Shipbuilding News
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Shipbuilding : Project to design and deploy new “Mosquito fleet”
A consortium of players in the blue economy have come together to launch a Joint Innovation Project to speed the design of a fast foil ferry, an innovation that promises a leap forward in zero-emissions, high-speed passenger ferry service. In this unique public-private partnership, three ports in Washington have joined…
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Shipyards : Video: Navantia Launches Saudi Arabia’s New Warship
Spanish state-owned shipbuilder Navantia on Wednesday launched the first of five Avante 2200 corvettes it’s building for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) for delivery through 2024. The five frigates were ordered in July 2018 for a cost of €1.8 billion ($2.1 billion), and first steel was cut for the series’ first…
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Shipyards : RAMSSES Project at DAMEN Location -VIDEO
On 18th July, the Realisation and Demonstration of Advanced Material Solutions for Sustainable and Efficient Ships (RAMSSES) project reached a key milestone. On that date, at Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding’s (DSNS) location in Vlissingen-East, the Netherlands, the project’s partners unveiled the recently assembled full scale composite ship’s hull section they have been developing…
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Ship Building : Hyundai Mipo has entered into a MoU with KMT and the Korean Register
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with compatriot shipper Korea Maritime Transport and the Korean Register to apply the ballast-free concept to 1,800 TEU container ships as a means of fighting marine pollution. Under the MoU, the parties will work on developing a…
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News: STARNAV Starnav Alpha -last of eight vessel Brazilian escort tug series
Brazilian port services provider Starnav Serviços Marítimos recently took delivery of Starnav Alpha, a new escort tug with a secondary firefighting capability. The vessel is the eighth and final unit in a series of escort tugs ordered by Starnav from affiliate shipyard Detroit Brasil under a BRL430 million (US$80 million)…
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Marek Grzybowski write to ” Blue Economy ” : HYDROMEGA—high pressure on quality and innovation
Over 30 years in the hydraulic industry on ships, in ports and on land. Many awards for innovation and high quality—this is the shortest overview about the Hydromega company. Partnership in maritime business and cooperation with research centers. Design, production and servicing of power hydraulics equipment and systems—this is the…
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MAREK GRZYBOWSKI write to ” Blue Economy ” Nauta – docks full of ships
Shipyard workers work in docks and halls at full productivity in Nauta, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020 shipyard workers from Gdynia focus on ship repairs and ship conversions. The yard has about 19.7 hectares of newly acquired area of former Stocznia Gdynia S.A. Nauta has one 380 – metre…
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MAREK GRZYBOWSKI write to ” Blue Economy”: CRIST Shipyard. Strong market position in Scandinavia and EU
The CRIST Shipyard from Gdynia finished last year with good results. Many unique products for maritime transport and fishing were built in the shipyard. Crist Shipyard offers its foreign contractors innovative ships. There are often unit products. CRIST has finished a partially equipped cable laying vessel NB 314 Nexans Aurora…
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Breaking News : U.S. Navy Sending Reservists To Shipyards Due to COVID-19 Delays
The U.S. Navy is mobilizing 1,629 reservists to support aircraft carrier and submarine maintenance at its four public shipyards starting in July. Being undertaken to reduce the maintenance backlog that has developed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Navy says it is the first time that these many reservists have…
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Shipbuilding : Leonardo Da Vinci,its first journey to Norway 2021
Prysmian Group’s new cable-laying vessel ‘Leonardo Da Vinci’ is finalizing preparations for being towed from Vard Marine’s shipyard in Tulcea, Romania, to Norway for final outfitting work Italy based world leading energy and telecom cable systems supplier Prysmian Group said, following the finalization of the hull, she will perform a…
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