Category: Shipbuilding

Naval fuel supply vessel class 707: Construction begins on second tanker

Naval fuel supply vessel class 707: Construction begins on second tanker

Gepostet von | 29 Feb 2024 | , , , | 1

From a press release by the NVL Group The second naval supply vessel (MBV 707) for the German Navy was launched at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg on 29 February 2024 in the presence of naval representatives and project participants. The new military supply vessels will replace the existing RHÖN-class units in the future with the sister ship that was laid down in the middle of last year. Both naval tankers are being built under the leadership of the NVL Group in cooperation with the Meyer Group in Rostock. "With the cutting of the first steel plate, we are starting the shipbuilding realisation of the second ship today as planned," said NVL project manager Beate Debold on the sidelines of the...

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Netherlands: Maintenance contract for three support vessels

Netherlands: Maintenance contract for three support vessels

Gepostet von | 17 Feb 2024 | , , , | 0

The Department of Material Maintenance (DMI) of the Dutch Ministry of Defence has signed a five-year contract with the Kinderdijk-based shipyard group Royal IHC in September 2023 to carry out dock-related maintenance work on the two hydrographic survey vessels HNLMS "Snellius" (A802) and HNLMS "Luymes" (A803) and the submarine support and torpedo work vessel HNLMS "Mercuur" (A900). Royal IHC is responsible for the project management, while the docking work will be carried out in cooperation with the Neptune Marine shipyard in neighbouring Hardinxveld-Giessendam. The contract covers a total of five docking periods, twice each for the twenty-year-old survey vessels (81 metres) and once for the torpedo workboat (1987, 64 metres) with...

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Netherlands: Hull Vane trialled at HNLMS GRONINGEN

Netherlands: Hull Vane trialled at HNLMS GRONINGEN

Gepostet von | 14 Feb 2024 | , , , | 0

We have already reported twice here on the innovation of the small company Hull Vane BV, based in Wageningen in the Netherlands. In May 2023, the Hvide Sande shipyard on the west coast of Denmark handed over the first offshore patrol vessel (OPV) to the Danish Fisheries Agency. It was delivered with azimuth propulsion nacelles and in combination with a guide plate from Hull Vane under the stern. Denmark: Hull Vane for OPV NORDSØEN We already reported on the development and function of a Hull Vane, intended for a 108-metre-long and 3,800-tonne "Holland" class offshore patrol vessel (OPV), in February 2023. Netherlands: Hull Vane for the...

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Abeking & Rasmussen build a special ship together with Fassmer

Abeking & Rasmussen build a special ship together with Fassmer

Gepostet von | 21 Dec 2023 | , | 0

On 14 December, the keel was laid for the first joint project of ABEKING & RASMUSSEN and FASSMER, a 105m hydrographic vessel.
Having recently successfully delivered two minehunting boats to the Indonesian navy, A&R was also awarded the
new construction of the hydrographic vessel. As the ship concept is based on a tried-and-tested design by FASSMER, the project was realised in the best possible way right from the start.
worked on together.

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Hamburg: Hapag-Lloyd plans sailing container ships

Hamburg: Hapag-Lloyd plans sailing container ships

Gepostet von | 18 Dec 2023 | , , , | 0

The Hamburg-based shipping company Hapag-Lloyd says it is working on plans for cargo ships with sail propulsion. Specifically, this involves container ships with a length of around 260 metres and a capacity of 4,500 containers. A total of eight masts will be distributed between the container stacks, four on the port side and four on the starboard side. The sails will be pulled out of the mast like a roller blind (furling main) and set automatically from the deck. This means that a ship planned in this way will have more sail area than the German Navy's training ship, the "Gorch Fock". In addition, an engine will be installed that can run on green methanol (e-fuel). In the coming months...

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