Monday, January 24, 2011

Triality: An innovative project of VLCC tanker 
 Accomplished by Det Norske Veritas (DNV)

In early December Classification Society DNV published a preliminary information on his new project, named Triality,  a VLCC size tanker (aprx. 300.000 TPM) embodying a number of features that show it as an innovative oil tanker, emphasizing its ecological character, non-polluting the environment, sea and air, all at a lower operating cost than a conventional tanker of same capacity.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

A visit to ferry "Volcán del Teide" in Astilleros de Santander (Santander Shipyards)

On 28 December a group of friends were invited by Jaime Oliver to visit in Santander Shipyards, the ferry ship "Volcan del Teide", which at those days was being painted and finishing works before her delivery to her owner "Naviera Armas", so ending the construction of the vessel built  in Vigo's (Spain) H.J. Barreras.