India Eyes Shipbuilding Dominance Amid Trump's Naval Expansion with Palki Sharma

Good news!

(386) India Eyes Shipbuilding Dominance Amid Trump's Naval Expansion | The Palki Sharma Show | IGR - YouTube

Small Modular Reactor Nuclear Power: Decarbonizing Commercial Shipping

Good news! From navy to commercial shipping!

"... To overcome this, the consortium behind the NuProShip II project is looking at how to fit Gen IV small modular nuclear reactors to heavy commercial vessels. The project’s demonstrator concept is based on a 120-m (394-ft) Vard 3 offshore subsea construction vessel, designed by Fincantieri subsidiary Vard. ..."

SMR Nuclear Power: Decarbonizing Commercial Shipping "Nuclear power isn't just for naval ships anymore as demonstrated by the Nuclear Propulsion in merchant Shipping (NuProShip II) project led by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology which is looking at fitting nuclear reactors to heavy-duty commercial vessels."

NuProShip II – Pioneering the future of sustainable Marine Propulsion with Nuclear reactors "... VARD ... presents results of the research and innovation project NuProShip II. NuProShip II marks a significant milestone in the development of sustainable marine technology, exploring the integration of small 4th generation nuclear reactors into specialized offshore vessels."

India Aims to Be "Global Shipbuilding Hub" in Multi-billion Push with Palki Sharma

Recommendable! India, a rising superpower!

Trump's $30 Billion Plan to Break China's Shipbuilding dominance with Palki Sharma

Very recommendable! India wants to become a top 10 shipbuilder by 2030.

Communist Party of China subsidies for shipbuilding

The ‘Cutting Edge’ Viking Technology That Changed History

Recommendable!

US shipbuilding challenges a matter of national defense and the US Navy

Recommendable! I am not sure whether more ships are necessary in the age of drone warfare. Ships are easy targets!

Trump Targets Chinese Ships to Win Trade War with Palki Sharma

Recommendable! Food for though! The Communist Party has corned the global market of shipbuilding.

How China Came to Dominate Global Shipbuilding over the US, Japan, and South Korea

Very recommendable!

How China’s $100B+ Shipbuilding Empire Dominates the U.S.’s and the world

Very recommendable! Unfortunately, the emergence of drones (air & maritime) were not mentioned at all!

Nuclear-Powered Cargo Ships Are Trying to Stage a Comeback

Not a bad idea! Unfortunately, it probably will take several years if not a decade before the first nuclear powered cargo ship will be built.

"... As of 2023, there is only one active nuclear-powered merchant ship in the world, the Russian-built container-carrying NS Sevmorput. It is tiny compared to most fossil-fuel-powered container ships and has been plagued by breakdowns. ...

In February, a gaggle of organizations based in South Korea, including those behind multiple shipping lines, signed a memorandum of understanding with this in mind. The group aims to develop nuclear-powered merchant ships equipped with small modular reactors. But they won’t say much else about the project. ...

There is another project afoot, in Norway, called NuProShip (Nuclear Propulsion of Merchant Ships). The team behind it has come up with a short list of six possible reactor designs that could work in a demonstrator vessel ... plan to convert a liquefied natural gas tanker called the Cadiz Knutsen to run on nuclear power.

Both the South Korean and Norwegian efforts are considering molten salt reactors. Instead of solid fuel rods, the nuclear fuel in these devices is dissolved into, for example, molten fluoride salts. Such reactors first operated in the 1960s and are nothing new, but technical issues, including corrosion occurring inside the reactors, have hampered their widespread rollout. Despite concerns from some over the viability of this technology, multiple countries are pursuing it. ..."

Nuclear-Powered Cargo Ships Are Trying to Stage a Comeback | WIRED

Credits: Human Progress Weekly Links