Finnish operator Viking Line's 2008-built ro-pax 'Viking XPRS' has undergone a complete refit and is shortly to resume service on the Helsinki–Tallinn route. The three-week docking at Oresund Dry Docks in Landskrona, southern Sweden, involved renovation of the...
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...
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 ,...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
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