Ships & Boats
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AqualisBraemar LOC Group to acquire ship design experts OSD-IMT
The energy and marine consultancy AqualisBraemar LOC Group (ABL Group) has entered into an agreement to acquire the UK operations of ship design and marine consultancy company OSD-IMT from Damen Shipyards Group. OSD-IMT is a specialist consultancy in ship design for new build, refit, and conversion projects. The company operates…
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Damen Shipyards Cape Town lays keel for third South African Navy Vessel MMIPV
The MMIPV vessels will augment South Africa’s maritime security by enhancing the country’s capability to respond effectively, rapidly and cost-effectively to threats such as illegal trafficking and fishing. The keel-laying ceremony is a maritime tradition that dates back to the time of wooden ships and is said to bring luck…
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SCHOTTEL EcoPeller for the hybrid ferry Altera
The latest addition to the FinFerries fleet, the Altera ferry, is equipped with highly efficient azimuth drives from SCHOTTEL. The electrically powered hybrid ferry is scheduled to go into operation in 2023 and is currently still being built at the Polish shipyard Crist. Altera is to be operated exclusively with…
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Wärtsilä to supply scrubbers for Grimaldi-owned Trasmed GLE S.L.
Wärtsilä Exhaust Treatment will install its open-loop exhaust gas abatement technology on two roll-on/roll-off passenger ferries owned by Spanish company Trasmed GLE S.L., which is part of the multinational logistics company Grimaldi Group. Trasmed GLE S.L. has selected four of Wärtsilä’s I-SOx open loop scrubbers with exhaust de-plume systems for…
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Havyard Leirvik delivers the last wellboat in the same series on schedule
The vessel Åsværfjord, which is the sixth ship in the Havtrans series, is leaving Havyard Leirvik to go into service for Frøy. Managing director of the yard, Tor Leif Mongstad, says they must have broken the world record for start-up on these kinds of ships. I do not think there…
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Irish Ferries to double frequency on Dover Calais route with second ship
Irish Ferries is pleased to announce the addition of the ro-ro cruise ferry ISLE OF INNISFREE to its Dover to Calais route. The ship is expected to enter service in the first week of December 2021. ISLE OF INNISFREE was built in 1992 by the Boelwerf shipyard in Belgium and…
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RINA, Fratelli Cosulich Bunkers Singapore and SeaTech Solutions to develop an ammonia bunker tanker design
Fratelli Cosulich Bunkers Singapore, RINA, and SeaTech Solutions have signed a Joint Development Project (JDP) agreement to develop an ammonia bunker tanker design. Within the Agreement, SeaTech will focus on the ship concept development and design while RINA will verify the compliance with the applicable rules, particularly those related to…
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Jackson Offshore Operators adds another PSV to fleet
Jackson Offshore Operators LLC is growing its platform supply vessel (PSV) fleet with the acquisition of the M/V Storm. Once it has completed regulatory requirements, the vessel will commence a five-year contract with Shell in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Built-in 2015, the DP Class 2, M/V Storm is an…
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DNV and Atlas Corp. establish a JCS in Shanghai
Classification society DNV and Atlas Corp.’s (“Atlas”) shipping arm, Seaspan Corporation (“Seaspan”), the world’s largest independent containership owner and operator, have set up a Joint Atlas-Seaspan and DNV Collaboration Space (“JCS”) in Shanghai, bringing the two parties’ multifaceted partnership to new heights. The grand opening ceremony of the JCS was…
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Finnlines increases capacity between Finland and Sweden in January 2022
To continue improving the service and meet the growing demand of the industry, Finnlines will introduce a capacity increase of 1.200 lane metres in the traffic Kapellskär–Långnäs–Naantali starting 27 January 2022, when MS Europalink replaces MS Finnfellow. After the swap, there will be two Star class vessels on the route,…
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