How to keep containers on deck? What is happening in Port State Control? SWZ|Maritime's May issue has the answers. In addition, we take a detailed look at Ulstein's design for OHT's new heavy lift ship, the OHT Alfa Lift.
SWZ|Maritime's May issue will appear this Friday (24 May), but subscribers can read the issue online now. Not yet a subscriber? Please visit our subscriptions page. To give you a taste of the May issue, here are some of the topics:
Dutch Comeback in Cruise
With the delivery of the Celebrity Flora the Dutch shipbuilding industry shows it still has a role to play in the world of cruise. The vessel was built by Shipyard De Hoop for Celebrity Cruises Inc., which is a part of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Read more about this vessel in SWZ|Maritime's regular section "Maand Maritiem".
New Initiatives to Tackle Sub-standard Shipping
Preliminary fi gures from the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MoU) indicate that the average detention percentage over 2018 has decreased substantially compared with previous years (2018: 3.15 per cent; 2017: 3.82 per cent). Only 566 detentions, against 685 in 2017. The lowest fi gures since 2011, when the New Inspection Regime was introduced. However, can sub-standard ships be completely eliminated or is more action necessary?
Lashing Containers: Solutions and Challenges
Tonnage legislation is based on a ship's content. Depending on this content, port dues, lighthouse fees and taxes are charged. Since deck containers are not IN the ship, they fall outside the tonnage rules. In terms of cost, deck containers are therefore "cheap" and ship owners will want to maximise the number of deck containers. How to do so safely?
Semi-submersible to Become Turbine Foundation Specialist
Oslo based offshore heavy transport vessel operator OHT wanted a heavy lift ship dedicated to installing the turbine foundations of the ever-larger offshore wind turbines, while leaving the remaining installation work to other specialised vessels. Ulstein’s design offi ce in Rotterdam had a suitable design ready from which they developed the semisubmersible OHT Alfa Lift with an open deck and a 3000-tonne offshore crane.
Autonomous Technology Tested on North Sea
Over a period of sixteen months, the Dutch Joint Industry Project (JIP) Autonomous Shipping has been working towards autonomous operations trials on the North Sea. To this end, the SeaZip 3, a Damen Fast Crew Supplier 2610 Twin Axe owned by SeaZip Offshore Service, was outfitted with collision avoidance technology. On 19 and 20 March 2019, the vessel took to the North Sea: in an area off the coast of Den Helder (NL) several challenging nautical scenarios were executed to determine how the vessel would interact with seagoing traffic. SWZ|Maritime's May issue discusses the trials and the JIP in detail.
Methanol as Fuel of the Future
Shipping needs to reduce CO2 emissions by fifty per cent by 2050. Half of this reduction can be achieved through developing more efficient ships, the other half by CO2 neutral fuels and energy carriers. At the Lean Ships Final Conference, a report of which has been published in our May issue, both types of solutions were discussed. Methanol was favoured as fuel of the future.
