Purus has placed an order for two 45,000m3 dual fuel ammonia-ready medium-sized gas carriers (MGC) from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea for scheduled delivery in 2027. The newbuild pair will increase the size of the Purus ammonia transport fleet to nine vessels,...
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INDIA BAGS ORDER FOR GREEN CSOV PAIR
Indian yard Cochin Shipyard (CSL) has won an international export order with an European client for construction of Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) for offshore wind farms, with a contract valued at around Rs 1000 Cr, with potential for more orders in...
NEWBUILD CRUISE SHIP TO TRIAL HYDROGEN FUEL
Viking has taken delivery of the company's newest ocean ship, the 'Viking Neptune', from Fincantieri's shipyard in Ancona, Italy. While identical to Viking's other ocean ships, the Viking Neptune is equipped with a small hydrogen fuel system, making it what is...
TWO MORE VINGA GREEN TANKERS ORDERED, MAKING 17 IN TOTAL
Swedish operator Furetank and Canadian company Algoma Central Corporation have expanded the FureBear joint venture to include eight climate-friendly, dual-fuel product tankers to trade in Northern Europe. The 50/50 owned joint venture is now extended with four...
KEEL LAID FOR FIRST WALLENIUS MULTI-FUEL 6,500 CEU PCTC
The CIMC Raffles Longkou Shipyard in China has begun construction of the first of two 6,500 CEU PCTC vessels for Wallenius, which will be chartered to Volkswagen Group. In summer 2021, Wallenius Marine and Volkswagen signed a contract for two multi-fuel vessels with...
MATSON ORDERS TWO MORE DUAL FUEL JONES ACT BOXHIPS
Matson Navigation Company, a US carrier in the Pacific, has signed contracts with Philly Shipyard. to build three new 3,600 TEU LNG fuelled Aloha Class containerships for an aggregate price of approximately US$ 1bn. The first vessel is expected to be delivered in the...
‘K’ LINE ORDERS FIVE MORE LNGCs FOR QATAR GAS
Japanese operator Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ('K' Line) is pleased to announce the execution of five long-term Time Charter contracts through joint venture companies with QatarEnergy. The joint venture companies have concurrently executed shipbuilding contracts for...
NYK BUILDS TWO MORE GAS-FUELLED COAL CARRIERS
NYK is to order two LNG-fuelled large coal carriers, of 95,000 dwt and 235m length, from Oshima Shipbuilding, for scheduled delivery in 2025. This ship order is a part of a bulk carrier fleet development aimed at achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in...
TURKISH YARD REPORTS GROWING ORDER BOOK FOR ELECTRIC TUGS
Sanmar Shipyards says it is delighted with the level of interest shown by operators around the world in its ElectRA series of eco-friendly electric tugboats, a Robert Allan Ltd design built exclusively by Sanmar.. The latest in a rapidly increasing number of orders is...
GG5G No12 DELIVERED TO GRIMALDI GROUP
The 12th hybrid ro-ro ship of the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class, named 'Eco Italia' has been delivered from the Chinese Jinling shipyard in Nanjing. Like her 11 sister vessels already deployed in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe, she is one of the...
GRIMALDI ORDERS FIVE AMMONIA-READY PCTC VESSELS
The Grimaldi Group has signed a contract for the construction of five new PCTCs (Pure Car Truck Carriers) with the shipyard China Merchants Heavy Industries Jiangsu, part of China Merchant Industry Holdings. The agreement foresees an option for additional five units,...
LOW EMISSION DAMEN WORKBOAT FOR POLISH OFFSHORE WIND
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered the 'Fairplay-37' to Fairplay Towage Polska in Gdynia, Poland, a Damen Shoalbuster 2711 ICE which is set to play an important role in the development of the emerging offshore wind energy sector in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea...
EURONAV ORDERS ALTERNATIVE FUEL-READY SUEZMAX PAIR
Antwerp -based tanker company Euronav has entered into an agreement with Daehan Shipbuilding for two Suezmax newbuilding contracts, sister ships to the 157,310 dwt 2022-built 'Cedar' and 'Cypress' (pictured), built at the same yard. Both vessels are scheduled for...