Kawasaki Heavy Industries, in collaboration with Mitsui E&S, have been granted Approval in Principle (AiP) from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) for an LPG/ammonia carrier that can use liquid ammonia as the ship’s fuel. Ammonia is a green fuel that emits zero CO2...
Ship designer Ulstein Design & Solutions is introducing a safer, smarter and more competitive solution for transporting, upending and installing increasingly-large monopiles for the offshore wind industry on Dynamic Positioning (DP). The patent-pending U-Stern...
Singapore-headquartered Cyan Renewables has contracted Ulstein Design & Solutions as the designer of a series of new floating foundation installation vessels (FFIV) dedicated to offshore wind. With an increasing lack of heavy lift installation vessels, these new...
Western Australian shipyard Austal’s new artificial intelligence (AI) toolset, DeepMorpher, is helping the company’s designers explore broader design spaces whilst significantly reducing resource requirements for complex hull optimisation routines. The company says...
Deltamarin and GTT have received Approval in Principle (AiP) from the classification society ClassNK for a joint 12,500 m3 LNG dual fuel VLCC design. Deltamarin, GTT and ClassNK have been collaborating on the development of an LNG-fuelled energy-efficient Very Large...
The Belov Engenharia Shipyard, located in Salvador, Brazil, has delivered the first Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) designed RApide 2000-E pushboat – 'HB Poraque'. This is the first of two innovative battery/diesel electric vessels for Hidrovias do Brasil, a South American...
Danish naval architecture practice Knud E Hansen has produced a design for a CO2 tanker for use in carbon capture and storage applications. According to the Paris Agreement CO2 emissions are to be reduced as to limit the global warming to well below 2°C, preferably...
Swedish group Gotlandsbolaget and the Australian shipyard Austal have signed a letter of intent to enter into an agreement for the design of a new catamaran ferry, to be known as ‘Gotland Horizon X’, a fast catamaran that will be able to run on hydrogen. Austal and...
The German Meyer Group, which says it is currently building new vessels that set new standards in cruise design and technology, has come up with a concept idea of what a cruise vessel could look like in the year 2100. Meyer has started construction of its first green...
Kongsberg Maritime (KM) has been contracted to provide design, engineering and equipment for three MGO/biofuel and methanol-ready 15,000 dwt tanker ships being built for Danish tanker operator Tärntank, which will feature wind assist technology plus Tärntank’s own...
Italian ferry operator Liberty Lines has expanded its order of 38m hybrid monohull passenger ferries from Incat Crowther with three additional vessels added to the original order of nine. Each of the 12 new vessels will offer a flexible hybrid drivetrain and will have...
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Kongsberg Maritime (KM) have agreed to enter into a Joint Development Project Agreement (JDA) to develop a design a for next-generation 174,000 dwt LNG Carrier with advanced digital technology, aiming to improve safety and efficiency...
Bureau Veritas (BV) has issued an Approval in Principle (AIP) to Viridis Bulk Carriers, for a new initiative in zero carbon short sea bulk logistics by utilising ammonia as fuel. The Viridis vessels, which are designed to support charterers' cargo capacity needs, have...
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