VIDEO: Stena Estrid arrives in Holyhead
Stena Estrid, the first of a new generation of Stena Lina E-flexer RoPax vessels has arrived in Holyhead, Wales, following its delivery voyage from the China Merchants Jinling Shipbuilding Weihai Shipyard in
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Project aims to ease path to wind-assisted ship propulsion
ABS and Netherlands based research institute MARIN have launched a Joint Industry Project (JIP) to investigate transparent and validated methods to assess the performance of wind-assisted shipping propulsion technologies. The JIP covers
VIDEO: Pre-swirl stator for CPP-equipped ships promises big fuel savings
Energy saving devices called pre-flow stators have already been shown to provide significant fuel savings in ships with fixed pitch propellers (FPP) by optimizing the flow of water into the propeller (see
Design advances for new reel-lay vessel for Subsea 7
FEBRUARY 6, 2018 — Dutch shipbuilder Royal IHC reports that it has reached the first significant milestone in the design and build process of a 149m x 33m integrated reel-lay vessel for