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Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Knock Nevis -Largest Ship
Ship Design

Knock Nevis – The World’s Largest Supertanker

In the annals of maritime history, few names evoke as much awe and fascination as the Knock Nevis. Known by many names throughout her storied life—Seawise

July 18, 2023
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Saturday, January 7, 2023
Tesla Fan Filed Boat, Jet Trademark Without Company’s Knowledge
Ship Design

Tesla Fan Filed Boat, Jet Trademark Without Company’s Knowledge

(Bloomberg) –A self-described fan of Tesla Inc. said he was behind an application to extend the automaker’s trademark for use in boats and planes. The

January 7, 2023
Total Views: 7827

Saturday, April 9, 2022
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Blog

Container Feeder Barge: A solution for a grounding such as Ever Forward?

by Rish Madden – Ever Forward grounded on the Chesapeake Bay on March 13, 2022.  The current salvage plan includes removal of a large number of

April 9, 2022
Total Views: 27474

Saturday, March 12, 2022
Sanctioned Russians Spark Worries of Industry Crisis at Dubai Yacht Show
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Sanctioned Russians Spark Worries of Industry Crisis at Dubai Yacht Show

By Devon Pendleton, Lisa Fleisher and Kateryna Kadabashy (Bloomberg) –Superyachts, the ultimate symbol of excess, have long had a whiff of the

March 12, 2022
Total Views: 27418

Saturday, October 30, 2021
Hydrofoil Ferry Concept Design Aims To Increases The Speed And Range Of Electric Ferries
Ship Design

Hydrofoil Ferry Concept Design Aims To Increases The Speed And Range Of Electric Ferries

Boundary Layer Technologies, a California-based marine technology startup launched its fully electric hydrofoiling ferry concept design this week. ELECTRA

October 30, 2021
Total Views: 2698

Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Zero-Emission Ferries Successfully Completed
Ship Design

Zero-Emission Ferries Successfully Completed

ICE Marine Design has completed the construction and successful trials of two zero-emissions ferries; 72-metre Amherst Islander II and the 99-metre Wolfe

September 7, 2021
Total Views: 1225

Tuesday, August 31, 2021
First Autonomous Cargo Ship Faces Test With 236-Mile Voyage
Ship Design

First Autonomous Cargo Ship Faces Test With 236-Mile Voyage

By River Davis and Tsuyoshi Inajima (Bloomberg) — In just two decades from now, half of all domestic ships plying Japan’s coastal waters may be

August 31, 2021
Total Views: 2569

Friday, August 27, 2021
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Ship Design

Battery-Powered Speedboat Looking To Become The Tesla Of The Sea

Niclas Rolander (Bloomberg) Sweden’s Candela Speed Boat AB is challenging the conventional combustion-engine leisure-craft industry with a new

August 27, 2021
Total Views: 3680

Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Celebrity Edge Class Cruise Ship
Ship Design

Royal Caribbean Jettisons Balconies And Adopts RFID Tracking In New Celebrity Edge Class Design

by Nikki Ekstein (Bloomberg) Richard Fain, the chief executive officer of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., is willing to bet $5 billion that he can take

March 15, 2017
Total Views: 398

Wednesday, November 30, 2016
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Ship Design

Philly Shipyard Delivers Jones Act Tanker To Kinder Morgan

Philly Shipyard, Inc. (PSI) today delivered the American Endurance, the first of four next generation 50,000 dwt product tankers that it is building for

November 30, 2016
Total Views: 389

Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Maersk Signs $1.8B Deal With DSME
Ship Design

Maersk Signs $1.8B Deal With DSME

Maersk Line, a unit in shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk, said on Tuesday it had ordered 11 ultra-large container vessels from South Korea's Daewoo

June 3, 2015
Total Views: 251

Friday, May 15, 2015
Engineering News

Naval Architects: Make Sure You’re Covered…

After launching a brand new ro-ro ferry, the operator of the vessel noticed a number of issues including excess vibration, lack of maneuverability and stopping

May 15, 2015
Total Views: 538

Tuesday, May 5, 2015
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Engineering News

Ulstein Rolls Out Suezmax-Sized Drillship and Other New Concepts

Even amid a decimated offshore market, the prolific naval architects and marine engineers at Ulstein’s office in the Netherlands have been working

May 5, 2015
Total Views: 202

Friday, May 1, 2015
Bristol Harbor Group Digs into the Intricacies of Articulated Tug Barge Design
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Bristol Harbor Group Digs into the Intricacies of Articulated Tug Barge Design

U.S.-based naval architecture firm Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. (BHGI) has announced this week their engineers are currently completing the detail design phase

May 1, 2015
Total Views: 328

Monday, April 20, 2015
nolsoy ferry
News

Knud E. Hansen Design Chosen for New Danish RoPax Ferry

A RoPax ferry design by Danish naval architecture firm Knud E. Hansen has just been chosen by Denmark’s Strandfaraskip Landsins to replace the current

April 20, 2015
Total Views: 117

Tuesday, April 14, 2015
baltika aker arctic
News

Russia’s Oblique Icebreaker “Baltika” Tested in Arctic Ice

Baltika, the first ship ever built with an asymmetric hull form, demonstrated what she was designed to do while conducting full scale ice trials recently. The

April 14, 2015
Total Views: 426

Wednesday, April 8, 2015
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Engineering News

Webb Institute Announces New Academic Dean

Webb Institute, a tuition-free university that graduates students with double majors in naval architecture and marine engineering has announced today that

April 8, 2015
Total Views: 63

Friday, April 3, 2015
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News

New RAstar ASD Tugs Delivered to Tianjin Port

The last two tugs of a five-tug fleet upgrade program have just been delivered to Tianjin Port of China from CCCC Bomesc Marine Industry Co. Ltd. in Tianjin

April 3, 2015
Total Views: 146

Monday, March 16, 2015
tallink shuttle ferry
Engineering News

Tallink Group Chooses ABB and Wärtsilä to Power New Baltic Sea Ferry

A new ROPAX ferry to connect Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki was commissioned last month by the Tallink Group and will be built by Meyer Turku shipyard in

March 16, 2015
Total Views: 90

Thursday, March 12, 2015
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Engineering News

Momentum Continues For Tugbuilder Sanmar Following Record Year

Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar built 17 tugboats last year, including one pictured above, the Yenicay 1.  It was the most tugs ever built by Sanmar in a calendar

March 12, 2015
Total Views: 90
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