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Tallink Grupp has announced that the keel was laid for its new environmentally friendly liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered ferry MyStar at Finland’s Rauma Marine Construction (RMC).

The ceremony was live-streamed to the representatives of Tallink Grupp due to the precautionary safety measures amid the ongoing global Covid-19 pandemic.

The vessel construction commenced on 6 April. It is expected to be delivered in January 2022.

It will operate on the Tallinn-Helsinki route of the company and will...

https://www.ship-technology.com/news/keel-laid-tallink-grupps-lng-powered-ferry-mystar/

Holland Ship Electric has selected Corvus Energy to provide lithium-ion battery-based energy storage systems (ESS) for five all-electric ferries.

The ferries are being constructed by the Holland Shipyards Group for GVB, a municipal public transport provider in Amsterdam.

These ferries will run on three North Sea Canal routes and will replace the currently operating which were constructed in the 1930s.

The North Sea Canal routes are said to be one of the busiest routes, carrying more than 350,000...

https://www.ship-technology.com/news/corvus-energy-to-provide-energy-storage-systems-for-five-electric-ferries/

Damen Shipyards Group has introduced a Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD) 3500 on 11 September at Galati yard in Romania.

The MAD is being built by Damen for UK-based Hanson.

Hanson plans to use the vessel to carry out offshore aggregate extraction at depths of approximately 55m in the North Sea and the English Channel.

Despite the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) during the critical production stage, MAD was launched.

To ensure the continuity of global business operations, Damen has implemented...

https://www.ship-technology.com/news/damen-shipyards-launches-marine-aggregate-dredger-for-hanson/

Sri Lanka is seeking to receive compensation of approximately LKR340m ($1.9m) from the owner of the MV New Diamond supertanker for its support in the dousing of the fire earlier this month.

India and Sri Lanka partnered to help control the fire on the Panama-registered oil tanker off the Sri Lankan coast in the Indian Ocean.

Chartered by the Indian Oil Corporation, MV New Diamond was carrying almost 270,000t of crude and 1,700t of diesel from a Kuwaiti port of Mina Al Ahmadi to Paradip port in...

https://www.ship-technology.com/news/sri-lanka-1-9m-compensation-mv-new-diamond-owner/

The Korean Register (KR) has established a new LNG Fueled and Bunkering Simulation Center (KR LSC).

Opened on 15 September, the simulation centre is located at the KR headquarters in Busan, South Korea.

After the opening ceremony, KR and Transgas Solution signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), in which they agreed to build an Operator Training Simulator (OTS) system to train liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered vessel operators and ships and for ship-to-ship bunkering.

Due to the regulations...

https://www.ship-technology.com/news/kr-simulation-centre-lng-fuelling-bunkering-busan/

Star International has launched a new unmanned surface vessel (USV) for shipping operators for piracy threat detection.

The Narwhal Star USV is an ocean-going rigid inflatable boat (RIB) that increases the safety of the passengers and crew.

It also protects the vessels, cargo and other assets of value on a ship.

The USV is a surveillance platform, which can be controlled with a remote ground control system (GCS), or as a traditional, manually piloted vessel.

It is designed to be deployed from a...

https://www.ship-technology.com/news/star-international-usv-piracy-threats/

Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri has selected TMC Compressors (TMC) to supply environmentally friendly compressed air system.

The contract value has not been disclosed.

The systems will be installed on four cruise ships that are under construction for MSC Cruises.

In 2018, MSC Cruises signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Fincantieri to deliver four ultra-luxury cruise ships. The first of the four is scheduled to commence operations in the first half of 2023.

The vessels will weigh...

https://www.ship-technology.com/news/fincantieri-tmc-compressed-air-system-msc-cruise-ships/

ABS and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have finished a Joint Development Project (JDP) for the construction of multi-physics simulations to analyse the carbon footprint of vessels in the design phase.

The simulations are expected to permit a detailed evaluation of the effect of different energy-saving options.

It provides a preview of the vessel performance before major investment decisions are finalised.

The simulations are linked to a wide range of inputs from many model types, including...

https://www.ship-technology.com/news/abs-hhi-simulations-carbon-footprint-analysis/