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Innovative heavy-lift newbuildings for SAL-Jumbo Alliance

Innovative heavy-lift newbuildings for SAL-Jumbo Alliance

Gepostet von | 22 Dec 2022 | , , , , | 0

The Hamburg-based shipping company SAL Heavy Lift and its Dutch partner Jumbo Shipping have ordered four heavy-lift vessels of the new "Orca" class from the Chinese Wuhu shipyard and have secured an option to build two more units. The design of this new innovative ship class was developed by SAL Heavy Lift in close co-operation with the Shipbuilding Department of the Hamburg-Harburg University of Technology. The 149.9 metre long and 27.2 metre wide ships with a high ice class have a load capacity of 14,600 tdw. With their two all-electric 800-tonne cranes, they are designed for transporting particularly heavy and bulky cargo, which can also be lifted with the cranes open if required.

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Will superyachts become environmentally friendly?

Will superyachts become environmentally friendly?

Gepostet von | 21 Dec 2022 | , , , | 0

The fact that yacht owners are not only the hunted, as Russia's oligarchs recently had to experience, but are also exposed to criticism of their use of resources despite all the admiration for the floating luxury palaces, has brought the industry onto the scene. As a result, the global shipbuilder Lürssen and its supplier Rolls-Royce have campaigned in favour of methanol as a climate-friendly fuel for yachts. Joint development projects are already underway, including the propulsion of a Lürssen yacht with methanol engines from MTU, a Rolls-Royce subsidiary. The two companies made the announcement during the Monaco Yacht Show in September. The Monaco Yacht Show is the world's...

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The glorious eighteen

The glorious eighteen

Gepostet von | 19 Dec 2022 | , , , | 0

Ferdinand Magellan never wanted to circumnavigate the globe and never did. The voyage he began was completed 500 years ago by the Spaniard Juan Sebastián Elcano. Thanks to Providence, we reached the bay of San Lucar, and of the sixty men who made up the crew when we left the Moluccas, we were only eighteen, and most of them were ill." This is how Antonio Pigafetta, the chronicler of the first circumnavigation 500 years ago, described the arrival of the VICTORIA in the port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda on 6 September 1522, right where the Guadalquivir flows into the Atlantic Ocean....

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The Lübeck spirit

The Lübeck spirit

Gepostet von | 16 Dec 2022 | , , , , | 0

Once again, the crew of the frigate Lübeck gave their all for their ship. But the final end is approaching. After 32 years, the Lübeck will soon be decommissioned. She is the last ship of the 122 class, and this also marks the end of an era for the German Navy. Even if all ships of a class look (almost) the same on the outside, each has its own character. As they say in the Royal Navy: same but different. But what characterises the "Lucky Lübeck" and her crew? Particularly since the frigate Augsburg was decommissioned in 2019, the...

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"Powerhouse" for ship recycling

"Powerhouse" for ship recycling

Gepostet von | 15 Dec 2022 | , , , , | 0

German Naval Yards in Kiel and the Cuxhaven-based start-up Leviathan have signed a letter of intent to establish a "powerhouse" for environmentally friendly ship recycling. The aim is to join forces in order to become the "engine of green ship recycling in Europe." The pioneering technology developed by Leviathan can now be offered to shipping companies for the demolition of ships in the large dock of the Kiel shipyard, supported by the existing infrastructure and the excellent labour force of the naval shipyard. The use of cold water technology will make the world's first sustainable and virtually emission-free ship recycling possible. The functioning of the concept was recently honoured with a...

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