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B+V: Cruise Re? ts Hold Steady

In many cities where industrial activity To this end, the yard has had some is pushed to the fringe, Blohm + Voss on interesting projects this year, including the Elbe is an iconic sybmol in the port Hanseatic of the Hapag-Lloyd Cruises city of Hamburg, a shipyard steeped in ? eet in March 2018 for just over two tradition but fully modernized to handle weeks to install a new ducktail to in- some of the most complex and high- crease the vessel’s stability. The project value ship repair jobs in the world: a de- was technically challenging, including veloped, ultramodern infrastructure and out? tting engineering with detailed de- 421,000 sq. m. of yard. sign and workshop drawings in line with

Blohm & Voss has seen it share of class approval, not to mention the con- market cycles, and following the current struction, prefabrication and installation long shipping crisis due to low charter of approximately 100 tons of steel ele- rates, the repair backlog for commercial ments for the new ducktail. Brilliance vessels is slowly starting to dissipate and of the Seas from the Royal Caribbean

Images:Blohm + Voss the re? ts that were previously deferred due to upcoming regulations which Overhauls of cruise liners every two to Cruises Radiance Class of vessels vis- are starting to be undertaken through would hopefully involve a boom in the three years keep them in optimal condi- ited us for extensive works including a standard dockings, according to a yard re? t market with a high number of possi- tion for the requirements of cruise liner new application of silicon paint. At be- spokesperson. ble projects and overhauls up for grabs,” guests whereas the commercial vessels ginning of the year Blohm + Voss had

With charter rates rising and ship- according to the yard spokesperson. most commonly need to dry dock for two Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines vessels, owners facing a bevy of environmental While Blohm + Voss is diverse, it is maintenance every ? ve years. We ex- Balmoral and Boudicca, stopover at the regulations, Blohm + Voss is looking to well-known for cruise liner re? t, a mar- pect some further cruise liner re? ts to shipyard. Balmoral received an overhaul work surrounding ballast water manage- ket that remains steady. “Due to a short- be booked in over the winter months as of the hatch covers and Boudicca was in ment system and scrubber installs and age of new construction capacity at sev- well as a possible increase in the expedi- for general repairs. These two ship ? xes upgrades. eral new build shipyards, re? t, lifetime tion cruiser market for vessels to be able extended a 45-year relationship with

Looking further ahead as environmen- extension and lenghtenings continue to to reach the farther ends of the earth as Fred Olsen Cruise Line vessels, as the tal regulations continue to tighten, “LNG be popular within the passenger vessel cruising new exotic locations seems to yard has completed more than 100 proj- could also be a big topic for discussion market,” according to Blohm + Voss. be a rising trend. ects with the company.

LNG: Crowley Takes New ConRo

VT Halter Marine in Pascagoula re- shipyard by Crowley’s solutions group, duce emissions signi? cantly, including ide (CO2) of more than 35 percent per cently completed a unique project when which includes naval architects and en- a 100-percent reduction in sulphur ox- container, compared with current fossil

Crowley Maritime took delivery of El gineers from company subsidiary Jensen ide (SOx) and particulate matter (PM); fuels. Working with Eagle LNG Part-

Coquí, one of the world’s ? rst combina- Maritime. a 92-percent reduction in nitrogen oxide ners, the ships will be bunkered from a tion container/roll on-roll off (ConRo) Fueling the ships with LNG will re- (NOx); and a reduction of carbon diox- shoreside fuel depot at JAXPORT.

ships powered by lique? ed natural gas (LNG). The ship is the ? rst of two Com- mitment Class, LNG-powered ConRo ships being built for Crowley’s shipping and logistics services between Jackson- ville, Fla., and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Construction of sister ship Taino is un- derway at VT Halter and she is sched- uled to enter service later in 2018.

The new ships measure 219.5m (720 ft.) long with a 26,500 deadweight tons (DWT), able to transport up to 2,400

TEU at a cruising speed of 22 knots. A wide range of container sizes and types will be accommodated, including 53- foot by 102-inch-wide, high-capacity containers, up to 300 refrigerated con- tainers, and a mix of about 400 cars and larger vehicles in the enclosed, ventilat- ed and weather-tight Ro/Ro decks. This type of shipboard garage is offered ex- clusively by Crowley in the trade.

Construction of El Coquí, which is named for the popular indigenous frog on the island, has been managed in the

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