Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute News
Future newbuild ships of all types should be built without a sterntube and with a seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearing arrangement, according to Blue Ocean Alliance’s Chris Leontopoulos. Speaking at a recent maritime industry forum in Hamburg, Mr. Leontopoulos said the sterntubeless ship design – jointly developed by Blue Ocean Alliance members ABS, Thordon Bearings, Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI), Wärtsilä, and the National Technical...
ClassNK has issued Approvals in Principle (AiPs) for three vehicle carrier designs developed by the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI). The first AiP acknowledges an ammonia ready LNG dual-fueled vehicle carrier with a capacity of 7,000 CEU, a significant first in China’s independently developed design. For the ship with the dimension of LOA 199.99m x B 38m × D 37m, Draft 8.6m, SDARI integrates the GTT MARK III Flex containment system for LNG and ammonia...
To help achieve the required IMO regulatory standards on efficiency levels, the Finnish shipping company - Langh Ship Oy Ab opted for WE Tech Solutions’ permanent magnet shaft generator solution for their three new 1200 TEU container feeder ships. The ships will be built by PaxOcean Engineering (Zhoushan) Co., Ltd in China and will be utilised for container traffic in Europe after their delivery. The design for the container ships has been developed by Langh Ship in collaboration with the...
CULINES signed an order for 2*7,000TEU containership newbuildings with Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (CSSC SWS). A signing ceremony was held at CSSC SWS. Mr. Qi WANG (Chairman of CSSC SWS), Mr. Gang CHEN (GM at CSSC SWS), Mr. Aijun WU (GM of China Shipbuilding Trading), Mr. Yu Yang (GM at Asia & Pacific Department of China Shipbuilding Trading), Mr. Lingyi MENG (GM at China Classification Society Shanghai), Mr. Zhiyong LYU (President at Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Instit...
On the morning of August 12, 2020, SITC International and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding held a ceremony for the naming and delivery of the new ship - ‘SITC Nansha.’ Mr. Xue Mingyuan, Executive Director of SITC International, President of SITC Shipping Group, Mr. Du Chengzhong, Deputy General Manager of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group, Mr. Deng Guosheng, Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of Guangzhou Port Co., Ltd., Mr. Chen Junyi, Deputy Director of Guangzhou Nansha Dev...