New Zealand ferry operator Fullers 360 has announced the start of commercial service of its new electric hydrofoil ferry, ‘Kermadec’, claimed to be the world's first such operation. Kermadec is a fully electric, emissions-free, hydrofoiling ferry, which is set to...
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, 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 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...
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...
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 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...
New Zealand electric ferry design and technology company EV Maritime has been commissioned by Angel Island Tiburon Ferry (AITF)to design an all-new hybrid electric vessel for the San Francisco-based fleet. The project will additionally see the electrification of two...
Turkish tug and workboat builder Sanmar has started work on seven more of its emissions-free battery electric powered ElectRA class tugs. Sanmar has experienced huge interest in these ‘Tugs of the Future’ and, once built and delivered, these latest versions will bring...
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has announced the completion of 'Green Winds', a 63,896 dwt Ultramax bulk carrier equipped with the Wind Challenger hard sail wind power propulsion system at Oshima Shipbuilding. MOL Group company MOL Drybulk will operate this new vessel,...
Greek container ship owner Danaos Corporation has added an extra five environmentally-friendly newbuilding containerships to its orderbook. The five newbuilding orders with an aggregate contract price of US$ 509m comprise one additional 8,258 TEU vessel to be built at...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen's Orcelle Horizon project has reached a significant milestone with the completion at IMC Shipyard in Zhoushan, China of preparation for the retrofitting installation of a wing sail to the vessel 'Tirranna'. Prior to docking, extensive preparation...
The keel laying ceremony of the first of the two all-new NewMax hybrid vessels for Stena Line has taken place at the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in WeiHai, China. Stena Futura, the chosen name for this ship, is one of two NewMax hybrid vessels that will play a...
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