Month: April 2022

EU Windships Project Sea Trial Results to be Unveiled at ‘Wind Technologies for Cleaner Shipping’ Event

An EU-Interreg North Sea Region project ‘WASP: Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion’ event will gather industry stakeholders to disclose brand-new sea trial results from multiple vessels with installed wind propulsion technologies and host lively discussions on how wind technologies should be promoted. As part of the WASP Project (co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund), several …

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DEME Offshore’s flexible and integrated solution ensures solid progress at Kaskasi offshore wind farm

DEME Offshore is making strong progress at RWE’s Kaskasi offshore wind farm, with 22 monopiles already installed. A substantial part of the scope is in DEME’s hands, including the majority of the 39 monopiles and all the transition pieces, turbines and inter-array cables. Works started with the successful installation of the substation foundation, followed by …

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Cruise industry working group seeks to adopt Seahaven, the worlds largest inflatable lifeboat

Global Survival Technology pioneer Survitec is teaming up with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NCLH), Independent Maritime Advisors Ltd, and a major shipbuilder to deliver a cruise ship design incorporating Survitec’s Seahaven, the world’s largest inflatable lifeboat. The companies established the industry working group with a view to installing Seahaven, the award-winning advanced evacuation system …

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Ship design concept form Ulstein can solve the zero-emission challenge

Ulstein has launched a vessel concept capable of making the vision of zero emission cruise operations a reality. Named ULSTEIN THOR, the 149m 3R (Replenishment, Research and Rescue) design will feature a Thorium Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) to generate vast amounts of clean, safe electricity. This enables the vessel to operate as a mobile power/charging …

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Swire Shipping launches market-fastest, 18-day port-to-port service with new Ho Chi Minh City-Seattle route

Swire Shipping Pte Ltd, a leading operator of liner shipping services in the Asia-Pacific and around the globe, today announced it has launched the market’s fastest port-to-port service with a transit time of between 16 and 18 days for voyages between Ho Chi Minh city in Vietnam to Seattle in Washington. Launched exclusively in partnership …

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C-Innovation Brings Remote Survey Operations to Gulf of Mexico

C-Innovation, LLC (C-I), an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) and its family of companies, has announced that C-Survey (C-S), an internal division of C-I, has brought its remote survey operations to the Gulf of Mexico for the first time. C-I is one of the first companies in the world to harness new and innovative …

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Wärtsilä and Carnival Corporation join forces in fleet decarbonisation programme

The technology group Wärtsilä is to deliver its new Decarbonisation Modelling Service to Carnival Corporation as the cruise group aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across its fleet. Initially tasked with establishing an optimal decarbonisation path for the cruise ship ‘Regal Princess’, the project will expand to model solutions which could be applied to the …

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Marnavi in operation with new SMST gangway system

Recently, SMST has mobilized their rental gangway with newly developed height adjustment system on board Multi-Purpose Supply vessel (MPSV) Ievoli Amber of Marnavi Spa. The Italian shipping company is the first to use the gangway with height adjustment system that enables safe and efficient transfer of people and cargo in offshore wind parks with large …

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Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Completes Conceptual Study for Ammonia/LCO2 Carrier

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group based in Yokohama, has completed a conceptual study for the design of an “Ammonia/Liquefied CO2 Carrier” capable of transporting both ammonia and liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2). The extensive study conducted with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. provides the basis for a type of vessel with potential …

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