Ro-Ro vessel

Port of Langnas to have rope-free mooring system

Trelleborg will provide to the Port of Langnas an automated rope-free mooring system, ‘AutoMoor’. The system uses smart technologies to enable a faster berthing process and improve safety levels within the port environment. The port has international cruise ferry and domestic ro-ro ferry berths and is situated in the Baltic Sea, on the archipelago of Aland which has ferry traffic between Sweden and Finland via Aland.

Mainly, AutoMoor decreases the motions a vessel can make and monitors all...

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Ports of Stockholm finish 2018 with stable freight volumes

Swedish Ports of Stockholm finished 2018 with a record reaching with stable freight volumes and a record number of cruise passengers. According to the Ports’ 2018 summary, a new revenue record of SEK 866 million (USD 94.9 million) was reached, meaning SEK 10 million more than the record set in 2017.

Specifically, overall 9.6 million tonnes of freight was transmitted through the Ports of Stockholm in 2018, equal to 2017’s amount of freight.

In addition, ro-ro freight transport rose by 4%, reaching...

https://safety4sea.com/ports-of-stockholm-finish-2018-with-stable-freight-volumes/

Stena Line voyages first next-gen ferry in China

Stena Line, a Swedish ferry company, launched its first next generation RoPax vessel at the Avic Weihai Shipyard in China. The first new vessel, to be named Stena Estrid, sailed for the first time on January 16. The vessel is to start service on the Dublin to Holyhead route in early 2020.

Mainly, the RoPax vessel is the first out of three new E-Flexer vessels to voyage to the Irish Sea by 2021. The other two vessels from the series will be running the line between Belfast and Liverpool.

On the...

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World’s two biggest short-sea ro-ro vessels are LNG-ready

In the past, the Luxembourg-based company CLdN Ro-Ro, decided to build the world’s biggest short-sea ro-ro vessels. Celine, after one year of operating, has fully met her owner’s expectations. The former, along with sister-vessel Delphine, incorporate high technology from other vessel types and are LNG-ready.

Mainly, Gary Walker, Director of CLdN addressed that since operating in the North Sea, large vessels decrease the unit price; the company is covering longer distances and larger vessels...

https://safety4sea.com/worlds-two-biggest-short-sea-ro-ro-vessels-are-lng-ready/

Port of Dunkirk increases overall throughput despite pre-Brexit uncertainty

According to Port of Dunkirk officials, 2018’s overall throughput was increased by 3% year-on-year from 50.2 million tonnes to 51.6 million tonnes. In the meantime, officials predict that 2019 will be a ‘good year’, as stated in a press conference that took place at Lille, on December 10.

Specifically, although the in cross-Channel ro-ro volumes experienced a decrease by 4%, to 15.6 million tonnes, reflecting a pre-Brexti traffic, the port’s overall results were not affected.

Additionally, contain...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-dunkirk-increases-overall-throughput-despite-pre-brexit-uncertainty/

Are modern ships getting uglier?

Nautilus International has made its list of the top ten most aesthetically challenged vessels of recent time, noting that modern ships, either having futuristic concept designs or designs to maximize cargo-carrying capacity,  tend to getting ‘uglier’ in general.

Credit: Nautilus

The Norwegian firm ‘Lade’ has developed this concept car carrier, whose specially-shaped ‘symmetrical airfoil’ hull would harness the wind to achieve fuel savings of up to 60% over conventional vessels.

The Russian...

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