Shipbuilding and Shipyards

2018: The year we see HMS Queen Elizabeth officially enter into LR Class

Nick Brown, LR Marine & Offshore Director, handing over the class certificates to HMS Queen Elizabeth’s Commanding Officer, Captain Kyd

17 December 2018 – The largest warship to be built in Britain, the 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, was officially welcomed into Lloyd’s Register (LR) class earlier this year in a ceremony in Portsmouth dockyard. Nick Brown, LR Marine & Offshore Director, presented the class certificates to the ship’s Commanding Officer, Captain Kyd.

LR has...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/12/17/2018-the-year-we-see-hms-queen-elizabeth-officially-enter-into-lr-class/

ABB enables groundbreaking trial of remotely operated passenger ferry

ABB Ability™ Marine Pilot Control

Ice-class passenger ferry Suomenlinna II was remotely piloted through test area near Helsinki harbor, proving that human oversight of vessels from anywhere is achievable with today’s technologies

With this historic trial in the Finnish capital’s port last week, ABB and Helsinki City Transport took the next step in autonomous shipping. In the remote trial, the world’s first for an existing passenger ferry, ABB successfully tested the enhancement of ship operations...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/12/04/abb-enables-groundbreaking-trial-of-remotely-operated-passenger-ferry/

Holland America Line Takes Delivery of Nieuw Statendam from Fincantieri Shipyard

The “Nieuw Statendam” in Fincantieri Shipyard

Holland America Line took delivery of Nieuw Statendam 29 November 2018, officially making it the 15th ship in the fleet. A hand-over ceremony took place at Fincantieri’s Marghera, Italy, shipyard, and Nieuw Statendam will set sail for Venice tomorrow en route to Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy, for its Premiere Voyage with guests departing 5 December.

The delivery was attended by Orlando Ashford, Holland America Line’s president; Carnival Corporation’s...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/30/175935/

World’s first iVLOC delivered with DNV GL class

The “Pacific Vision” – Image care of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard.

Shanghai, 29 November 2018: The world’s first intelligent very large ore carrier (iVLOC), the DNV GL-classed Pacific Vision, was delivered by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard to China Merchants Energy Shipping Company. The vessel is the world’s first VLOC to implement DNV GL’s SmartShip descriptive notation. To qualify for the notation, Pacific Vision has been outfitted with an integration platform, a smart navigation decision...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/29/worlds-first-ivloc-delivered-with-dnv-gl-class/

Naviera Integral signs contract with Damen for its 15th Fast Crew Supplier FCS 5009

from the contract signing on a l to r: Josien Damen (wife of  Kommer Damen), Julio Montelongo Flores (Operational Director, Naviera Integral), Juan Pablo Vega Torre (Vicepresident, Naviera Integral), René Berkvens (CEO, Damen Shipyards Group), Juan Pablo Vega Arriaga (President, Naviera Integral), Kommer Damen (Chairman, Damen Shipyards Group),  Arnout Damen (CCO, Damen Shipyards Group) and Peter Damen (Sales Manager Americas, Damen Shipyards Group).

Leading Mexican offshore contractor Naviera...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/29/naviera-integral-signs-contract-with-damen-for-its-15th-fast-crew-supplier-fcs-5009/

Feadship selects MB92 Group as part of new services network

As announced recently at the Superyacht Forum in Amsterdam, the MB92 Group has been chosen to form part of Feadship’s new Services Network. Alongside Amico & Co, Monaco Marine and Rybovich, the MB92 Group will be exclusive providers of Feadship-approved and certified maintenance, repair and warranty work in Barcelona for new and existing Feadship customers.
MB92 has enjoyed a long-standing and close working relationship with Feadship throughout their history with a wide range of successful...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/23/feadship-selects-mb92-group-as-part-of-new-services-network/

SHI receives AiP from LR for INTELLIMAN smart ship solution

SHI receives AiP from LR for INTELLIMAN smart ship solution

20 November 2018 – Lloyd’s Register (LR) has presented Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (SHI) with approval in principle (AiP) for its smart ship solution: INTELLIMAN SHIP. The solution is the first to receive LR’s ‘Digital AL2 SAFE PERFORM SECURE’ notation, confirming compliance with LR’s new Digital Ships requirements.

The marine industry is beginning to realise the benefits of operating and optimising ships that have remote access...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/20/shi-receives-aip-from-lr-for-intelliman-smart-ship-solution/

Oceanco’s 109m/357ft project Bravo breaks new ground

The “Bravo”

ALBLASSERDAM, Netherlands, Nov.17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Oceanco’s 109m/357ft ‘Project Bravo’ was launched on 17 November 2018. Bravo is a prime example of Oceanco’s new wave of forward-thinking yachts. With her naval architecture by Lateral Naval Architects, exterior design and layout by Nuvolari Lenard and interior by Reymond Langton Design, Bravo is unlike any preceding Oceanco. She is the first Oceanco to utilize its innovative LIFE (Lengthened, Innovative, Fuel-efficient,...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/17/oceancos-109m357ft-project-bravo-breaks-new-ground/

Damen Shipyards Group celebrates Multraship Carrousel RAVE Tug winning the Maritime KVNR Shipping Award

Damen Shipyards Group is celebrating the success of Multraship and its innovation arm Novatug in winning the Maritime KVNR Shipping award 2018. Working with a number of industry partners they developed the ground-breaking Carrousel RAVE Tug (CRT) design that is safer, stronger and more manoeuvrable for its size than any equivalent vessel operating today.

Two vessels were built at Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam using hulls fabricated in Germany, and were delivered in February and May this...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/16/damen-shipyards-group-celebrates-multraship-carrousel-rave-tug-winning-the-maritime-kvnr-shipping-award/

Success for British manufacturers at the Boat Builder Awards 2018

Princess Yachts receiving Boat Builder Award

British Marine members had a fantastic night at the Boat Builder Awards 2018, which took place on Tuesday (13 November) at the National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam, with numerous members picking up awards on the night.

Princess Yachts’ innovative communications campaign for the new Princess R35 won the Retail Marketing Initiative award. Noted by the judges for being strikingly as far removed from traditional boat launch marketing as might be imagined,...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/15/success-for-british-manufacturers-at-the-boat-builder-awards-2018/

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