Page 66: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (March 2020)

In the Yard

Nauticor

Nauticor, Fassmer

Cooperate On Newbuild RV

Hamburg-based LNG sup- plier Nauticor and Fr. Fassmer located in Motzen/Berne start cooperation in newbuilding and retro? tting projects for ships with LNG engines. This initial LNG bunkering operation for the “Atair” illustrates the importance of cooperation for projects, such as the ? rst Ger-

Fincantieri man research vessel running on LNG. Nauticor and Fassmer started working together back

Scarlet Lady Delivered in 2015 when the newbuild

Scarlet Lady, the ? rst of four ships which President and CEO of Virgin Voyages Tom ferry “Helgoland,” the ? rst ferry

Virgin Voyages ordered to Fincantieri, was McAlpin, by the Governor of the Liguria with an LNG engine built in presented at the shipyard in Genoa Sestri Region Giovanni Toti, by the Mayor of

Germany, received its ? rst LNG

Ponente last month. Ironically the ship Genoa Marco Bucci, all welcomed by the from Nauticor (then under the arrives during the height of the COVID-19 Chairman of Fincantieri Giampiero Mas- name Bomin Linde LNG) at virus hysteria, which forced the ship to solo, and its CEO Giuseppe Bono.

Fassmer.

skip a planned stop in New York City on Scarlet Lady is 110,000 gross tons, a shakedown cruise with nearly 1,000 measuring 278 x 38 m. Valiant Lady, the “K” Line Delivers Coal ‘family & friends,’ onboard, rather head- second in the series, is currently under

Carrier Tohoku Maru ing straight for Miami. The ceremony in construction in the same yard, scheduled

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.,

Italy was attended, among others, by the for delivery in 2021.

(“K” Line) has delivered the

Tohoku Maru, a 91,000 DWT- type special coal carrier at

Automatic Ferry enter service in Norway

Oshima Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.

Tohoku Maru is same type as

What is touted as the world’s ? rst adap- Maritime Authority (NMA).

“K” Line’s specialized ? eet tive ferry transit conducted during normal The ferry Bastø Fosen VI will now use for transport of thermal coal service took place last month on a vessel adaptive transit functions developed from known as the “Corona-series.” fully loaded with passengers and vehicles, Kongsberg Maritime’s advanced sys-

The “Corona-series” consists demonstrated fully automatic control from tems to enhance the daily operation of its of epoch-making coal carriers dock to dock, Kongsberg Maritime an- Horten-Moss service, while continuing to equipped with wide beam and nounced. The landmark crossing, a key carry a full complement of crew.

shallow draft, which are said step forward in the integration of autono- According to Kongsberg , the technol- to be the most suitable type mous technology into everyday shipping ogy offers a platform for optimized fuel to enter ports of Japanese operations, was made possible by collabo- consumption and reduced greenhouse gas

Thermal Power Stations to ration between shipping company Bastø (GHG) emissions, as well as experience discharge cargo.

Fosen, Kongsberg and the Norwegian tangible operational cost savings.

66 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • March 2020

MR #3 (66-74).indd 66 3/6/2020 9:45:05 AM