[:es] A Fincantieri unit, Vard, has signed a contract to design and construct a luxury polar expedition cruise vessel with dual-fuel LNG/battery propulsion for the French cruise company Ponant. The contract is valued at €270 million ($318.5 million) with the vessel delivery scheduled for the second quarter of 2021, Fincantieri said in a statement. Vard already has…
[:es]Maritime Reporter & Engineering News, published since 1939, annually prints details on the world’s “Great Ships of the Year.” Here we rank from those selected in the December 2017 edition the top 10 ships of the year, according to the editors. #10 Polaris Highway: K-Line’s new 7,500 unit pure car/truck carrier Owner: Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K-Line) Builder:…
[:es]BARCELONA, 15 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) El Puerto de Barcelona ha puesto en marcha la primera conexión eléctrica a embarcación desde un muelle a partir de un motor de gas natural licuado (GNL), que sustituye el funcionamiento de los motores auxiliares de la nave durante su estancia en el enclave portuario. La presentación ha contado este…
[:es] The conversion into dual fuel of Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) Samuel de Champlain is now in its active preparation phase. It is the main part of the EU-funded S/F SamueLNG Project, lead by French DRAGAGES-PORTS EIG, which has the overall aim to improve the sustainability of marine traffic through the use of marine…
[:es] Engineer notes improvement compared to ships running on regular fuel. The second engineer of Viking Line‘s LNG-fuelled cruise vessel, the Viking Grace, says he has noticed an improvement in the condition of its engines, compared to ships using regular fuel, during the time it has been running on LNG. «When we conduct inspections or make repairs,…