Category: Shipbuilding

With determination to reverse the trend

With determination to reverse the trend

Gepostet von | 24 May 2024 | , , | 0

Shipbuilding industry calls for industrial policy determination from Brussels and Berlin The VSM - Verband für Schiffbau und Meerestechnik e.V. (German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association) hosted its annual press conference at the venerable Slomanhaus am Steinhöft in Hamburg. And the media came: it is clear that the maritime side of our lives in Germany is slowly being recognised. Too much has happened on the sea routes, but it has not yet reached everyone: Germany is a maritime-dependent nation. The VSM never tires of emphasising this. And so the VSM issued an appeal to the European Union and the German government to present an industrial policy concept that would enable a return to the necessary growth...

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Corvette "Karlsruhe" christened

Corvette "Karlsruhe" christened

Gepostet von | 7 May 2024 | , , , | 0

Corvette K130 II. Los was christened at Blohm+Voss (Naval Vessels Lürssen). The NVL Group invited guests to the ceremony on the Elbe in sunny May weather. The K130 consortium, consisting of NVL B.V. & Co. KG, thyssenkrupp Marine Systems GmbH and GERMAN NAVAL YARDS KIEL GmbH, performed the ceremonial christening of the corvette KARLSRUHE on 7 May 2024 at 2 p.m. in Hamburg. The NVL shipyard group was represented at the ceremony by its CEO, Mr Tim Wagner. Among the guests was the First Mayor of the City of Karlsruhe, Mrs Gabriele Luczak-Schwarz, who was particularly pleased to be the godmother of the...

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Big day for a big ship

Big day for a big ship

Gepostet von | 25 Apr 2024 | , , , | 1

For the NVL Group, the MBV project is one of several naval projects in surface shipbuilding. The second batch of Class 130 corvettes is also currently being built for the German Navy. The christening of the "Karlsruhe" as the third of the new corvettes is expected in the coming weeks. NVL is also involved in the production of the new Class 126 frigates together with the Dutch Damen Group. In the background to the event, there was news that six frigates are now being planned instead of four. This would be an enormous step for the Navy's order situation, both operationally and in terms of availability, and would be in line with the German Navy's 2035+ targets.

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Methanol engines require adapted firefighting

Methanol engines require adapted firefighting

Gepostet von | 25 Apr 2024 | , , , | 0

Current fire extinguishing systems are inadequate for fighting engine room fires involving methanol-based engines, according to a new fire safety study. Engine fires Against the background of the growing interest in methanol as an alternative marine fuel, the study by the British company SURVITEC, a global provider of survival technologies, carried out extensive and comparative fire tests on marine engines fuelled with both diesel oil and methanol. The tests confirmed that conventional water mist firefighting systems do not provide the expected extinguishing performance on methanol fires. If conventionally fuelled ships are to remain safe, a new approach is needed, according to the product manager for water mist systems at Survitec. Bilge fires The tests also showed that standard extinguishing systems...

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Armed Forces Planning Norway: Vard reacts ....

Armed Forces Planning Norway: Vard reacts ....

Gepostet von | 19 Apr 2024 | , , , | 0

.... and throws its hat into the ring On 5 April, the government presented a long-term plan for the development and structure of the Norwegian armed forces. Ten days later, a Norwegian shipbuilder ventured out of cover to respond to the outlined needs. With the "Vard Resilience Series", the Nordic subsidiary of the Italian Fincantieri Group has been presenting a new generation of naval units on its website since 15 April. According to the company, the aim of this series is to present scalable naval units for different tasks that meet the requirements for standardisation, modularisation and purpose. The Norwegian Navy currently has four submarines...

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