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Suzuki rolls out UK 'pay monthly' deal | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews February 2018
Suzuki Marine has made its complete range of outboards available on finance in the UK, in a bid to attract new customers who may wish to break down their expenditure on marine engines into monthly payments. | |
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Flexible decks with the Azistern 2870 | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews February 2018
A new ‘off the shelf’ harbor tug concept developed by Offshore Ship Designers (OSD) promises to balance low wash and reduced fuel consumption with high bollard pull and multiple deck configurations. | |
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Greater intelligence stakes a claim for Chinese smart ships | |
The Naval Architect: February 2018 As per its name, this trailblazing SDARI-designed vessel features an advanced array of cyber systems, incorporating AI technology and big data to optimise whole-ship performance. | |
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A design for working | |
The Naval Architect: February 2018 Why does ergonomics still struggle to be taken seriously by ship designers? The Naval Architect looks at recent work to create a shared platform that gives greater emphasis to the end-user experience. | |
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Maxing out passenger ship designs | |
The Naval Archtect: February 2018 Whether it’s newbuilds in a series or a conversion, adding capacity to existing designs is no quick fix, write Kari Reinikainen and Alan Lam. | |
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Vittoria completes Algerian job | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews January/February 2018
Vittoria Shipyard is set to deliver a 26m loa tug to Algeria this spring, in line with its strategy of diversifying into this vessel sector. | |
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Macduff ploughs through new orders | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews January/February 2018 Both Macduff's boatbuilding and vessel design wings enjoyed a busyfinish to 2017, with delivery of pilot boat Scotia to ABP preceding new vessel design contracts. | |
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Modutech's tug rollout begins | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews January/February 2018
Washington-based boatyard Modutech Marine has commenced its rollout of 24 support tugs to the US Navy, the debut vessel having been delivered in December 2017. | |
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Rejecting the average | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews January/February 2018
For Norway’s YSA Design, meeting evolving customer requests means ditching stereotypical perceptions regarding the ‘typical’ yachtowner. | |
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CMB embarks on the hydrogen highway | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews January/February 2018
Belgian ship operator Compagnie Maritime Belge has taken delivery of the 14m x 4.2m passenger cat Hydroville, which will serve as an 'ambassador' for hydrogen-fuelled vessel development. | |
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Power-up by plate | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews January/February 2018 Wärtsilä has proposed its automatic wireless induction charging system as a maintenance-free alternative to cluttered cables and plugs quayside, when recharging electric ferries. | |
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NRL develops 'safer' lithium-free battery. | |
Warship Techology: January 2018 New types of intrinsically safe lithium-ion batteries are being used on a growing number of commercial vessels, but the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in the US has developed a new, lithium-free solution. | |
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High cost prompts review of aircraft carrier alternatives for the US Navy | |
Warship Technology: January 2018 Replacing its Nimitz-class carriers with a less costly alternative to the Ford-class ships that are currently under construction is feasible, but would require capability trade-offs | |
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Indian Coast Guard expanding rapidly as shipyards pick up the pace | |
Warship Technology: January 2018 The Indian Coast Guard’s modernisation and expansion plans continue to move forward at a robust pace with the induction of several new platforms and several dozen more ships at various stages of construction. | |
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Diverse work for Columbo Dockyards | |
Shiprepair eNews December 2017 Established in 1974, Colombo Dockyard is the largest and oldest ship building and repair company in Sri Lanka and is based in within the Port of Colombo, thus having the benefits of a deep water harbour. | |
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Underwater propeller repairs | |
Shiprepair eNews December 2017 A bent, damaged or cracked propeller blade can produce severe vibrations on the vessel. The resulting unevenly pressure distribution loads on the propeller will increase loads on the shaft and can even damage the engine and transmission system. | |
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Busy time at Blohm+Voss | |
Shiprepair eNews December 2017 The 3,237TEU container ship Philadelphia Express docked at Blohm+Voss (in Dock 10) in Hamburg on 29 November 2017 | |
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New hull cleaning service for Suez Canal | |
Shiprepair eNews December 2017 GAC Egypt is now offering the HullWiper hull cleaning system to vessels berthing at ports in the Suez Canal and they have already undertaken the first job on a crude oil tanker. | |
