Announced in 2012, the world’s first green-ship equipment certification centre opened for business earlier this month in Gunsan, Jeonbuk, Korea. The Korean Register – an IACS member class society – is a founding partner in this ground-breaking project. Costing a total of 30 billion won (US$29.4 million), the new centre will test, evaluate and certify
Read moreOn Saturday, May 11, more than 30 boats will participate in the 28th Annual U.S. Oil and Refining Seattle Tugboat Race Championships, the largest tugboat race in the world. The race will run from noon to 3 p.m. as part of family fun day at the 2013 Vigor Seattle Maritime Festival, which will take
Read moreDrydocks World will be delivering the pioneering Prelude FLNG Turret Modules to Shell very soon. The first Module, the bogie support structure – standing 22 meters high, with a diameter of 30 meters and weighing 1,300 tons – will be transported to Korea to integrate with the Prelude FLNG vessel. Other modules will
Read moreThe ship “Francisco” can sail with up to 58knots (67m/h) and claim to be the world’s fastest passenger ship. It is built by the Australian shipyard Incat . The best description for this vessel is a “high-speed dual-fuel vehicle and passenger ferry,” because is powered by 2 modified jet engines driving a pair of
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