Japanese companies, NYK Line (NYK), NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers (NBP), Tsuneishi Shipbuilding and UK renewable energy business Drax Group have signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop both the world’s first biomass-fuelled ship (bioship) and the...
BMT has been awarded a design contract for three new Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) to be operated at east coast wind farms in the US. Designed by the company’s team of specialists, the 27m CTV design features BMT’s latest developments to maximise safety, performance,...
An innovative project team that introduced a new shortsea ship design making use of battery and fuel cell technology has been named as the winner of the eighth Intelligence Hunt project competition, by SeaFocus. The Intelligence Hunt is a project-based awards scheme...
Swedish tanker operator Furetank has signed a contract for a further climate-friendly vessel to be designed by FKAB. This is the ninth vessel in the Vinga series, with options for more. The ship will be built by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard, formerly known as...
ZPMC shipyard of China and Ulstein Design & Solutions have signed a ship design contract on two types of Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for Shanghai Electric Windpower Group, which will be the first purpose-designed SOVs for the Chinese Offshore Wind industry....
Deltamarin has signed an agreement with China Merchants Industry (Jiangsu) for the design and engineering of the new series of Höegh Autoliners Aurora Class Pure Car and Truck Carriers (PCTCs). Deltamarin recently completed the conceptual design of the ships for Höegh...
Classification Society ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for the design of an ammonia-fuelled Panamax bulk carrier developed by Planning and Design Center for Greener Ships (GSC). According to ClassNK, ammonia is expected to be used as decarbonised...
Canadian ship designer Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) says that two new tugs to its TRAktor 3100-V design, 'Mailiao 1505' and 'Mailiao 1506' were recently delivered to the Formosa Plastic Corp, Taiwan, by PaxOcean Engineering of Batam, Indonesia. The vessels will be operated...
An innovative methanol-fuelled bulk carrier has been designed in a joint development project (JDP) between ABS, SDTR Marine and the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI). SDTR supplied key operational data and SDARI developed the design with...
The Western Joint Branch Junior Design Challenge, an annual contest run for associate members of RINA and IMarEST, saw teams from engineering consultancy BMT take first and second places with new research vessel concepts. The design competition aims to challenge...
Dutch company Conoship International Projects (CIP) has developed an environmentally friendly 3600 dwt general cargo vessel, described as being 'future proof', and suited for sea-river operations. A series of six of these diesel-electric propelled cargo vessels will...
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