BMT won a contract with The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group (ISSG) for new vessel designs for the Isles of Scilly, replacing the iconic Scillonian III.The ISSG require a vessel design solution to run between the harbors of Penzance and St Mary’s…
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Japanese shipping company NYK Line and shipbuilder Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) say they plan to introduce a new shipbuilding contract that guarantees propulsion performance in actual sea conditions, factoring in heavy sea states encountered b…
Partners Seek to Guarantee Ship Performance in Real Sea Conditions, Waves and All Read More »
Classification society RINA has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) to create an interface to the SDARI 3D Ship Model, marking another step toward 3D…
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The Capesize market’s dominant route is inevitably the Australian iron ore export to China. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Banchero Costa said that “seaborne iron ore prices reached a six-year high due to China’s insatiable demand for steel am…
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In recent weeks, European Parliament has voted to include shipping within the bloc’s carbon dioxide (CO2) Emissions Trading System (ETS), a scheme within which polluters have to pay for their pollution through the purchase of allowances. The move raise…
A potential new role for the EU in shaping global shipping norms Read More »