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Significant Small Ships - final call for entries | |
Ship & Boat International eNews: November/December 2020 The Ship & Boat International team has started work on this year’s edition of the annual RINA journal Significant Small Ships, profiling approximately 30 new vessels sized between 5-100m and officially delivered in 2020. | |
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DriX of the trade | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews July/August 2020 Reliance on USVs is set to continue in the next couple of years, particularly in the North American marine and offshore segments, where iXblue is making inroads with its DriX drone. | |
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High five | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews July/August 2020 A five-hull arrangement is intended to reduce drag, boost fuel efficiency and support autonomous operations aboard BMT’s latest multipurpose vessel concept. | |
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Taking out the trash | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews July/August 2020 The Interceptor isn’t solely dedicated to recovering plastic rubbish from the world’s seas – it’s also been developed to prevent it from entering the ocean at all. | |
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What does it mean to be a retrofit ship of the future? | |
The Naval Architect Jul/Aug 2020 Green Ship of the Future’s ‘The Retrofit Project’ promotes a potential 21.7% fuel saving by utilising energy optimisation-based retrofits | |
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Container lashing: taking the strain for a bigger problem | |
The Naval Architect Jul/Aug 2020 The loss of more than 40 containers in an incident off the Australian coast has raised questions about how safely secured they were, but lashing is just one factor amid many | |
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Japanese joint project explores shipping's road to 2050 | |
The Naval Architect Jul/Aug 2020 Feasibility of innovative technologies and alternative fuels surveyed, with concept designs for zero- and low-emission ships | |
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Innovation in the age of Covid-19 | |
The Naval Architect: Jul/Aug 2020 The pandemic has turbocharged digitalisation across the entire industry, says DNV GL, as it launches its maritime specific infection prevention certificate programme | |
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First steel cut for France's new Bâtiments Ravitailleurs de Force logistic support ships | |
Warship Technology: July/August 2020
Construction of the first of a new class of logistic support ship (LSS) for the French Navy has commenced at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire.
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US Navy develops requirements for next-generation amphibious platforms and logistics ships | |
Warship Technology: July/August 2020
The US Navy is exploring the acquisition of a new generation of vessels designed to support future amphibious manoeuvre and logistics sustainment operations coherent with the aims of the US Marine Corps’ Force Design 2030 development blueprint. The blueprint was published in March 2020. | |
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US Navy's first full-electric warship delivered | |
Warship Technology: July/August 2020
The US Navy has accepted delivery of the first of its DDG 1000 destroyers, three years after it said the vessel had been commissioned. | |
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Wärtsilä led consortium combines technologies for fuel efficiency | |
The Naval Architect Jul/Aug 2020 The EU-backed Seatech project will explore precise engine controlling when used in symbiosis with a dynamic bow wing | |
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Trump tasks Department of Homeland Security with Coast Guard Polar vessel review | |
Warship Technology: July/August 2020 On 9 June 2020, President Trump issued a memorandum to review required numbers of polar security cutters, US and international basing options for polar security cutters, and options for bridging a gap in polar vessels until US Coast Guard’s new polar security cutters are delivered. | |
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CO2-free crossings | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews June 2020 Wärtsilä has been contracted to design and equip two all-electric, double-ended ferries for Norwegian operator Boreal Sjö. | |
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SGMF releases guidelines for drydocking gas-fuelled ships | |
Shiprepair & Maintenance: June 2020 SGMF has published its ‘Gas as a Marine Fuel: Work Practices for Maintenance, Repair and Dry-Dock Operations’, which provides guidance on drydocking gas-fuelled vessels | |
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GloFouling Partnerships launches GIA for Marine Biosafety | |
Shiprepair & Maintenance: June 2020 A Global Industry Alliance for Marine biosafety has been launched by the IMO, which will work alongside the IMO GloFouling Partnerships Project | |
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BIMCO pushes for global hull cleaning standard | |
Shiprepair & Maintenance: June 2020 Shipping association BIMCO has moved closer to establishing a global standard for ship hull cleaning and is aiming for IMO approval within the next two to three years | |
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"Elegance and adrenaline" | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews June 2020 TecnoRib's new Pirelli 42 RIB is intended to serve as a shadow boat or a day cruiser. | |
