Category: Shipbuilding

Almost done: last F 125 handed over to the Bundeswehr

Almost done: last F 125 handed over to the Bundeswehr

Gepostet von | 28 Jan 2022 | , , , | 1

On 28 January, the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) took delivery of the frigate "Rheinland-Pfalz" (F 225) from ARGE F125 (Arbeitsgemeinschaft F125), which is made up of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) from Kiel as the lead company and the Naval Vessels Lürssen (NVL) Group. It will be some time before the ship is commissioned by the navy. In the case of the type ship "Baden-Württemberg", it was seven weeks before the "complete requirements for the operability of the ship", as it is called in official German, were met. The systems and equipment on board the "Rheinland-Pfalz" are tested during the sea trials. This includes safety inspections (for example...

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mtu Rolls Royce for the F 126

mtu Rolls Royce for the F 126

Gepostet von | 25 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

Rolls-Royce to supply the mtu NautIQ Master automation system for the F126 frigates The mtu NautIQ Master ship automation system and the mtu NautIQ Foresight equipment health management system form the automation ship technology management system for the Class 126 frigates. The delivery consists of the ship automation (IPMS) and condition monitoring system (CMS) components. Rolls-Royce is supplying its mtu NautIQ Master and mtu NautIQ Foresight solutions for this purpose. The corresponding contract with the main contractor Damen Naval was signed on 21 January 2022. This contract also includes the fire alarm system, personal detection and CCTV systems. This "High-Tech Made in Germany" - according to the press release - is unique worldwide....

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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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