Vard has completed an advanced cable laying vessel to Danish subsea specialist NCT Offshore, less than two years after the contract was signed. NCT Offshore is a Danish offshore vessel owner and operator with roots in the renewable wind industry. The company focuses...
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SIX-VESSEL DELIVERY FROM DAMEN INCLUDES ALL-ELECTRIC TUG
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered six RSD Tugs 2513 to the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in Belgium. The delivery consists of five RSD Tugs 2513 and one RSD-E Tug 2513 – the first fully electric tug to operate in a European port. With its fully electric propulsion, the...
‘K’ LINE TAKES DELIVERY OF LNG-FUELLED PCTC
Car carrier vessel 'Pontus Highway', of 7,000 vehicle capacity, has been delivered to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ('K' Line) by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu) . A sister to Nereus Highway, delivered from the same builder in August 2024, the 199.8m 75,698gt...
DELIVERY OF FIRST LCO2 CARRIER FOR NORTHERN LIGHTS CCS PROJECT
Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ('K' Line) reports that the liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier newbuild for the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project has been completed by Dalian Shipbuilding. The vessel, named Northern Pioneer,...
VARD TO BUILD FIVE HYBRID OFFSHORE SERVICE VESSELS
Vard, a Fincantieri Group company, has signed a contract for the design and construction of five 88m offshore vessels with an undisclosed international customer. The five Vard 3 32 design vessels, described as 'Walk-to-work' vessels, will provide maintenance, supply,...
DAMEN DELIVERS FIRST OF NEW LOW CARBON-READY COMBI FREIGHTER DESIGN
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered two Combi Freighter (CF) 5000 vessels to Squtrixo General Trading, which will shortly be followed by a CF 3850 for the same owner. During the maiden voyage of the two CF 5000 vessels, Damen is monitoring performance via its onboard...
VARD HANDS OVER FIFTH HYBRID CSOV TO NORWIND OFFSHORE
Shipbuilder Vard, part of the Fincantieri group, has delivered the CSOV (Commissioning Service Operation Vessel) 'Norwind Helm' to Norwind Offshore. This is the fifth vessel in the series Vard has delivered to Norwegian Norwind Offshore, a company that offers...
MITSUBISHI LAUNCHES SECOND LNG-FUELLED RO-RO SHIP
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company, has held a christening and launch ceremony at the Enoura Plant of MHI's Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works for the Trans Harmony Emerald, the second of two LNG-powered ro-ros under...
SILVERSTREAM AND YIU LIAN SIGN MoU FOR AIR LUBRICATION IN CHINA
Silverstream Technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Yiu Lian Dockyards (Shekou), one of the largest ship repair yards in China and part of China Merchants Group. The partnership aims to drive retrofit installations of the Silverstream air...
‘K’ LINE COMPANY ORDERS ALL-ELECTRIC TUG
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...
HAPAG-LLOYD SUSTAINABLE CONTAINER SHIP NAMED IN EPONYMOUS HOME PORT
'Hamburg Express', the flagship of Hapag-Lloyd’s largest container ship class, has been ceremoniously christened at the Container Terminal Burchardkai in the Port of Hamburg. Rolf Habben Jansen, Hapag-Lloyd CEO, said: “With the Hamburg Express, we are setting new...
DAMEN STARTS CONSTRUCTION OF TWO FULLY ELECTRIC FERRIES
Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania has laid the keel for the first two of four fully electric ferries for BC Ferries of Canada. The keel laying ceremony marked an important milestone in the third phase of construction of the Island Class Ferries, which will bring the...
UECC ORDERS MORE BATTERY HYBRID PCTC VESSELS
United European Car Carriers (UECC) has signed a shipbuilding contract with China Merchants Jinling Shipyard Nanjing for up to four advanced multi-fuel battery hybrid pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) in a major fleet expansion by European sustainable shortsea ro-ro...