Category: Shipbuilding

Polish frigate programme takes shape

Polish frigate programme takes shape

Gepostet von | 17 Aug 2023 | , , | 0

The steel for the first of three planned "Miecznik" class frigates for the Polish Navy was cut in Gdansk on 16 August 2023. The ships are being built by a consortium with Remontowa Shipbuilding SA based on the "Arrowhead 140" design by Babcock International. Babcock, Thales UK and MBDA UK are the strategic project partners. Originally, access was marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Password Remember meLost your password? Don't have access yet? Click here for the marineforum digital+ subscription: Access to all articles from the marineforum magazine...

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Anschütz: Autonomous "Wavelab" on the fjord

Anschütz: Autonomous "Wavelab" on the fjord

Gepostet von | 16 Aug 2023 | , , , , | 0

Anschütz has set up a remote control system for ships in its new control centre and successfully monitored and demonstrated the control of the motor vessel (MV) "Wavelab" in real time in the maritime test field on Kiel's inner fjord. Anschütz writes that the MS "Wavelab" is a research platform for autonomous and semi-autonomous navigation of the Clean Autonomous Public Transportation Network (CAPTN) initiative in Kiel. Access control The control centre is used to access sensors and navigation systems on board and to remotely control the ship's steering and propulsion. For this purpose, a complete digital twin was set up in the control centre and supplied with all the data collected by the existing and experimental sensors and systems on board.

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Electric vehicles: underestimated fire risk at sea?

Electric vehicles: underestimated fire risk at sea?

Gepostet von | 15 Aug 2023 | , , , , | 0

Motor vehicles are shipped across the world by sea to their eagerly awaiting customers. However, the fire on the "Fremantle Highway" now clearly shows that shipping companies and ship owners are inadequately prepared for the current battery technology - especially for electric cars - and are unable to manage the risk of fires that are difficult to control. Cause of fire The difficulty of bringing a battery fire under control was brought into the spotlight by the wrecked car transporter off the Dutch coast. The Dutch coastguard announced access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Password Remember meLost your password? You do not yet have a...

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Watch out shipspotters! Shell construction on the Weser

Watch out shipspotters! Shell construction on the Weser

Gepostet von | 12 Aug 2023 | , , , , | 0

The multi-purpose ship shell on its way from Klaipėda to the ABEKING & RASMUSSEN shipyard On Thursday morning (9 August 2023), the hull of the first, almost 105-metre-long new multi-purpose ship for the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV) set sail from Klaipėda (Lithuania) as a tug and tow. The Kasko cannot yet sail under its own power - ABEKING & RASMUSSEN Schiffs- und Yachtwerft SE (A&R) in Lemwerder on the Weser in Lower Saxony is building the shell until it is ready for commissioning. Over the next few days, the newbuilding with shipyard construction number 6510 will be towed to Lemwerder via the Baltic Sea, the Kiel Canal, the Elbe and the Weser. In the Europe-wide competition...

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Modern hunters for Indonesia

Modern hunters for Indonesia

Gepostet von | 7 Aug 2023 | , , , | 0

Abeking & Rasmussen delivers after just three years In 2020, the Indonesian Navy signed a contract for the construction of two minehunting vessels. The three units have now been delivered on time. The "KRI Pulau Fani - 731" and the "KRI Pulau Fanildo - 732" (construction numbers 6508 and 6509) are currently being shipped home on the dock ship "Combi Dock I" from Reedereit Harren und Partner. A & R employees will accompany the commissioning at the Indonesian Navy. When the minehunters were undergoing trials in the Baltic Sea, the Kieler Nachrichten cheered with the headline "the most modern minehunters in the world"....

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