’s subsidiary ProZero Norge has sold a custom ProZero workboat to Norwegian fishfarming company Emilsen Fisk.
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NewsGermans build first LNG research ship
Building is under way at the specialist Fassmer shipyard in north Germany on what officials say is the world’s first ocean-going, public service vessel of its type with LNG propulsion.
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NewsGerman yard group shows repair versatility
Three north German shipyards – once independent facilities but now all partners in the German Naval Yards Kiel (GNYK) group - have gone into the New Year with a variety of successfully completed commercial and naval ship repair and technical inspection jobs behind them.
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NewsMV Werften restores veteran cargo ship
The veteran general cargo ship ‘Likedeeler’ is back at its permanent berth on the Warnow River in Rostock following completion of unusual restoration work at Germany’s newest shipyard group.
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NewsCruise ships dominate repair at big German yards
Cruise ships have dominated recent action at Germany’s two biggest repair and refurbishment facilities.
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NewsRush of contracts for Kewatec
The Kewatec shipyard in Finland is busy with a rush of contracts that are spreading its list of clients into Europe. An important contract has come from the German fishery authorities for a patrol boat and this complements contracts from Scandinavian countries.
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NewsMajor refit for ‘Aranda’
The Finnish research ship ‘Aranda’ is undergoing a major refit that will see the vessel both lengthened and fitted with an upgraded propulsion system.
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NewsDockstavarvet pilot boats for the Elbe
‘P/V Dithmarschen’, the first of two 28-metre Pilot Boats for the German Generaldirektion fuer Wasserstrassen und Schifffahrt was delivered before Christmas by commercial marine boatbuilders Dockstavarvet of Sweden.
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NewsAcquisition takes Wärtsilä underwater
Wärtsilä has acquired Trident Group to become what it believes is the first global operator in the underwater services market.
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NewsSubmersible magnetic robot performs hull inspections
A new underwater inspection vehicle was introduced to the North American market at the 2017 International WorkBoat Show in New Orleans, Louisiana: The three wheeled Deep Trekker DT640 Utility Crawler.
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NewsRIMS BV recognized for drone surveys
Robotics In Maintenance Strategies BV (RIMS) has received a certificate as a ‘Recognized External Specialist’ from classification society ABS and professional certification body RINA, for the use of Remote Inspection Techniques (drones) during surveys of enclosed spaces aboard vessels.
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NewsBeneath the surface: The present and future of composite workboats
Like Marmite, composite workboats have till now either been ‘love or hate’, however, there may be room to change a few minds, writes Stevie Knight.
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News‘Elektra’: Commercial battery ferries become a reality
The most important thing about ‘Elektra’, Finland’s new, double-ended ferry is that it paves the way for a new breed of vessel: battery-driven ro-ros. This is despite doubts that such a design was possible, let alone profitable.
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NewsAsbestos time bomb ticking for the marine industry
The IMO should amend the SOLAS Regulation banning the use of asbestos and asbestos containing materials (ACM) in ships, says John Chillingworth, senior marine principal at Lucion Marine.
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NewsBoomeranger contracts in UAE and India
Boomeranger Boats will deliver 34 special operations RHIBs to the United Arab Emirates over the next two years.
