Category: Shipbuilding

Autonomous car ferry!

Autonomous car ferry!

Gepostet von | 24 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

Mitsubishi unveils successful test Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced that it has conducted the first test of an autonomously navigating large car ferry. The demonstration of the project took place this week off the coast of Shinmoji in Kitakyushu City, Japan, in support of MEGURI 2040, a project sponsored by the Nippon Foundation to develop fully autonomous vessels. According to MHI, the test demonstrated the world's first fully autonomous navigation system on board a 222-metre-long ferry with autonomous docking and casting off, turning manoeuvres and speeds of up to 26 knots. The other new...

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Shipping company UECC celebrates the launch of its third LNG battery hybrid newbuild

Shipping company UECC celebrates the launch of its third LNG battery hybrid newbuild

Gepostet von | 7 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

The three ships were built by the Norwegians (United European Car Carriers, UECC) in quick succession at the Jiangnan shipyard in China. The launching of construction number H 2665 took place on 28 December, just seven months after the keel was laid and follows the recent final delivery of the first newbuilding, named AUTO ADVANCE, the second and third of which are to be delivered in the first half of this year. UECC is thus honouring its promise to develop a low-emission fleet in order to become an environmentally friendly short sea shipping company in Europe with these vessels. This programme is entirely selfless on the part of the shipping company, which already...

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Glasgow - Climate protection and shipbuilding

Glasgow - Climate protection and shipbuilding

Gepostet von | 22. dec 2021 | , , , | 0

If you're going to sit together, you might as well kill two birds with one stone! The die-hard and flawless climate protector is likely to be annoyed by this announcement on the sidelines of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow at the beginning of November. at the beginning of November: Following a bilateral meeting with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Bangladesh's Foreign Minister Abdul Momen announced at a virtual press conference that the state on the Ganges Delta would be buying five British-built ships over the next few years in order to rejuvenate its own fleet (Forces Goal 2030). Three of these are to be built in the UK and the remaining two in Bangladesh. These...

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Rolls-Royce extends TBO intervals for mtu engines

Rolls-Royce extends TBO intervals for mtu engines

Gepostet von | 6 Dec 2021 | , , , | 0

From a Rolls-Royce press release At the International Workboat Show in New Orleans at the beginning of December, Rolls-Royce presented the latest generation of mtu Series 4000 propulsion engines. Depending on the load, these engines can be operated for up to 96,000 hours before they are due for their first major overhaul. They therefore make an important contribution to conserving resources and reducing life cycle costs. Significance for shipping For commercial shipping, the extended engine running times introduced by Rolls-Royce between overhauls (Time Between Overhaul, TBO) mean that, depending on the duration and intensity of use, they can run for up to 25 years before they have to be overhauled. The...

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