Wallenius Wilhelmsen has announced that four of the 12 Shaper class vessels currently on order with Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu) will be increased in size from 9,300 to about 11,700 CEUs. This makes the vessels the largest PCTCs ever to sail, and Wallenius Wilhelmsen...
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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...
THIRD BATTERY HYBRID PCTC DELIVERED TO UECC
UECC has taken delivery of its third and final newbuild multi-fuel LNG battery hybrid pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) as the company takes what it considers to be a leading position in meeting new requirements for low-emission ship operations with the green...
SFK SIGNS FURTHER GREEN FERRY CONTRACT WITH HSG
Holland Shipyards Group (HSG) has signed a new contract to build two additional ferries for Schlepp- und Fährgesellschaft Kiel (SFK), following delivery of five newbuild ferries since 2020. The contract includes a hybrid ferry with a capacity of 300 persons and a...
FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEMS ORDERED FOR BUNKER TANKERS
LGM Engineering (Gloryholder Liquefied Gas Machinery) has signed a contract to design and supply LNG Fuel gas supply systems for two 7,999 dwt LNG Bunkering Tanker vessels being constructed by Jiangmen Hangtong Shipbuilding, CCCC Fourth Harbor Engineering. The systems...
LAUNCH OF BATTERY-POWERED TRAINING SHIP
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) company Mitsubishi Shipbuilding has held a christening and launch ceremony for the ‘Oshima Maru’, a training ship for National Institute of Technology (Kosen), Oshima College, at MHI’s Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works in...
MHI STARTS BUILD OF LCO2 CARRIER DEMO SHIP
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company based in Yokohama, has held a keel laying ceremony marking the start of construction for a demonstration test ship for transport of liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2), to be utilised in...
HSG WINS ORDER FOR SWEDISH REMOTE-OPERATED ELECTRIC FERRIES
Holland Shipyards Group has signed a contract with Trafikverket Sweden for the delivery of two semi-autonomous all-electric ferries, with an option for two vessels. The ferries will sail according to autonomy level 2 and will be controlled from a remote control centre...