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Raising the bar for bridge and navigation solutions | |
The Naval Architect: March 2019 Technological advances have been of enormous benefit to the safety and reliability of navigation, but the spatial requirements of such hardware don’t necessarily allow for the optimum design of the ship’s bridge. | |
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Mine countermeasures plan could boost naval expertise in Belgium | |
Warship Technology: March 2019 A new mine countermeasures programme for the Belgian and Dutch navies that draws on French and German technology and expertise could provide an opportunity to create a new high-tech segment in the Belgian shipbuilding sector. | |
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Franco-Italian programme sees four replenishment tankers built for French Navy | |
Warship Technology: March 2019 A logistic support ship design that is already under construction for the Italian Navy is to form the basis of a new class of replenishment vessels for the French Navy. | |
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Asian and Australasian navies turn to JFD for submarine rescue capabilit | |
Warship Technology: March 2019 UK-based subsea engineering, operations and services group JFD is continuing to grow its global footprint in the provision of submarine rescue systems, with recent business focused on the Indo-Pacific region. | |
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Report raises questions about US Navy frigate programme | |
Warship Technology: March 2019 Keen to get new vessels in to service and provide greater capability than the Littoral Combat Ship can provide, the US Navy plans to build guided missile frigates based on existing designs. But is that the right approach? That is the question posed in a new report published by the Congressional Research Service. | |
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If the coating fits | |
The Naval Architect: February 2019 Jotun’s Hull Performance Solutions offering, underpinned by data collection, can deliver significant fuel savings – but the vessel must be right. | |
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Human factors & cabin design | |
The Naval Architect: February 2019 Niels de Groot gives an insight into the ergonomic and aesthetic considerations which influence modern accommodation design. | |
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Target markets inspire crise ship design | |
The Naval Architect: February 2019 YSA Design speaks to The Naval Architect about how changing tastes and sustainability are influencing the aesthetics of cruise ship interiors. | |
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Taking expedition crusing into uncharted waters | |
The Naval Architect: February 2019 The first in Hurtigruten’s new hybrd-powered explorer class, MS Roald Amundsen, is finally poised for delivery. | |
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Tailored for the Tropics | |
The Naval Architect: February 2019 Tropical Shipping’s new feeder vessel, Tropic Hope, is of a carefully considered design notable not for its novelty but for how well it responds to its owner’s specific needs. | |
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SPS achieves offshore success | |
Shiprepair & Maintenance: 1st Quarter 2019 The offshore market has yielded some significant successes for the UK-based ship repair technology supplier, Intelligent Engineering (IE), and its licensees over the past year. | |
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Damen Shiprepair Brest completes royal refit | |
Shiprepair & Maintenance: 1st Quarter 2019 Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth recently spent 12 days at the French yard for an intensive repair and refit programme fit for a monarch. | |
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High value repiar focus pays off for Chengxi | |
Shiprepair & Maintenance: 1st Quarter 2019 The yard has built up a reputation for undertaking repair and conversion work on high-tech vessels. | |
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BWTS round-up | |
Shiprepair & Maintenance: 1st Quarter 2019 The new year has seen further acceleration in the pace of ordering ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) as retrofits, to comply with impending regulatory requirements. We round up the major orders from across the BWTS spectrum. | |
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Training on the waves | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews February 2019 A seafarer college in the Philippines and the Indonesian Navy have both taken delivery of new training vessels. | |
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Six modes of yacht efficiency | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews February 2019 Rolls-Royce is working alongside luxury yacht builder Sunseeker International, to produce the first performance yacht fitted with an MTU-branded hybrid propulsion system. | |
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Pilot precision | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews February 2019 A new monohull pilot boat built by Metal Shark has been customised to cope with environmental conditions off the coast of Freeport, Texas. | |
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Sports cat makes a splash | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews February 2019 Aquila Power Catamarans is close to unveiling its new Aquila 30 class of sports boat, with the first model set to debut at the Miami International Boat Show in February. | |
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Rejuvenation on the Rhine | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews February 2019 An aged diving bell ship servicing the River Rhine, Germany will be replaced in 2020 by a Damen-built newcomer. | |
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Wight guard | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews January/February 2019 The Cowes Harbour Commission of the Isle of Wight has shopped locally for its next patrol craft. | |
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Benetti's finger on the giga | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews January/February 2019 The 107m,six-deck newbuild currently known as FB277 has been hailed as the largest motoryacht built by the Italian firm to date. | |
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Rafnar moves into Russia | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews January/February 2019 Rafnar has teamed up with Iceland’s Knarr Maritime Consortium, in a move expected to boost its business within the Russian market. | |
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Indian shipbuilding ambitions struggle to make progress | |
The Naval Architect: January 2019 The Modi government’s target of doubling the output of Indian shipyards by 2022 will be difficult, says the Shipyards Association of India. | |
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Bringing transparency to maritime procurement | |
The Naval Architect: January 2019 The Naval Architect speaks to Freddy Ingemann, CEO of Moscord: an online marketplace hoping to modernise maritime procurement through data and lean logistics. | |
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World's first intelligent VLOC delivered | |
The Naval Architect: January 2019 Following on from the groundbreaking bulk carrier Great Intelligence, a new SDARI-designed intelligent very large ore carrier, Pacific Vision, has been delivered by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding | |
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Mary Anning to aid Swansea surveys | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews January/February 2019 UK builder Blyth Catamarans has launched an 18.5m loa survey vessel for the Department of Biosciences at Swansea University. | |
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In pursuit of quieter solutions | |
The Naval Architect: January 2019 As part of its ongoing efforts to protect the marine environment, Canada is hosting a technical workshop on quiet ship design and retrofits at IMO. | |
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Spanish flair for Belgian research | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews January/February 2019 Belgian interests have ordered a state-of-the-art replacement for an ageing research vessel, intended to undertake a wide range of oceanographic and hydrographic missions. | |
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New Year sees DNV GL roll-out Smart Survey Booking | |
The Naval Architect: January 2019 From the 1 January, DNV GL’s Smart Survey Booking (SSB) system became available to all maritime customers following a successful trial period with the likes of Wilhelmsen and Hapag-Lloyd | |
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Making new connections | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews January/February 2019 Singapore's Sembcorp Marine is diversifying into the ro-pax ferry market, having landed an order to build three battery-powered units for Norled. | |
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Bangladesh Coast Guard bolsters fleet with locally built patrol boats | |
Warship Technology: January 2019 Chinese designs built in Bangladesh are enabling the country’s Coast Guard to modernise, as part of a wide-ranging long-term plan. | |
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Large projects taking shape under RINA classification | |
Warship Technology: January 2019 Classification society RINA is heavily involved in a number of important projects for the Italian Navy and for navies elsewhere. | |
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Key role for Lloyd's Register as technology & regulations evolve | |
Warship Technology: January 2019 Lloyd’s Register says the pace of technological change and regulatory development means that assurance is an ever-growing challenge, but it is able to draw on its involvement in a diverse range of businesses and sectors to move assurance in the naval sphere forward. | |
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Norway's flexible mothership set sail | |
Warship Technology: January 2019 Designed to be ‘ultra-flexible,’ the Royal Norwegian Navy’s new logistics and support vessel will support surface ships and submarines worldwide. | |
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President's Invitation Lecture details ethane fuel conversion | |
Shiprepair & Maintenance: January 2019 | |
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