Shipyard News – Page 60
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NewsThe coastal cruise reborn
UK-based naval architect Colin Silvester has come up with a small cruising vessel concept to reignite enthusiasm in the coastal cruise; once a cornerstone activity in any British seaside holiday.
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NewsSubmarine lift becomes repair yard
Shipbuilder De Haas Maassluis and the Rotterdam linesmen association KRVE are starting a new repair yard for tugs, yachts and work boats in the heart of Rotterdam. The companies are teaming up to re-open the ship lift of the former Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij, which in its glory days was used ...
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NewsGerman yards tackle research ships
Three of Germany’s most prominent research vessels have called at shipyards in Bremerhaven and Stralsund for their latest routine overhauls and repairs.
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NewsCargo veteran gets make-over
Now approaching 60, the German museum ship ''Bleichen'' will soon complete extensive restoration at Hamburg’s Norderwerft – its first major overhaul since being saved from scrapping in 2007.
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NewsRust removal and protection
According to Croatia-headquartered Cortec its new VpCI-426 Descaler/Rust Remover will remove corrosion, scale and naturally occurring oxides from iron, carbon and stainless steel, copper, aluminum, magnesium and their alloys.
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NewsSmall tool aided big salvage
US-based Brush Research Manufacturing says its Flex-Hone Tool, played a small but important, role in one of the largest engineering feats in marine history – the raising of the shipwrecked ‘Costa Concordia’.
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NewsVersadock Performance System
UK company Versadock has developed a modular pontoon system that has a wide variety of applications as both portable and permanent piers, bridges and boat docks which are in use around the World.
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NewsAluminium CSSV
According to Finnish boatbuilder Marine Alutech, its new Watercat M18 AMC combat support service vessel (CSSV) is the most advanced version of landing craft it has ever built.
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NewsExceptional vision for a fast vessel
Norwegian operator, Umoe Mandal, has purchased six External Panorama Pantograph heavy duty windscreen wipers from UK based DuroWipers to equip a newbuild Surface Effect Ship (SES).
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NewsMany questions, one 'Solution'
It might sound simple: having one capable, well-worked vessel, Netherlands-based DUC Marine went about designing another. However, the ‘Solution’ has had to resolve some conflicting demands.
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NewsLNG support urged as Helgoland enters service
Europe’s first LNG ferry is on track for service from October as Germany’s maritime industry urges Berlin to do more to promote investment in LNG as an alternative fuel in shipping.
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NewsNew river boats impress Czechs
What is described as the most advanced river excursion boat ever to enter service in the Czech Republic is drawing a lot of praise in Prague - along with the predecessor that prompted its building.
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NewsBurgess Marine: You’re Hired!
Britain’s largest independent ship repairer Burgess Marine has secured a substantial winter refit on-board Lord Sugar’s new Superyacht, ‘MY Lady A’, at its ship lift facility in Portchester.
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NewsSuper-clean tour boat
Australian naval architecture company Incat Crowther has announced the delivery of ‘Wavelength 4’, a 19m aluminium catamaran tour vessel claimed by its operator to be “the cleanest tour vessel on the Great Barrier Reef”.
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NewsUkrainian situation drives further sales
Willard Marine of California, USA, a 56-year-old builder of composite and aluminium boats, has received an order to supply the Ukrainian navy with four aluminium patrol boats, with an option for a fifth.
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NewsHull Vane claims 12.5% fuel saving
According to a study using computational fluid dynamics (CFD), the fitting of a transom mounted Hull Vane from Netherlands-based Van Oossanen Naval Architects could save up to 12.5% in fuel costs in an offshore patrol vessel.
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NewsCutting vibration at low speeds
Swedish anti-vibration specialist Trelleborg has launched two new marine engine mounts – the high deflection (HD) Cushyfloat and the mini HD Cushyfloat – to provide improved vibration isolation and passenger comfort on marine vessels.
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NewsState-of-the-art cable layer
ABB, the Swiss power and automation technology group, has announced that it has ordered the world’s most advanced cable-laying vessel to boost the capacity of its submarine cable operations while achieving greater efficiency and precision.
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NewsAfrican air-cushion agreement
Paramount Group, the African based global defence group and UK-based hovercraft builders Griffon Hoverwork Ltd have signed a cooperative agreement, revealing a number of global projects that will bring British hovercraft capability to Sub-Saharan Africa and innovative South African designed and developed naval solutions to European customers.
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NewsLong-term service
Netherlands system integrator Alewijnse Marine Systems and dredging and marine contractor Van Oord have signed a long-term service level agreement covering the Van Oord cable-laying vessels ‘Nexus’ and ‘HAM601’. The contract was started on 1 September 2015 and will run for three years.
