Damen Shipyards has signed a contract with the City of Toronto in Canada for the delivery of two fully-electric ferries, which will provide a major boost to sustainability in the region, to operate between downtown Toronto and the major tourist destination of the...
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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...
A.P. MOLLER-MAERSK ORDERS SIX MORE GREEN METHANOL LARGE CONTAINER VESSELS
A.P. Moller-Maersk has ordered a further six large (17,000 TEU) ocean-going vessels from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), which that can sail on green methanol. Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, Maersk CEO Fleet and Strategic Brands, said: "Our customers are looking to us...
COSCO TO OFFER ANEMOI SAIL INSTALLATIONS
UK-based rotor sail company Anemoi Marine Technologies has reached an agreement with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (CHI), one of China’s major shipbuilding organisations, with nine yards capable of up to 7.5m dwt annual production across all major vessel segments and...
DUTCH CONSORTIUM AIMS TO LEAD IN EMISSION-FREE SHIPPING
In the Northern Netherlands, the maritime sector is pooling its knowledge and expertise in the Green Maritime Coalition to realise the technology needed for green shipping and digitalised shipbuilding. The Green Maritime Coalition, founded on the initiative of the...
VLCC WITH RIGID WING SAILS LAUNCHED IN CHINA
China Classification Society (CCS) is hailing a major milestone after overseeing the delivery and naming ceremony of the first VLCC built in China deploying four 40m rigid wing sails. CCS attended the naming ceremony of the 307,000 dwt, 333m crude oil carrier New Aden...
HØGLUND TO SUPPLY SIX AUTOMATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS TO JIANGNAN
Automation specialist Høglund Marine Solutions has signed six more contracts with Jiangnan Shipyard Group and Babcock LGE to supply Integrated Automation (IAS), Cargo and Fuel Gas Control Systems (CCS and FGCS) for six very large ethane carrier (VLEC) newbuilds. Three...
AUSTAL LAUNCHES LARGEST FAST FERRY, AND IT’S LNG READY
Austal Philippines has successfully launched the 115m high speed vehicle-passenger ferry 'Express 5', for Molslinjen of Denmark, utilising a new vessel transportation system designed by Austal. The Auto Express 115 catamaran ferry is the largest ferry (by volume)...