Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ('K' Line) subsidiary Daito Corporation has signed a contract for construction of an electric tugboat, powered by a large-capacity lithium-ion battery, with Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI). The electric tugboat is to be equipped with a...
Japanese ship operator NYK has taken delivery of the LNG-fuelled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) 'Sweet Pea Leader' from Imabari Shipbuilding's Tadotsu Shipyard. The vessel had been ordered by NYK from Nihon Shipyard and is NYK's seventh LNG-fuelled PCTC. NYK will...
Gibraltar shipyard Gibdock recently hosted the Vulica Shipping Company-owned bulk carrier 'Donald M James' for a 30-day project which brought a first opportunity to work with a new type of coating from GIT Coatings (Graphite Innovation & Technologies Inc). The...
A pair of new generation, environmentally-friendly tugs, based on the ElectRA 2300SX design from naval architect Robert Allan Ltd (RAL), which are the result of close co-operation between RAL, owner SAAM Towage and builder Sanmar at every stage of the project, are now...
Boomsma Shipping and Leonard & Blumberg have placed an order for up to eight 8,500 dwt low-emission dry cargo vessels, to be built by the Chowgule yard group in India. The vessels are to be built to a design by Conoship International for the innovative design, and...
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company based in Yokohama, has held a christening and launch ceremony for the ‘Fugaku Maru’, a ro-ro ship under construction for Fujitrans Corporation, at the Enoura Plant of MHI's Shimonoseki Shipyard...
Boskalis has signed a contract with Dutch shipbuilding company Royal IHC to build a large trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) with hopper capacity of 31,000m3 to be built at the IHC yard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands. The vessel is being prepared for...
The Damen Maaskant repair yard has converted the 43m ‘YE118’ vessel owned by Yerseke 118 Noordland with an electric propulsion motor; a second step towards the full electrification of this vessel. Long-standing partners Damen Maaskant and Yerseke 118 Noordland started...
Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in the US has christened the recently constructed LNG bunker barge 'Clean Everglades'' a sister ship to the LNG barge 'Clean Canaveral', delivered by FBS in 2021. Clean Canaveral has made more than 65 successful LNG bunker deliveries....
Neue Schleppdampfschiffsreederei Louis Meyer of Hamburg has placed an order with Damen Shipyards for the one of the first of its next generation ASD Tug 2111 vessels. The new tug will be operated on a long-term charter by Emder Schlepp-Betrieb (ESB) for operations in...
Spanish shipyard Gondan has held a Steel Cutting Ceremony to mark the start of construction of the next Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) vessel, which promises to modernise maritime safety in Scotland and the Isle of Man. The NLB, which has been responsible for the...
NYK's sixth LNG-fuelled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC), 'Sumire Leader', has started its transportation service for the Japanese company Mazda Motor Corporation, arriving at the port of Hiroshima on 17 October and the port of Nakanoseki (Yamaguchi Prefecture) on 18...
Damen Shipyards has signed a contract with Belgian shipping company Fast Lines Belgium for the delivery of two Damen Combi Freighter 3850 (CF 3850) vessels. Damen says that Fast Lines Belgium chose the CF 3850 as its first purchase from the group based on its...
Keep up to date with news and events in the industry.
We do not share your information with third parties and you can unsubscribe at any time.