A car carrier vessel of 7,000 CEU capacity, named 'Poseidon Highway', has recently been delivered to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ('K' Line) of Japan from Imabari Shipbuilding. The vessel is mainly fuelled by LNG, and is expected to reduce CO2 emissions by 25% to 30% and SOx...
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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,...
SAMSKIP’s ZERO-EMISSION FEEDER SHIPS TO BE BUILT IN INDIA
Indian shipbuilder Cochin Shipyard (CSL) has received the order from logistics company Samskip Norway for the design and construction of two zero emission feeder container vessels with an option for two more vessels. The project is believed to be one of the first zero...
10 BOXSHIP NEWBUILDS FOR ONE WILL BE ALTERNATIVE FUEL READY
Ocean Network Express (ONE), the joint venture between Japanese companies MOL, NYK and 'K' Line, has ordered 10 large new container vessels with a carrying capacity of over 13,700 TEU to be delivered in 2025 and 2026. The 10 new vessels will be ready for methanol and...
NEW NYK COAL CARRIER OFFSETS GHG EMISSIONS TO ZERO
The newbuild coal carrier 'Kagura' owned by NYK and chartered to Chugoku Electric Power Co (EnerGia) has been delivered from Oshima Shipbuilding. Under a long-term transport contract with EnerGia, the 235m 99,990 dwt vessel will use carbon offsets to theoretically...
ELECTRIC AND LNG TUGS NAMED IN CANADA
HaiSea Marine, a joint venture majority owned by the Canadian Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan, has officially named and blessed its new harbour tug boat fleet – which includes the world’s first fully electric harbour tug boats, along with dual fuel (LNG and...
FINCANTIERI’S FIRST LNG-FUELLED CRUISESHIP TAKES TO THE WATER
The floating out of 'Sun Princess', the first of two LNG-fuelled cruise ships for Princess Cruises, took place at the Fincantieri yard in Monfalcone, Italy. At 175,500gt Sun Princess is the largest ship built so far in Italy, as well as the first LNG cruise ship built...
DAMEN GREEN TUG FOR CARIBBEAN
National Energy Corporation (NEC), a subsidiary of the state-owned National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago, has taken delivery of a new Damen ASD Tug 2811. NEC has opted to have installed a Class certified Damen Marine NOx Reduction System to make it IMO Tier III...