Australian ferry builder Incat Tasmania’s world first high speed dual-fuel vehicle and passenger ferry is now officially fast with a lightship speed of 58.1 knots – (107.6 kilometres an hour) and a thrill for the designers of the 99 metre high speed vessel Francisco (Incat hull 069). This is certainly the fastest ship in the [...]
In a recent case study, it was shown that a shipyard successfully increased its production by over 25% using Vidisco’s portable digital radiography systems. There are several factors that can be attributed to the increase in productivity. Vidisco’s X-ray systems have high quality imagers that are extra sensitive; thus they can produce incredible X-ray images [...]
Several dredging components like dredge ball joints and dredge turning glands are delivered to a dredging company in Bahrain for an urgent land reclamation project, announced Dredge Yard. Bahrain is located in the heart of Arabian Gulf with both geographical access and has become famous of undergoing massive dredging and land reclamation projects. Dredge Yard [...]
DSME, Maersk Line Christen First Triple-E, South Korea Maersk Line’s newest vessel, the first of the Triple-E series, was named today in a ceremony at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in Okpo, South Korea. It bears the name of the late Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller… SHI Builds World’s Largest FPSO After receiving its [...]
Nakilat Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qatar Gas Transport Company Ltd. (Nakilat), has successfully arranged refinancing amounting to $917m with Qatar National Bank SAQ (QNB). Nakilat Inc. established its Program Financing structure to fund the construction of a fleet of 25 LNG vessels, each of which is subject to a 25-year time charter. These [...]
Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), has appointed Dr. Khaled Almazroui as CEO. Dr Almazroui, previously General Manager of Fujairah International Airport, brings extensive expertise in driving strategic business growth, and will be working with the existing management team to drive further success across naval and commercial shipbuilding in the UAE. Commenting upon the appointment, Homaid [...]
Topaz Marine Engineering, a leading Engineering, Shipbuilding and ship repair services firm for the offshore support vessel industry, has confirmed the delivery of one Fast Ferry Catamaran Boat to the Government of Sharjah’s Royal Court (AI Diwan AI Amiri), Abu Dhabi, UAE. Ferry boats demand is increasing across the Gulf countries and Topaz is responding to [...]
Drydocks World and Maritime World yesterday announced that Chairman H.E. Khamis Juma Buamim held discussions with DNV Group Chief Executive Officer, Henrik O. Madsen at DNV headquarter in Oslo, Norway. The discussions revolved around next-generation shipping, DNV’s expansion in Dubai and the region, new business platforms in Africa, emerging issues and avenues of possible co-operation [...]
Bourbon Docking, a new affiliate of BOURBON established in Dubai in January 2012, has achieved very promising results looking back on the first year and a half of operation. Bourbon Docking is in charge of planned vessel maintenance management for all of the Group’s affiliates. The fleet’s technical availability increased, an achievement based on standardized [...]
DNV and WWF have announced ideas on how to develop a research concept vessel that can address the seemingly intractable problems associated with cleaning up the plastic debris that is accumulating in the world’s ocean gyres. The pathways and degradation processes of plastic in the ocean are still largely unknown, and to enable efficient clean-up [...]
