Korea Shipbuilding reports that it has successively obtained eco-friendly ship technology certifications from global shipping companies and is accelerating its development of decarbonised ships. Korea Shipbuilding has recently obtained Joint Development (JDP)...
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STRATEGIC MARINE RECEIVES ORDER FOR FOUR HYBRID CTVS
Singapore shipyard Strategic Marine is expanding into the green maritime space with an order for four hybrid StratCat 27 (SC27) Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) for a new customer, Purus Wind’s HST Marine. The inaugural order for parallel hybrid SC27s will see the four...
CONCORDIA DAMEN MAKES PROGRESS WITH HYDROGEN-FUELLED INLAND SHIP
Concordia Damen reports that the hull of the first ever inland hydrogen vessel is on its way onboard a heavy-lift ship, along with other hulls for conventional vessesl, from the Yizheng Yangzi shipyard in Shanghai, ready for outfitting in the Netherlands. The vessel,...
NYK ORDERS FIFTH DUAL-FUEL AMMONIA CARRIER
NYK has signed an order for a fifth liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dual-fuel very large LPG/ammonia gas carrier (VLGC) from Kawasaki Heavy Industries Sakaide Works shipyard for delivery in 2026. This vessel is the seventh in NYK's fleet of LPG-fuelled LPG carriers and...
MOL TAKES DELIVERY OF DUAL-FUEL METHANOL CARRIER
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) recently took delivery of the ‘Cypress Sun’, a dual-fuel methanol carrier that can run on either methanol or conventional heavy fuel oil, from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Ulsan, South Korea. The vessel will be chartered by MOL from Osaka Shipping...
GRIMALDI EXERCISES OPTIONS FOR MORE AMMONIA-READY PCTCs
The Grimaldi Group has decided to exercise the options within its contract with China Merchants Heavy Industries (CMI) Jiangsu shipyard and order an additional five new PCTC (Pure Car & Truck Carrier) vessels, bringing the total number of car carriers ordered in...
FBS TO BUILD JONES-ACT SOV FOR CROWLEY AND ESVAGT JV
Fincantieri Marine Group's US company Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding (FBS) has agreed a contract with Crest Wind, a joint venture between Crowley and ESVAGT, to design and build a 88m (288ft) Service Operation Vessel (SOV) to the HAV 832 design. FBS will work with...
BATTERY-LNG HYBRID TUG NAMED BY SEMBCORP
Sembcorp Marine has celebrated the naming of the first of a series of LNG hybrid tugs specially designed for domestic service in Singapore; the Singapore-flagged vessel was christened 'JMS Sunshine' in Singapore. As part of the company’s decarbonisation initiatives...
HYUNDAI WINS THREE-LNGC ORDER
HD Hyundai intermediate holding company Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering says it has won the first LNG carrier order of 2023, for three vessels, worth a total of 971.4bn won. The company has signed a contract to build three 200,000m3 super-large LNG...
FIRST SAIL-POWERED CARGO SHIP TO BE BUILT IN TURKEY
Turkish yacht builder RMK Marine reports that it has won the tender for the construction of the commercial sailing ro-ro vessel, which will operate almost entirely with wind propulsion for French company Neoline Armateurs. The 136m ro-ro will feature an...
BUILD BEGINS FOR ULSTEIN-DESIGNED METHANOL-FUELLED CSOV
A steel cutting ceremony for the first of two next-generation methanol MDO/HVO powered DP2 Construction Service Operating Vessels (CSOVs) for Acta Marine has been held at Tersan Shipyard. The vessel design was developed exclusively and in close collaboration with...
GONDAN NAMES SECOND EDDA ZERO-EMISSION CSOV
At Astilleros Gondan’s yard in Figueras, Spain, a naming ceremony has been held for 'Edda Boreas', a Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV), for the Norwegian shipowner Edda Wind. The vessel, designed by Salt Ship Design, has a length of 88.3m and a beam of...
AUSTAL DIVERSIFIES INTO AUTONOMOUS SHIPS, INCLUDING ZERO-CARBON SURVEY VESSEL
Western Australia-headquartered Austal has issued news of a number of contracts that it has secured, mainly for the group's US company. The contracts are said to further diversify Austal’s revenue base, while providing the company with significant long-term growth...