A.P. Moller-Maersk has celebrated the naming of its latest dual-fuel methanol container vessel 'Alexandra Maersk' at the Port of Felixstowe, UK. Alexandra Maersk is the sixth vessel in Maersk’s owned fleet being able to sail on methanol in its main and auxiliary...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Australian high speed ferry designer and builder Incat Tasmania says it is currently in discussions to deliver what should prove to be the world’s first large, lightweight, zero emissions ferry. Among vessels currently under construction at Incat is a 130m lightweight...
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) says that the first of Japan's first pair of LNG-fuelled ferries, the 'Sunflower Kurenai', owned by MOL and operated by its group company Ferry Sunflower has begun operations, serving the Osaka-Beppu route between Sunflower Ferry Terminal (Osaka...
The Grimaldi group has commissioned Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Company (SWS) and China Shipbuilding Trading Company (CSTC), two subsidiaries of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), to build five new PCTC (Pure Car & Truck Carrier) vessels, with the...
Ship operator Scandlines says that its new zero direct emission ferry, curently known as PR24, being built in Turkey for the Puttgarden-Rødby route, now has two-thirds of the steel plates cut , and the ferry currently consists of eight sections which have already been...
Belgian company Hydrex reports that its diver/technicians have recently carried out scrubber overboard pipe repairs in ports in Belgium and the Netherlands. Corroded pipes were replaced on two tankers, an LNG carrier and a ro-ro ship. In all cases the pipes were...
Sanmar Shipyards of Turkey has ended a successful year with the delivery of two tugboats that are both powerful and environmentally-aware to Italy-based long-term client Rimorchiatori Augusta. Based on the technologically-advanced, reduced emissions exclusive to...
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