Shipbuilding and Shipyards

High-Level engagements mark the second day of DEFEA 2025!

The second day of DEFEA 2025 International Exhibition for Defence, Security, and Technology featured high-level discussions, official visits, and key industry engagements. The exhibition continued to attract representatives from governments, international organizations, and the defence and security industry, fostering dialogue on current challenges and opportunities.

98 delegations from 45 countries engaged with participating companies, exploring potential collaborations and technological...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/07/high-level-engagements-mark-the-second-day-of-defea-2025/

Revitalizing the US Maritime Industry a Focus of National Maritime Week

Advancing Legislation, Innovation, and Industry Resilience: “Revitalizing the U.S. Maritime Industry: When Policy Aligns with Possibility” Event

May 6, 2025: Washington, D.C. –Join industry stakeholders and government officials for The Maritime Accelerator for Resilience (MAR)’s “Revitalizing the U.S. Maritime Industry” on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The event will be held at the ABS’ Offices, located at 80 M St SE in Washington, D.C. It will bring together maritime...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/06/revitalizing-the-us-maritime-industry-a-focus-of-national-maritime-week/

Webinar: The benefits of retrofitting your fleet

Join LR’s experts on May 27, and learn how to make your fleet operate more efficiently and compliantly by retrofitting, with examples from recent case studies. 

Date: 27th May 2025 
Time: 09:00 am – 10:00 am (BST) or 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm (BST) 
Location: virtual GoTo Webinar 

This webinar will cover: 
– How retrofitting benefits your fleet 
– Whether your retrofit decisions are robust and valid 
– What fuel savings retrofits can make, and how to validate those...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/06/webinar-the-benefits-of-retrofitting-your-fleet/

The Switch to supply single drives for tanker newbuild quartet in China

The Switch, a leading provider of innovative power electronics for the marine industry, has won a contract to deliver the single drives for shaft generators that will be installed on four tankers under construction at Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry in Fujian Province.

The Shanghai Ship Research and Design Institute (SDARI)-designed, 113,600-dwt LNG dual-fuel Aframax vessels are being built for UK-based shipowner Union Maritime and are slated for delivery in the first half of 2027.

Optimising energy...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/05/the-switch-to-supply-single-drives-for-tanker-newbuild-quartet-in-china/

SNAME Monthly Meeting | Robust and Simulation Based Design of Ships and Energy Systems

Auditorium: V.Ships Greece Ltd, Piliou 1, 185 41, Piraeus, Greece

Robust and Simulation-Based Design of Ships and Energy Systems

Contemporary ship design challenges create new opportunities for the introduction and wide use of novel ship design optimization methods and systems virtual prototyping. The combined disruptive influences of maritime decarbonization, digital twining, circular economies, geographic trade instability as well inflationary...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/02/sname-monthly-meeting-robust-and-simulation-based-design-of-ships-and-energy-systems/

Seatrade Cruise Global – A Spectacular Week

For me there is always one date on the calendar circled in red – the week of Seatrade Cruise Global. It’s an unforgettable time, with thousands of leaders and experts gathered to showcase the best our industry has to offer. 

This year, across the many sessions of the Seatrade Conference, Expo theatres, at every side event, and throughout the hall, all the talk was about the twin drivers of digitalization and decarbonization that are transforming the sector.

As DNV’s Global Cruise Segment...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/02/seatrade-cruise-global-a-spectacular-week/

Bureau Veritas strengthens support for wind propulsion with Union Maritime’s Methanol-ready tankers

Buran, a methanol-ready tanker of Union Maritime, fitted with NorsepowerRotor Sails.

Paris La Défense, April 24, 2025:  Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) is reinforcing its commitment to sustainable shipping by classing a series of methanol-ready oil and chemical tankers for Union Maritime, which are currently being equipped with wind propulsion systems, including Norsepower Rotor Sails (NPRS).

The first two vessels in this series, Buran and Ostro, have been delivered in February and...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/24/bureau-veritas-strengthens-support-for-wind-propulsion-with-union-maritimes-methanol-ready-tankers/

Warship 2025 – The Future Fleet

Warship 2025: The Future Fleet: Smart Technology, Sustainability and Autonomy Dates: 16th – 17th June 2025
Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom
Less Than Two Months to Go – The Future of Naval Defence Awaits

Time is running out to secure your place at Warship 2025: The Future Fleet – Smart Technology, Sustainability, and Autonomy, taking place on the 16th-17th June 2025 in Glasgow, UK.

This two-day technical conference brings together global leaders, defence specialists, and technology...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/22/warship-2025-the-future-fleet-2/

Strategic Marine announces another successful delivery to Truth Maritime Services in Thailand

Strategic Marine has achieved another successful delivery to Truth Maritime Services (TMS), strengthening a partnership that has been evolving since 2022. This latest milestone further cements the ongoing collaboration between Strategic Marine, Prima Marine Group, and TMS, as they work together to provide innovative and efficient vessels tailored to the demands of the offshore sector in Thailand and beyond.

Following the successful handover of the first two Gen 4 FCBs, TMS RANOD and TMS RAMAN,...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/21/strategic-marine-announces-another-successful-delivery-to-truth-maritime-services-in-thailand/

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