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news in brief Gibdock Delivers Clipper Service
Genting Dream Launched Meyer Werft recently handed over the new cruise ship Genting Dream (151,300GT) to the Asian cruise operator company Dream Cruises. Dream Cruises has a crew of around 1,700 and this cruise ship also carries two small deep sea submarines that can each take four people down to a depth of up to 200m. Environmentally friendly marine engines, diesel-electric pod drives, and improved hydrodynamics as well as numerous energy saving measures, heat recovery or ballast water cleaning all contribute to an ecological cruise experience and considerably reduced operating costs. The ship has also been built according to the latest safety regulations.
Gibdock redelivered the Seatruck Ferries container/ro-ro vessel Clipper Point on-time, after a fast turnaround renewal project for the Clipper Group-owned operator. The ship has subsequently been introduced to Seatrucks’ Irish Sea operations. Designed by Knud E. Hansen, Clipper Point is one of four ‘P Series’ ro-ro freight ferries built for Clipper Group subsidiary Sea Trucks by Spanish shipyard Astilleros de Huelva whose dimensions were conceived as the maximum possible permissible for the UK port of Heysham. The three-deck ‘Heysham max’ ferries have capacity for 105 trailers (1,800 lane metres) and are classed 1A1 RoRo/Container vessels by DNVGL.
Autonomous Shipping in Norway An extensive area of the Trondheimsfjord in Northern Norway was designated as an official test bed for autonomous shipping by the Norwegian Coastal Authority (NCA). As potentially the first coastal area in the world officially dedicated to the development of technology for autonomous ships, the new test bed is set to become a vital facility for the future of shipping. Announced as a follow-up to the Norwegian government’s new National Transport Plan, the fjord offshore Trondheim is an ideal location for the development of technology that will make autonomous shipping a reality.
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