The NSW Government's first of seven new Parramatta Class ferries, designed by Incat Crowther, is now in service in Sydney. The fleet of new ferries, which will service the busy Parramatta River commuter route, is being constructed in Tasmania by Richardson Devine...
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DELTAMARIN AND GTT RECEIVE DNV AiP FOR PCTC PROJECT
Deltamarin and its partner, the French multinational naval engineering company GTT, have been awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) from classification society DNV, for an innovative LNG-fuelled Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC) design. The AiP was presented to...
CONSULTANTS UNITE TO GROW HYDRODYNAMICS BUSINESS
Design and engineering consultancy Houlder has acquired Seaspeed Marine Consulting in a deal which is said to offer vessel owners joined-up naval architecture design and advanced analytical capabilities. In recent years, Houlder and Seaspeed have successfully joined...
KM EQUIPMENT FOR TWO MORE WIND SERVICE SHIPS
Following an order for Kongsberg Maritime (KM) announced in June 2021 to design and equip two construction service operation vessels (CSOVs/SOVs) for the Norway-based offshore wind service company Integrated Wind Solutions ASA (IWS), the company has received a...
DREDGER DESIGN PREPARED FOR ALTERNATIVE FUELS
Dutch independent ship design company C-Job Naval Architects has launched a new Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) series, led by an innovative self-propelled CSD concept design. The 850mm self-propelled cutter suction dredger features cutter power of 3500 hp and a total...
POWERFUL RAL-DESIGNED TUG DELIVERED TO KENYA
Canadian ship designer Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) says that a new tug, to a custom RAstar 4200 design, has been delivered to Kenya Port Authority from the Turkish shipyard Med Marine. The tug, Mwokozi II, is 42m in length, designed with 120t bollard pull for salvage and...
VIRTUAL REALITY COMES TO SHIP DESIGN IN CANADA
Canadian company Seaspan Shipyards has launched its new HoloShip facility, described as an immersive visualisation system that enables Seaspan and the Canadian marine industry community to access a virtual reality environment to develop, integrate, test and...
SIX JAPANESE COMPANIES JOIN TO DEVELOP METHANOL-FUELLED TANKER
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), MOL Coastal Shipping, Tabuchi Kaiun Co, Niihama Kaiun Co, Murakami Hide Shipbuilding, and The Hanshin Diesel Works, have agreed to form a strategic alliance aimed at reducing environmental impact through the development of a methanol-fuelled...
CONCEPT DESIGN COMPLETED FOR NYK AMMONIA-FUELLED SHIP
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), MTI, and Finnish consultancy Elomatic have jointly completed the development of a concept design for an ammonia-fuel ready LNG-fuelled vessel (ARLFV). NYK Group companies NYK and MTI have set a long-term target of net-zero...
ClassNK AND NAPA STRENGTHEN DESIGN APPROVAL PROCESS
Finland-based maritime software company NAPA and classification society ClassNK have strengthened their partnership to support the use of 3D models in the ship design approval process. By streamlining data sharing between design and class approval software, this move...
DANISH PROJECT ASKS WHETHER RETROFIT CAN BE GREENER THAN NEWBUILD
Ship design company OSK ShipTech has joined with several partner companies and organisations in an Energy Cluster Denmark project which compares the total CO2 emissions of shipbuilding in order to see if retrofitting existing vessels can be more beneficial than...
‘OFF THE SHELF’ ULSTEIN HEAVY LIFT SHIP FILLS RENEWABLE ENERGY GAP
According to Ulstein Design and Solutions, a shortage is predicted of specialised heavy lift vessels needed to install the increasing number of larger, next generation wind turbines, a situation which will jeopardise future offshore wind farm realisations. Proven,...
GREEN FACTORY TRAWLER TO BE BUILT TO ULSTEIN DESIGN
Norwegian fishing company Bluewild is expanding its fleet with a new factory trawler designed by Ulstein Design and Solutions; with gentle handling of the catch and the lowest possible energy consumption being important elements in the design development. The new...