Wärtsilä Gas Solutions has been contracted to supply cargo handling and fuel gas supply systems for a new 12,500m3 LNG bunkering vessel which is being built at the Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering (CIMC SOE) shipyard in China for energy company...
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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...
ULSTEIN DELIVERS HYBRID CSOV TO OLYMPIC
The 'Olympic Boreas' commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV), first of two built at Ulstein Verft in Norway to the Ulstein SX222 design, has been delivered to operator Olympic. Olympic Boreas has been designed with the Twin X-Stern solution and comes with hybrid...
AW SHIPPING CONTRACTS JIANGNAN YARD TO BUILD 11+2 NEW GREEN VESSELS
AW Shipping, a joint venture between the UAE's ADNOC Logistics and Services and Wanhua Chemical Group, has awarded shipbuilding contracts to Jiangnan Shipyard in China, valued at about US$ 1.9bn in total. The contract covers the construction of nine Very Large Ethane...
CARNIVAL ORDERS THREE MORE LNG-FUELLED CRUISE SHIPS FROM FINCANTIERI
Carnival Corporation has placed an order for three new ships for its namesake Carnival Cruise Line brand for a new class of vessel, at nearly 230,000grt, with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, The new LNG-powered ships are scheduled to be delivered in 2029, 2031 and...
COCHIN SHIPYARD COMPLETES ANOTHER ELECTRIC FERRY BY 126 TO KOCHI WATER METRO.
Indian shipbuilder Cochin Shipyard (CSL) has handed over the 15th electric hybrid 100 passenger Water Metro Ferry BY 126 to Kochi Water Metro (KMRL). Both organisations worked closely towards the successful completion of this project, which is intended to contribute...
RINA CLASS FOR NEW HYBRID PASSENGER FERRY
Bluferries, a subsidiary of the FS Italiane Group’s Polo Logistica operating in maritime transportation in the Strait of Messina, Italy, CTE Perdikaris Engineering, Architectural and Technical Services, and classification society RINA have launched a hybrid passenger...
DAMEN STARTS BUILD OF BC FERRIES ALL-ELECTRIC FLEET
Damen Shipyards Group's Galati yard in Romania has cut the first steel on the first two of four, fully electric Island Class Ferries that it is building for Canadian operator BC Ferries. The ferries will be the first fully electric vessels to operate in the company’s...