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Tug support for the DGA | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews June 2020 The French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) has ordered 15 harbour and five harbour/coastal tugs from domestic boatbuilder Piriou. | |
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Bengal build enters service | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews June 2020 India’s National Institute of Ocean Technology(NIOT) has commissioned Sagar Anveshika, the second of two 43m, dynamic-positioning sisters built in West Bengal. | |
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Tower of strength | |
Offshore Marine Technology: 2nd Quarter 2020 2022 will see the delivery of Jan De Nul Group’s latest, ‘super-sized’ floating installation crane vessel. | |
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Seajacks' pile-driving overhaul | |
Offshore Marine Technology: 2nd Quarter 2020 The 108m Seajacks Zaratan is being prepped for installation work at two of Japan’s up and coming wind turbine sites. | |
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Playing with a full deck | |
Offshore Marine Technology: 2nd Quarter 2020 Turbine builder United Wind Logistics has taken delivery of the first of two new deck carriers, ordered to transport turbines to offshore sites. | |
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Remote inspections surge for BV | |
Offshore Marine Technology: 2nd Quarter 2020 Bureau Veritas has witnessed a 900% increase in demand for remote inspection of offshore assets and equipment since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. | |
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Sustainable technology on the backburner, but not forgotten | |
The Naval Architect: June 2020 An uptake of green solutions in the post-pandemic period is vital and antifouling products will be a key player, believes Philip Chaabane, CEO of global bio-tech company, I-Tech | |
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Robotic technology aims to revolutionise hull maintenance | |
The Naval Architect: June 2020 Jotun has launched its Hull Skating Solutions (HSS), which it claims will proactively remove fouling from a ship’s hull before it affects performance and becomes a biosecurity problem | |
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Norwegian shipping's green ambition | |
Naval Architect: June 2020 Five years after it first launched, the Green Shipping Programme continues to develop innovative shortsea pilot projects and advance Norway’s goal of establishing itself as the world’s most eco-friendly shipping nation | |
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'WindWings' set to Amplify reduction in fuel consumption and emissions | |
The Naval Architect: June 2020 Technology and expertise used during the development of racing yachts is being applied to a wind propulsion system that has attracted the interest of a leading shipowner | |
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Optimarin launches 'industry first' ballast water treatment system leasing | |
The Naval Architect: June 2020 The Norwegian company hopes its latest commercial innovation consolidates its position as one of the leading manufacturers of UV ballast water treatment | |
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Low-drag hullform could give USV an edge | |
Warship Technology: May 2020 A newly-developed unmanned surface vessel intended for a range of military and commercial applications has a centre hull and a pair of sponsons to either side of it and is based on a hullform UK-based BMT has studied over many years. | |
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Modified anchor-handling tug/supply vessel in build to meet US Navy requirement | |
Warship Technology: May 2020 In early April 2020, Gulf Island Fabrication received notification of an award for the construction of two additional towing, salvage and rescue ships (T-ATS) for the US Navy. | |
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US Navy's Unmanned Influence Sweep System cleared for low rate production | |
Warship Technology: May 2020 The UISS is the US Navy’s first unmanned surface vehicle (USV) programme of record. It provides unmanned mine counter measure and capabilities using interchangeable payloads and advanced sensors. | |
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US Navy begins effort to improve Littoral Combat Ship lethality and survivability | |
Warship Technology: May 2020 The US Navy is investing in a major programme of upgrades for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) as it looks to increase the organic firepower and survivability of the fleet. At the same time, it is promoting a greater degree of in-service commonality between the respective Freedom and Independence variants. | |
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Going the distance | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews May/June 2020 So, how do you maintain CTV operations when a global pandemic forces countries into lockdown, plunges the economy into freefall and introduces the unprecedented practice of ‘social distancing’? | |
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One-stop ship | |
Ship & Boat International: eNews May/June 2020 A new research vessel bound for Greenland is intended to conduct a wider range of survey work than before, obviating the need to charter additional vessels. | |
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