The U.S. Coast Guard announced the publication of a notice of proposed rulemaking designed to increase pollution response preparedness for non-tank vessels carrying oil as fuel upon U.S. waters. The ...

A new tank concept for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and carbon dioxide (CO2) transportation promises to more than double current vessel cargo capacity, representing a step forward in the development ...

After work with BMW showed cuboidal tanks could provide higher volumetric efficiency than multiple small cylinders, TU Munich began projects to develop a composite design and manufacturing process ...

Cevotec has developed an industrial solution to reduce the amount of carbon fiber needed for a composite tank by locally reinforcing the tank’s dome areas. Fiber Patch Placement (FPP) is the first ...

Atlanta — Kautex Maschinenbau GmbH — already the leader in blow molding machines for making automotive gasoline tanks — now is building complete automated production lines for filament-wound composite ...

High-pressure gas storage vessels are one of the largest and fastest-growing markets for advanced composites (Read Chris Red’s composite tank market assessment in “Pressure vessels for alternative ...

In the "this could be a great idea/this could be a terrible idea" department, the Indonesian shipbuilding company PT Ludin has invented a hybrid tank-boat. Capable of sailing at up to 30 knots and ...

When reviewing the pressure vessel certification tests prescribed by the applicable norms, many of the tests are significantly influenced by the prop­erties and proper processing of the epoxy matrix ...