STX Heavy Industries of Korea has held a celebration ceremony for successful domestic development of hybrid engine (DF engine) for onshore and offshore uses to be installed on LNG carrier at its Changwon yard in South Gyeongsang Province on April 15. The newly developed STX-MDT 51/60DF engines are designed to run on both gas and [...]
Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd. – Philippines (HHIC-Phil Inc.) has reached yet another milestone when it held the simultaneous unveiling of two newly-built bulk carriers in its modern 30-hectare shipyard in Redondo Peninsula on Tuesday, April 16th. The vessels, named after famous explorers Christopher Columbus and Abel Tasman, were the seventh and eighth [...]
BMO Software, a Rotterdam-based supplier of software solutions to the offshore and wind industry, launched an integrated vessel movement monitoring system called Vessel Black Box. Vessel Black Box is a flexible, integrated and robust vessel movement monitoring system for Crew Transfer Vessels and is based on the design philosophy ‘simple installation, easy maintenance and always [...]
Eco Marine Power Co. Ltd. (EMP) released today further details of its modified version of the Aquarius MRE System for use on naval and coast guard ships. This modified system will use EMP’s patent pending EnergySail technology to form an array of devices able to harness renewable energy on these types of ships. The unique [...]
Marine propulsion research & development company, Contrapel Ltd has released details of its new propulsion system for boats – the system set to make future boats more economical, manoeuvrable, safer, stronger and better for the environment. The high-speed propeller was invented over 170 years ago and has dominated the propulsion market ever since. Despite 60 [...]
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has launched a new, highly efficient Aframax tanker design that offers solutions for current and forthcoming emissions legislation. Wärtsilä Ship Design has developed a double hull, single screw crude oil tanker featuring a CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) optimised hull to provide less resistance with higher propulsion [...]
From September 4 through September 7, 2012, MAN Diesel & Turbo will be unveiling technical innovations aimed at reducing the emissions and improving the efficiency of marine engines at SMM (shipbuilding, machinery and marine technology) in Hamburg, the world’s most important shipping trade fair. The highlight of the trade fair booth is the large dual-fuel [...]
The competitive advantage of the Greenline Ferry lies in its ‘Leap to Zero’ performance. Till now no other design for an Excursion Ferry has succeeded in assembling the available technology that can deliver a 50 to 100% reduction in fuel consumption, a savings that more than pays for the construction of the Greenline Ferry over [...]
Damen Marine Components (DMC) has developed a pioneering nozzle production method bases on a single weld seam on the inner side of the nozzle. This makes the process much more efficient and environmentally friendly. The new Nozzle Spinning Machine can deliver nozzles up to 4.5 m at short notice. Based in Hardinxveld in the Netherlands [...]
ShipConstructor Software Inc. (SSI) has released a new version of its AutoCAD based CAD/CAM software. ShipConstructor 2012 R2 sets a new standard for 3D modeling efficiency and the rapid creation of clear production documentation. The latest version of the software also contains multiple enhancements to speed up the process of labeling production drawings. ShipConstructor 2012 [...]
