The Austal shipyard in Vietnam has ordered four 16V175D-MM engines, delivering 2,720 kW at 1,800 rpm for water-jet propulsion, in connection with the building of a high-speed catamaran ferry for customer, the Degage Group. The 66m 574-passenger ferry is scheduled…
Damen Shipyards delivered a complete equipment package for the multipurpose vessel ENDAM. Owned by the Korean Marine Environment Management Corporation (KOEM), the newbuild combines emergency oil spill recovery activities with maintenance dredging tasks. With a 4,100 m3 hopper hold, the…
On 9 September 2022 Havila Castor sailed into the Hjørundfjord for the first time, entirely emission free. “The Hjørundfjord is one of two wonders. True enough, Geirangerfjord is on the world heritage list and has several waterfalls and other details…
As well as being a busy ferry port, Belfast is the main point of entry for much of Northern Ireland’s trade and is the country’s principal maritime gateway, handling around 70 per cent of the country’s sea-borne trade each year.…
Deltamarin has signed a contract with the Estonian Transport Administration to develop a new concept for a ferry travelling between the big islands and the mainland. “During the tender, we saw great interest in cooperation from leading experienced design agencies…
Sparky, Damen’s first, all-electric, 70 tonnes bollard pull harbour tug that in July was delivered to New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland (POAL), has been shortlisted for the Tug of the Year Award. This will be awarded at the 26th International…
The technology group Wärtsilä will supply its advanced thruster solution for a new hybrid tug being built to operate in the port of Xiamen in China. The Wärtsilä thrusters selected have been especially designed for electric propulsion, and support the…
The river Seine is a 482-mile long river which rises at Source-Seine, and then flows through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre. It is navigable by ocean-going vessels between Le Havre and Rouen, 75 miles from the…
The technology group Wärtsilä and logistics provider CLdN have jointly developed an innovative hybrid design for two new RoRo vessels. The propulsion arrangement is such that the ships can operate as gas/diesel-mechanical vessel now, or in the future as gas/diesel-electric…
In a first of its kind for Korea, Korean Register (KR) has awarded design approval for Hyundai Heavy Industry (HHI)’s latest rotor sail technology ‘Hi-Rotor’. With this wind-assisted propulsion system installed onboard, ships can reduce their fuel consumption and carbon…
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