UK company Artemis Technologies has been awarded a tender to supply the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) with a 100% electric Artemis EF-12 Pilot boat. This collaboration is considered to mark a significant milestone in Sweden’s ambition to transition towards a...
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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...
SECOND LNG-FUELLED BRITTANY FERRIES SHIP BEGINS OPERATION
Brittany Ferries' latest newbuild, 'Santoña', has begun servive on the company's twice-weekly Portsmouth (UK) to Santander in northern Spain service, to which is added a single weekly return-crossing to Cherbourg in France. Santoña is fuelled by LNG, expected to...
SWEDISH PORT VESSEL GETS ELECTRIC LIFE EXTENSION
The Port of Gothenburg's inspection vessel 'Hammen', which has been in service since 1979, is to be converted to run on electrical power. Replacement of the 20.3m vessel was considered, but the port authority felt this unnecessary, as the 43-year-old Hammen was still...
OLDENDORFF NAMES LATEST GREEN BULKER
Oldendorff Carriers has recently celebrated the namegiving of its latest Japanese Capesize newbuilding, the 'Gina Oldendorff' at Namura Shipbuilding. This follows sister vessel Alice Oldendorff, also delivered from Namura in November 2022. Both Capesize ships will be...
KOREAN YARD WINS DUAL-FUEL SUEZMAX CONTRACT
Daehan Shipbuilding of Korea has won a contract for three Suezmaxes tankers from shipping company Swiss Advantage Tankers (Advantage). This order follows shortly after Advantage took delivery of the fourth in a series of 299,600dwt tankers from DSME. The Suezmaxes...
VIKING FERRY RETURNS AFTER GREENING UPGRADE
Finnish company Viking Line's 10-year-old LNG-fuelled 'Viking Grace' has returned to operations between Turku and Stockholm as a better and climate-smarter version of its old self. During a three-week docking in Odense, Denmark, new technology to reduce fuel...
NINE METHANOL-FUELLED BOXSHIP ORDER UNDERLINES HMM’S GREEN AIMS
HMM (the former Hyundai Merchant Marine) has announced newbuilding contracts with Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries(HSHI) and HJ Shipbuilding and Construction(HJSC) for nine 9,000 TEU containerships powered by methanol dual-fuel engines. HMM's mid-to-long-term strategy...