e-mobility at sea – the future now in Finland

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Published on Sunday, 11 March 2018 09:00

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February 12th, 2018 in FleetMon News by Johannes Kortmann

Electric road vehicles are slowly but surely making progress. According to figures published by the International Energy Agency worldwide sales were up by 40% in 2016. But an electric-powered ship – isn’t that technically impossible? A few years ago, we would have agreed, but advances in electric power storage and generation have made this emission-free dream come true – in Finland, for example. A 525-ton ferry with the appropriate name ELEKTRA (shown on the picture) is now transporting up to 375 passengers and 90 cars through the islets off the Finnish port of Turku. The batteries for this Finferries vessel were manufactured by Siemens, a company with a long tradition in electric-powered vessels with the first one built as long ago as

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Shipbuilding Market Monitoring Report

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Published on Thursday, 17 August 2017 13:43

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Shipbuilding Market:
 New orders for cargo carriers plunge, while the demand for passenger ships and ONCCV
accounts for 70% of global investments during 1H 2016.
 European shipyards secure new contracts for a total of 11.6 bn $, 61% of the global
market shares. South Korea (1.8 bn $), China (4.1 bn $) and Japan (1.1 bn $) together
don´t reach the value of European new orders.
 In number of vessels, the global orderbook stands at 5642 vessels and 101M CGT. New
orders account for 420 ships in total (57 in Europe, 114 in China, 101 in Japan and just 37
in South Korea). In CGT terms, Europe stands almost at the level of China (2.2 and 2.4M
CGT respectively), although in number of

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Shipbuilding Statistics (APRIL, 2017)

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Published on Thursday, 17 August 2017 13:52

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1. World New Orders ........................................................................... 1
2. World Completions ........................................................................... 2
3. World Orderbook at Year-End ........................................................... 3
4. World Merchant Fleets by Ship Type .................................................. 4
5. World Disposals by Country of Breaking ............................................. 5
6. World Seaborne Trade ...................................................................... 6
7. Newbuilding / Repair Sales (SAJ Members Only) ..................................7
8. Steel Purchase Volume (SAJ Members Only) ....................................... 8
9. Repair / Conversion Turnover .............................................................9
10. Shipbuilding Workforce (SAJ Members Only) ....................................10

https://www.sajn.or.jp/files/view/articles_doc/src/73265e1329b4a8e0ae4fe4bcf31c7e5b.pdf

NAVANTIA.- Otra vez en la calle exigiendo faena para el astillero isleño

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Published on Sunday, 25 June 2017 00:48

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NAVANTIA.- Otra vez en la calle exigiendo faena para el astillero isleño

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Trabajadotes de Navantia San Fernando han salido una vez más a la calle para que no pase desapercibida la situación que vive este astillero gaditano “en los últimos años, y agravada aún más a día de hoy”, sin proyecto alguno que ejecutar a corto plazo. Se remata un BAM ya botado mientras se espera, desde hace meses, que se concrete el polémico contrato de las corbetas para Arabia Saudí. Así, se anuncia que se mantendrán las movilizaciones hasta conseguir faena. El Gobierno isleño apoya y apoyará las mismas.

Tras la pancarta ‘Carga de trabajo ¡ya!’, trabajadores de Navantia San Fernando han salido este jueves una vez más a

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