Maritime Technology Company Micanti BV has applied its patented non-toxic antifouling on a crew vessel Lady Rasha in Dubai. Thorn-D is an adhesive foil with fibers that creates a textured surface. Instead of killing marine growth the textured foil is preventing it from attaching itself to the hull of a ship. Thorn-D is set
Read moreA few hours ago in Buenos Aires the President of Argentina, Christina Fernandez de Kirchner became the “Godmother” to a vessel built in Australia. Named Francisco in honour of the Argentine born Pope, the 99 metre World’s Fastest Ship, and the first large dual fuel high speed Ro-Ro to use LNG as its primary
Read moreChristened after a Scottish poetry, the MV Hallaig is the first vessel in the world to be built under the ‘Low Emissions Hybrid Ferries Project.’ The advanced ship project is an initiative carried out in collaboration between the Scottish government and private shipping companies to enable the sustenance of the maritime ecology. MV Hallaig is
Read moreElectric propulsion has a promising future in the shipping industry among other ship propulsion systems. Siemens along with Norwegian shipyard Fjellstrand will launch world’s first electric ferry, which will serve the route between Lavic and Oppedal from 2015 onwards. The world’s first electrically powered ferry will be 80 meters and will be able to carry 120
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