Baltic shipping company ESL Shipping, a company in the Aspo group, has ordered a series of four new, fossil-free handysize vessels, with an option to increase the order for an unspecified number of extra ships. The ships will be built at China Merchants Jinling...
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INCAT CONSIDERS BATTERY POWER FOR BUQUEBUS NEWBUILD
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...
MOL’S LNG FERRY ENTERS SERVICE
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...
FIVE MORE GREEN PCTCs FOR GRIMALDI
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...
SCANDLINES ZERO DIRECT EMISSION FREIGHT FERRY TAKES SHAPE
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...
SCRUBBER PIPE REPAIRS EFFECTED WITHOUT DRYDOCKING
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 ENDS 2022 WITH DELIVERY OF GREEN TUG PAIR
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...
NYK NAMES NEW DUAL-FUEL VLGC
NYK of Japan has held a naming ceremony at the Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries for ‘Lantana Planet’ a new VLGC that NYK will charter to LPG company Astomos Energy Corporation. The 229.9m vessel is a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dual-fuel VLGC of 86,500m3...
SUSTAINABLE DREDGER FOR DUTCH COMPANY
Dutch contractor Gebr van der Lee has ordered a sustainable Beagle 4 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) from IHC Dredging. The customer was looking for a sustainable trailing suction hopper dredger with this hopper volume available at short delivery. The...
HSG BAGS ORDER FOR THREE SUSTAINABLE COASTERS
As a partner of the Dutch Hudig & Veder Group, Hartel Shipping and Chartering has awarded Holland Shipyards Group a contract for three newbuild multi-purpose coasters of 3.800 dwt. The new vessels, designed by Conoship, measure 8942 m by 13,20m and will have a...
FOURTH METHANOL-FUELLED TANKER HANDED OVER IN CHINA
Proman Stena Bulk, the joint venture between tanker company Stena Bulk and methanol producer Proman, has taken delivery of a further methanol-fuelled tanker, the 49,900 dwt 'Stena Prosperous' from Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) and will now enter commercial...
ANOTHER LNG-FUELLED CRUISE DELIVERY FROM MEYER
German yard Meyer Werft has handed over the cruise ship 'Arvia' to the UK company P&O Cruises, part of Carnival. The sister ship of Iona, built in 2020, Arvia also has low-emission LNG propulsion. Yard MD Jan Meyer said: "The current tense global situation, with...
DAMEN WINS SUSTAINABLE NZ FISHING ORDER
Damen Maaskant and New Zealand based seafood company Sanford have signed a contract for the design and build of a new scampi vessel, based on the Damen Sea Fisher 3210 design. Both companies joined in a close co-operation for the development of a purpose equipped and...