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EXMAR Offshore Company Awarded Hull Design, Engineering Contract For Kaskida
EXMAR NV’s subsidiary, EXMAR Offshore Company (EOC), has been awarded a contract to design and engineer the hull for the new floating production facility for bp’s Kaskida development in the US Gulf of Mexico. EXMAR’s use of its proprietary, …
Aug 20, 2024 / Curious
First High-Speed Hybrid Monohull Ferries In New Fleet Of Twelve Launched
The first of twelve new hybrid high-speed ferries designed by Incat Crowther for Italian ferry operator Liberty Lines have exceeded performance expectations during sea trials and will soon begin servicing Liberty Lines’ routes between Sicily and …
May 28, 2024 / Vessels
Finnlines adopts graphene-based hard foul release hull coating across its ro-ro and ro-pax fleets to reduce fuel consumption and emissions
Finnlines, in partnership with GIT Coatings, is accelerating its decarbonization efforts by adopting XGIT-FUEL, an innovative graphene-based hard foul release hull coating, across its ro-ro and ro-pax fleets. Starting with their first vessel in 2022, …
May 10, 2024 / Curious
Deltamarin And Bar Technologies Unveil A New Wind-Optimized Hull And Superstructure
Deltamarin and BAR Technologies introduce a new co-developed wind-optimized hull design. The partnership highlights Deltamarin and BAR Technologies’ ongoing dedication to decarbonization and forward-thinking innovation. The latest Aframax/LRII …
Feb 15, 2024 / Curious
Samskip initiates strategic expansion in Baltic Sea region launching new direct short-sea service between Finland, Latvia, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands
Early next month, Samskip will celebrate the maiden voyage of the Samskip-owned and operated weekly service connecting Rotterdam, Helsinki, Riga and Hull. This new service is a direct reflection of Samskip’s central strategic focus on customer …
Oct 27, 2023 / Curious
KOTUG Canada and GIT work together to help reduce underwater radiated noise in oceans
KOTUG Canada Inc.*, strongly committed to reducing impact from operations on the environment, has recently applied a revolutionary non-toxic noise reduction coatings to the hull of one of their vessels, the K.J. Gardner. KOTUG Canada has worked …
Feb 14, 2023 / Vessels
Klaveness Combination Carriers expands roll-out of semi-autonomous hull cleaning solution to further improve fuel efficiency and reduce environmental impact
Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC) will expand its roll-out of the semi-autonomous hull cleaning solution, Shipshave ITCH, with five additional robots to reduce hull fouling on its fleet. After a successful pilot of Shipshave’s solution onboard …
Feb 1, 2023 / Vessels
New container route connects Stockholm directly to Rotterdam and Hull
In November the shipping company SUN Line Shipping introduced a brand new Rotterdam ˗ Stockholm ˗ Hull container service route. This means that Stockholm Norvik Port now has two new destination connections, further strengthening the port’s status as …
Nov 15, 2022 / Vessels
MODEC awarded FEED contract for ExxonMobil’s “Uaru” project in Guyana
MODEC, Inc. (MODEC) announced on Tuesday (Nov 01) that it has signed a contract to perform Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) for the “Uaru” development project. The FEED contract …
Nov 1, 2022 / Curious
Fleet Cleaner demonstrates remote control of hull cleaning services
Thunderbird 3 named as latest vessel in growing fleet as remote operating control centre in Delft begins operations. As hull biofouling and its role in invasive species transfer and carbon emissions due to increased fuel use continue to attract the …
Oct 28, 2022 / Curious