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Contracting & delivering SD14s | |
The Naval Architect: January 2018
The SD14 was the most successful British vessel of its type ever built. Ian Buxton has been researching how flexible building agreements made them profitable. | |
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Fast sailing in ice- the new goal of model studies | |
The Naval Architect: January 2018 Maintaining a fast, efficient year-round shipping line in the Russian Arctic for large-size vessels demands adequate ice-going capabilities, say the Krylov Centre’s А.А. Dobrodeev and K.Е. Sazonov. | |
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Meeting the Challenge | |
The Naval Architect: January 2018 When IMO agreed to the introduction of the EEDI it set clearly defined reductions of CO2 emissions for newly constructed ships. But how can CO2 be reduced using developing technologies? Ian Adams considers the options. | |
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Innovative injector to slash emissions | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews December 2017
Switzerland-based RKLAB is developing a self-pressurising fuel injector, which is claimed to offer a dramatic reduction in diesel engine emissions with improved fuel efficiency. | |
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Autonomous vessels: the union's view | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews December 2017
Ship & Boat International speaks to David Appleton, professional and technical officer at seafarers' union Nautilus International, to get his take on autonomous and remote-controlled vessel developments. | |
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Mercator projection | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews December 2017
Shiopowner Esvagt has christened its compact wind farm SOV, Esvagt Mercator, which is set to provide an alternative to large, bulky support vessels and smaller crew transfer craft. | |
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New Marathon hits the waves running | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews December 2017 Norsafe has formally unveiled its new Marathon 900 RHIB-D model, described as a more spacious and robust evolution of the manufacturer’s high-speed Marathon 900 RHIB class. | |
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Dredger duo arrives in India | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews December 2017
Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone looks set to bolster its dredging and reclamation activities with the arrival of two new trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs) | |
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Parkol on a roll with trawler orders | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews December 2017
Whitby, UK-based boatbuilder and retrofitter Parkol Marine Engineering has launched the first in a series of 10 trawler boats that it is building for various fisheries across the UK and Ireland. | |
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The swiftly changing seascape of ferry safety | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews November/December 2017 A leap forward in digitisation and technology, combined with fresh input from a new breed of architects, is helping to bolster ferry safety across the world. Dr Roberta Weisbrod, founder and executive director of the Worldwide Ferry Safety Association, reports on the group’s Third International Ferry Safety Conference, which was hosted in New York earlier this year. | |
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Crew-free and connected | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews November/December 2017 Sea-Kit has unveiled the first in a new class of small ships capable of manned, remote-control and autonomous operation, and adaptable to a number of mission requirements. | |
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Routing the breeze | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews November/December 2017 Renewable energy innovator Inerjy is poised to transfer its onshore wind turbine technology onto a radical new vessel type, to guarantee all-electric operations. | |
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Stormy seas in Brexit Britain for marine agents | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews November/December 2017 Marine agents should adopt strategic defensive measures to guard against currency-related losses, writes Nathan Abbot of Global Reach Partners | |
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SEA-3520-LT to target wind parks | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews November/December 2017 GustoMSC has unveiled a new jack-up concept for " safe and efficient wind turbine installation” in north-eastern US waters. | |
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Yara eco-ship enters the test tank | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews November/December 2017
Kongsberg reports that testing of the forthcoming autonomous and all-electric container carrier, Yara Birkeland, has commenced, well in advance of her scheduled 2019 delivery deadline. | |
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Manhattan transfers | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews November/December 2017 The NYCDOT Staten Island Ferry Division is set to replace three of its ageing ferries with a larger, modern trio, dubbed the Ollis class. | |
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Momentum continues to build behind ballast water refits | |
Shiprepair & Maintenance 4th Quarter 2017 Despite the IMO effectively moving the goal posts on the deadline for implementation of the Ballast Water Management Convention on existing ships, there has been a notable acceleration of retrofit activity and technology development. | |
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