United European Car Carriers (UECC) is further expanding its fleet of eco-friendly car carriers with the addition of the dual-fuel LNG newbuild 'Blue Aspire', delivered from delivered from CIMC Raffles Offshore Engineering. The 200m vessel has capacity for nearly 7000...
Shipbuilding & ship repair news
COSCO INVESTS IN ECO-FRIENDLY BULK CARRIER FLEET
Cosco Shipping Development has signed an investment, construction and leasing agreement for 42 bulk carriers, which the company says marks the largest shipbuilding and leasing transaction since the company transformed into a shipping industry and finance operator in...
COSCO BUILDING 12 NEW METHANOL FUELLED SHIPS
Cosco Shipping Container Lines has signed a contract in Shanghai with sister company Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry for the construction of 12 container ships of 14,000 TEU capacity with dual fuel methanol propulsion. With the latest order, Cosco Shipping emphasises...
GRIMALDI’S FIFTH G5 RO-RO DELIVERED
The Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the fifth multipurpose ro-ro unit of the innovative G5 class at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Ulsan, South Korea. Named Great Casablanca, this vessel is intended to further enhance the quality of maritime transport services...
THIRD METHANOL-FUELLED SHIP DELIVERY FACILITATES ROUTE EXPANSION
Short-sea container carrier company X-Press Feeders has launched a second green methanol-powered route, the Green Baltic X-Press (GBX), following delivery of its third methanol-powered vessel, 'Eco-Umande'. The GBX route serves the ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp-Bruges ,...
ISLAND OFFSHORE ORDERS FURTHER HYBRID VESSEL FROM VARD
Fincantieri Group company Vard has signed another important contract for the design and construction of a hybrid power ocean energy construction vessel (OECV) for Norwegian shipping group Island Offshore, the second such order from Island Offshore from Vard. Island...
BRØDRENE AA DELIVERS LIGHTWEIGHT ELECTRIC VESSEL
Norwegian company Brødrene Aa has delivered the high speed electric passenger vessel 'Bre' which will operate in two important roles for Norled and Brim Explorer in the Bodø region. The new hybrid-electric carbon fibre vessel will be used both as a sightseeing boat...
NYK TO CHARTER LOW-CARBON METHANOL-FUELLED BULK CARRIER
NYK Group company NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers has concluded a basic agreement with Kambara Kisen for the time charter of a newbuild methanol dual-fuel bulk carrier. The 200m-long vessel is currently under construction at Tsuneishi Shipbuilding and is scheduled...
ZERO EMISSION FERRY BUILD NEARS COMPLETION
Construction of Scadlines' freight ferry 'Futura' at the Cemre shipyard is entering its final phase, following bottom cleaning and painting among other things in the floating dock, the vessel has headed back out to sea. In addition to the painting work, the...
NEW HEAVY LIFT VESSEL OFFERS EFFICIENCY GAINS
Heavy lift carrier AAL Shipping’s 32,000 dwt Super B-Class vessel ‘AAL Limassol’ has completed its first voyage, safely delivering over 89,000 freight tons of multipurpose cargo on a single sailing to Europe. This is not only a record cargo intake for the carrier, but...
HOEGH AUTOLINERS’ FIRST MULTI-FUEL AURORA PCTC DELIVERED
Three years after launching the Aurora Class design, the first Aurora class vessel, 'Höegh Aurora', has been delivered at a naming ceremony at China Merchants Heavy Industry’s yard in Jiangsu, China. The ship is described as a "ground-breaking and transformational...
CAPITAL GAS RECEIVES THREE ‘GREENEST’ LNG CARRIERS
Capital Gas Ship Management has taken successful delivery of three newbuilding LNG carriers 'Assos', 'Apostolos' and 'Aktoras' from Hyundai Heavy Industries, South Korea. The sister vessels with a cargo capacity of 174,000m3 and are designed for high efficiency,...
CROWLEY ADDS LARGE LNG BUNKER VESSEL TO FLEET
Crowley has accepted delivery of the LNG bunker barge 'Progress', the largest US Jones Act-compliant vessel of its kind, after construction was completed at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The Progress will expand access to cleaner energy for...