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AirFish Wing-in-Ground craft is taking shape

AirFish Wing-in-Ground craft is taking shape

by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 28, 2025 | Classification/inspection, News, Ship design, Shipbuilding

ST Engineering AirX developed and is currently building the AirFish, a Type A Wing-in-Ground (WIG) effect craft. Construction of this maritime transport innovation follows an approval in principle (AiP) issued by Bureau Veritas in September 2024. For Bureau Veritas it...
LR verifies fuel savings of Damen’s air lubrication system

LR verifies fuel savings of Damen’s air lubrication system

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 28, 2025 | Classification/inspection, Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ship design, Shipping

The Damen Air Cavity System (DACS) has again demonstrated its fuel saving credentials during an independent verification undertaken by Lloyd’s Register (LR). These latest findings offer valuable evidence of the potential of air lubrication technology to lower both...
ABS approval for nuclear-powered container ship

ABS approval for nuclear-powered container ship

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 24, 2025 | Classification/inspection, Emissions, Energy transition, News, Nuclear, Ship design, Ship propulsion

A pioneering nuclear-propelled container ship designed by HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) has received approval in principle from ABS. The design for a 15,000 TEU vessel uses a propulsion system comprised of a molten salt reactor (MSR) for...
ABS approves HD KSOE’s hydrogen vacuum insulation system

ABS approves HD KSOE’s hydrogen vacuum insulation system

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 27, 2025 | Classification/inspection, Emissions, Energy transition, Marine fuels, Maritime research, News

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) has received ABS approval in principle (AiP) for a tank design that enables large-scale hydrogen transport and storage. The vacuum insulation system from HD KSOE is designed to reduce the time required to...
Fugro pioneers uncrewed subsea inspections in Brazil

Fugro pioneers uncrewed subsea inspections in Brazil

by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 31, 2024 | Autonomous operation, Classification/inspection, Digitalisation, News, Offshore, Survey

Petrobras has signed a 175-day addendum to Fugro’s current inspection, repair and maintenance services contract, performed by the Fugro Aquarius. It will now include fully remote subsea inspection surveys of shallow-water infrastructure in Brazil using an USV and...
‘Over 30% of installed BWTSs fail PSC inspections’

‘Over 30% of installed BWTSs fail PSC inspections’

by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 4, 2024 | Classification/inspection, Emissions, Maritime regulations, News, Shipping

Over thirty per cent of all installed ballast water treatment systems (BWTSs) fail Port State Control (PSC) D-2 compliance inspections, despite 95 per cent of systems having successfully passed commissioning tests. This follows from data analysed by Global TestNet....
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