Gibdock Shipyard and Armada Technologies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the integration of Armada's proprietary air lubrication system, the Passive Air Lubrication System (PALS), into vessels serviced by Baleana Group company Gibdock. The...
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JAPAN’S SECOND GAS-FUELLED FERRY ENTERS SERVICE
MOL group company's second LNG-fuelled ferry, 'Sunflower Murasaki' has now begun operation on the Osaka-Beppu route as a replacement for an existing vessel. The new ferry is a sister ship to the Sunflower Kurenai. Compared to earlier ferries, the new vessel offers...
SANMAR RECEIVES ANOTHER GREEN TUG ORDER FROM NORWAY
Sanmar Shipyards has signed a new contract with long-term client Buksér og Berging (BuBe) to build a new generation environmentally-friendly tugboat, which will be the ninth tug that the Turkish tugboat builder has delivered to the Norway-headquartered operator. Based...
GERMAN OPERATOR CHOOSES NEW DAMEN ELECTRIC FERRY DESIGN
Like Damen, with its ambitions to be the world’s most sustainable shipbuilder, German ferry operator Reederei Norden-Frisia has a vision for a green future, and is joining with Damen Shipyards to build a new all-electric ferry. The company operates services from the...
16-VESSEL LARGE BOXSHIP ORDER FOR CSSC FROM CMA CGM
Reports from China suggest that French shipping and logistics company CMA CGM has has contracted with China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) for the construction of as many as 16 large containerships, to be built at three CSSC shipyards. There will be 12 vessels...
V-BUNKERS TO TAKE DELIVERY OF ELECTRIC-HYBRID BUNKER VESSEL
Vitol’s Singapore-based bunker operations company, V-Bunkers, has announced that it will be taking delivery of its first electric-hybrid bunker tanker, 'Marine Charge', from Zhejiang Shenzhou Sunshine Heavy Industry in China. Classed by Bureau Veritas (BV), the bunker...
TWO LNG-READY TANKERS ORDERED AT DAEHAN
Korean yard Daehan Shipbuilding has signed contracts to build two 158,000dwt crude oil carriers, which will be prepared for dual-fuel LNG operation and equipped with exhaust gas scrubbers, for Greek company Advantage Tankers. The latest order is seen as something of a...
MEYER BEGINS BUILD FOR SECOND DISNEY LNG CRUISESHIP
Disney Cruise Line and Meyer Werft have started construction of the new cruise ship 'Disney Treasure', marked by a keel laying ceremony at the Papenburg, Germany, shipyard. Like sister ship Disney Wish, delivered by Meyer Werft in 2022, the ship will be equipped with...
DAMEN AND MEYER SIGN DECARBONISATION AGREEMENT
The German Meyer shipbuilding group and Dutch shiprepair company Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) have signed a joint cooperation agreement, under which DSC will work with the Meyer subsidiary Meyer Re, a subsidiary of the Meyer Group. Meyer Re offers shipping...
MITSUBISHI LAUNCHES LIQUID CO2 CARRIER
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company based in Yokohama, has launched a demonstration test ship for transport of liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2), to be utilised in conjunction with initiatives by the New Energy and Industrial...
EIGHT LOW-EMISSION VESSEL ORDER FROM PURUS FOR DAMEN
Damen Shipyards and offshore wind services provider Purus Wind have signed a contract for the construction and delivery of eight new vessels, comprising four Damen Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 Hybrid, three Damen FCS 3210 Hybrid Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) and one,...
AUSTAL DELIVERS LARGEST LNG-READY HIGH-SPEED CATAMARAN
Austal Philippines has delivered the 115m high-speed vehicle-passenger ferry 'Express 5' to Molslinjen of Denmark, following the successful completion of sea trials in Balamban, Cebu. The Auto Express 115 high-speed catamaran ferry is the largest ferry (by volume)...
PLANS ANNOUNCED FOR JAPANESE METHANOL-FUELLED COASTAL TANKER
Six Japanese companies - Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) MOL Coastal Shipping, Tabuchi Kaiun, Niihama Kaiun, Murakami Hide Shipbuilding and Hanshin Diesel Works -have announced the decision to build a methanol-fuelled coastal tanker. The ship, of about 570gt and 65.5m length,...