Shipyard News – Page 51
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NewsLNG-powered inland tanker delivers innovation and savings
Europe’s inland shipping industry has the prospect of reaping significant fuel-savings with the introduction of Damen’s solely LNG-powered ‘Ecoliner’.
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NewsMultipurpose connectable polyethylene workboat
US-headquartered Lamor says its clever Seahunter modular workboat system has gained international popularity, and is used in many European countries for many commercial purposes. It is manufactured in Norway, Spain and Finland.
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NewsSafehaven XSV 17
Irish boatbuilder Safehaven Marine has launched the prototype of its latest new design: XSV 17 ‘Thunder Child’.
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NewsSMS Aquaculture service vessel
Southampton Marine Services has launched its latest vessel, a 23m aquaculture service vessel, at its Ocean Quay shipyard in Southampton UK.
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NewsGuardian from Tinn-Silver
Dutch boat builder Tinn-Silver has developed a new larger design of small workboat called the Guardian.
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News15m pilot boat
France’s Alumarine Shipyard has begun the construction of a new aluminium 15-metre pilot boat from its 12 to 18 metre AMS range, developed with the architect Geronimo Naval Design.
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NewsThin plate panel line
Finnish manufacturing equipment specialist Pemamek has signed an agreement to deliver a thin plate panel line to Vard Shipyard in Tulcea, Romania. The new delivered solution will ensure a high-quality production of demanding thin plate panels used in building vessels, such as special cruise ships.
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NewsWhaly’s workhorse
Dutch company Whaly has been producing small boats made from moulded polyethylene for several years now. These have been hardwearing tough boats designed primarily for the leisure market where they are appealing as a rugged alternative to more conventional craft.
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NewsRedbay turns 40
Northern Ireland-based RIB builder Redbay Boats is celebrating its 40th anniversary in style with expanded building facilities and new models. The company, led by Tom McLaughlin started off in a small rented shed building small open wooden boats and then moved into building small GRP angling and sports boats.
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NewsGerman police boats take shape
The first of three big ocean-going police patrol ships is now under build after years of lobbying by the German Federal Police (Bundespolizei) and their supporters to get Government approval and funding to replace obsolete vessels.
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NewsGerman newbuild offers pollution control
A new multi-purpose coastal protection workboat being built for delivery to north German authorities this year will double up as a pollution control vessel.
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NewsRetrofit rotorsail
Norsepower Oy Ltd., the Finnish provider of auxiliary wind propulsion systems, recently announced that it has signed an agreement with Finnish shipping company Viking Line to install its Rotor Sail Solution onboard the ‘M/S Viking Grace’, an LNG-fuelled cruise ferry.
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NewsUlstein SX195 for Acta Marine
Norwegian shipbuilder and designer Ulstein Verft AS has signed a contract for the building of a DP2 Construction Support Vessel (CSV) for the Netherlands based Acta Marine B.V.
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NewsLow wash on-demand ferries
Tasmanian boatbuilder Incat Crowther has recently announced the launch of ‘Cockle Bay’ and ‘Blackwattle Bay’, a pair of 12m ferries for Sydney’s Bays Precinct area that fill a role somewhere between that of a ferry and a water taxi.
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News14m aquaculture workboat
Scotland’s Macduff Shipyards Limited has recently signed over its latest new build, ‘Lily Mae’, to Scottish Sea Farms Limited, Shetland Division.
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NewsSredne-Nevsky adds composites to its repertoire
The Russian shipyard OJSC Sredne-Nevsky (SNS) located in St.Petersburg is one of the few shipyards building vessels in a wide range of materials including steel, aluminium, non-magnetic steel and fibreglass.
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News‘Seaspan Swift’ - a new hybrid LNG fuelled and battery powered ferry
France-headquartered international classification society Bureau Veritas has congratulated owners Seaspan as their new emission reducing ferry enters service between the British Columbia mainland and Vancouver Island, Canada.
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NewsSanmar pilot boat for Mersin
Although Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar is more usually mentioned in the pages of ‘Maritime Journal’ for its regular construction of excellent tugs, it also has a long experience of pilot boat construction. The most recent example is ‘Pilot Boat 10’ designed and built by Sanmar for the Mersin International Port Authority ...
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NewsFFC15 from Baglietto
The Italian shipyard Baglietto has a long history of building high performance craft to military requirements. Their latest offering in this sector is the FFC15 which is designed primarily as a troop transport but which, the company claims, could have a significant role to play in commercial marine operations.
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News‘Thalassa’ modernisation
Piriou Naval Services, the French branch of the Piriou group for Repair and Services, has won the European bid Ifremer launched in June 2016 for the modernisation of its oceanographic research vessel ‘Thalassa’.
