The Italian Grimaldi Group has named and taken delivery of its latest vessel 'Grande Tianjin' from Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Company Limited (SWS). The Grande Tianjin is the first of seven PCTC (pure car and truck carrier) vessels commissioned from SWS and...
Damen Shipyards Group and French shipping group CMA CGM are beginning a cooperation that is expected to result in around 10 of the latter’s vessels receiving significant modifications. The upgrades, which will take place at Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (DSDu) and Damen...
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ('K' Line) together with Hyundai Glovis has placed four shipbuilding contracts for 174,000m3 LNG carriers with Hanwha Ocean Co for 2027 delivery. The vessels have been ordered for long-term Time Charter contracts with major LNG producer...
NYK and Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) are mutually formulating a method for estimating a ship’s performance in actual seas before construction is completed. The companies have recently completed verification of a vessel’s propulsive performance in wind and...
German shipyard Meyer Werft and Carnival Corporation of the USA have reached an agreement to build another modern cruise ship for Carnival Cruise Line for delivery in 2028. This follows a similar order placed in February 2024. The orders are subject to financing....
The construction of the next dual-fuelled cruise ship for Disney Cruise Line has reached another milestone: assembly of the ship's hull beginning at Meyer Werft in Papenburg with the traditional keel-laying ceremony. The ship is a sister ship of the Disney Treasure,...
Sanmar Shipyards of Turkey has delivered one of its ElectRA Series battery electric powered tugboats to environmentally-conscious Norway-headquartered operator Buksér og Berging, where it will be based at the Port of Oslo. Named BB Electra by its new owners, the tug...
Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine has made a foray into the fast-growing Thai crew boat market, with the first of two aluminium Gen 4 Fast Crew Boats (FCBs) delivered to offshore services provider Truth Maritime Services (TMS). The latest generation of FCBs have...
Japanese ship operator NYK has held a naming ceremony at the Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries for the first new LPG carrier jointly owned by NYK and Astomos Energy Corporation since the two companies shared ownership of 'Gas Capricorn' from 2003. NYK seeks...
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is moving towards its aim of having 90 vessels afloat fuelled by LNG or methanol by 2030, following delivery of the LNG-fuelled car carrier ‘Cerulean Ace’ from the Onishi Shipyard of Shin Kurushima Dockyard. The vessel will transport cars,...
Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar has delivered two newbuild tugs from its Boğaçay series to a returning client, the Italy-headquartered Rimorchiatori Mediterranei Group, considered to be the largest tug operator in the Mediterranean. The Ortigia, known as Boğaçay LX while...
Spanish company Gondan Shipbuilders has celebrated the launching of its fifth Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) for Edda Wind, from the recently-resized slipway 1 of the expanded Figueras, Castropol facility. The vessel, new building number C503, designed...
Tanker owner and operator Union Maritime is planning to fit two new LR2 tankers with the WindWings wind propulsion technology developed by UK design and engineering firm BAR Technologies. The two vessels, currently being built at the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding...
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