Vessel design house Chartwell Marine has announced that its electric foiling high-speed trimaran demonstrator has entered build at Designcraft, a Southampton, UK-based specialist in composite vessel construction. The £1.86m project, funded by Innovate UK, is a...
Kongsberg Maritime has unveiled a new 'Super-Efficient Bulker' vessel design concept, which the company claims is set to redefine industry standards, offering ship owners the means to meet stringent future compliance targets without abandoning conventional fuels. In...
Design and engineering consultancy Houlder has announced significant progress in its involvement in the SPINE project, with the design of a 10,000m3 methanol bunkering vessel. The SPINE project, supported by MarRI-UK under the Smart Maritime Land Operations Call,...
Five new designs for very large gas carrier (VLGC) ships developed by Deltamarin and China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) have received Approval in Principle (AiP) from classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR). The AiP certificate is issued for next-generation...
Engineering consultancy and ship designer Longitude Engineering has recently completed a project to provide alternative fuel systems engineering for a new vessel design by Dykstra Naval Architects, for Greenpeace International. Longitude’s specialist department in...
Swedish ship designer FKAB Marine Design, together with its Greek partner, Konstantinos Fakiolas of FinOcean, signed a contract during Posidonia 2024 with owner Prime Marine of Greece to develop a 4000m3 LCO2 carrier. The vessel will have a strong environmental focus,...
Salt Ship Design of Norway is providing design services to operator NKT for its second cable laying vessel, to be named 'NKT Eleonora' meaning 'shining light'. The new vessel will boost the company’s offshore cable laying capacity, flexibility and be amongst the first...
Two classification societies, American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Lloyd’s Register (LR), have awarded a new ship design of an ammonia-fueled 3,500 TEU container vessel Approval in Principle (AiP). A cross-industry taskforce including A. P. Møller-Mærsk, MAN Energy...
Australian aluminium shipbuilder Incat has formed a new partnership with European shipping company Brittany Ferries and technology company Wärtsilä to explore design and technical requirements for a 137m zero emission ferry. Incat CEO Stephen Casey said: “Incat has...
The first two vessels in a series of 12 new hybrid high-speed ferries designed by Incat Crowther and built by Astilleros Armon in Spain for Italian ferry operator Liberty Lines have exceeded performance expectations during sea trials and will soon begin servicing...
Foreship has recruited Jonny Berglund as its Business Development Director, in a new role to focus the Helsinki-based group’s efforts in growing its presence in commercial shipping. With a career-long commitment to maritime, including seagoing experience as an...
According to Damen Shipyards, recent and forthcoming regulations are stimulating assessment of various types of alternative fuel technologies, which affect all types of vessel and operations, tugs included. Damen says it is preparing tugs today that will operate...
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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