Svitzer has contracted Uzmar shipyard in Turkiye to build a first of its kind methanol-battery tug for delivery in the second half of 2025. The 6MWh battery-powered tug will be deployed in Gothenburg and provide zero-emission services across a quarter of Svitzer’s...
French ship operator CMA-CGM has ordered a total of seven new container vessels, three of 7900 TEU capacity and four of 7,300 TEU capacity, all intended to be fuelled by biogas, to serve the French West Indies. The vessels will apply technology that aims to protect...
Norwegian transport group Asko, which supplies NorgesGruppen grocery stores among other customers, has formally named two battery-electric driverless vessels which were recently delivered from India. The two vessels, known by Asko as 'maritime drones' were named Marit...
Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, an intermediate holding company of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, says that it has succeeded in winning an order for eight ships worth a total of 525bn won. The company has signed a contract with two African shipping...
Ulstein Power & Control has landed an important contract as a system integrator and supplier of advanced hybrid power and control systems for Olympic’s Construction Service Operation Vessels of the Ulstein SX222 design, covering two vessels being built at Ulstein...
Semi spade rudders with innovative asymmetric leading edge will be installed on five new LNG-fuelled Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC) vessels for Singapore operator Eastern Pacific Shipping. The vessels are to be built by CSC Jinling Shipyard in China. The customised...
New Zealand's Move Logistics Group says that procurement has been approved, and a project is now underway, for a new methanol-ready coastal freight vessel. Having secured NZ$ 10m in co-investment funds from transport agency Waka Kotahi to support coastal shipping...
Dutch specialist shipbuilder Royal IHC is expanding its portfolio of Cutter Suction Dredgers (CSDs) with electrical counterparts for each of the Beaver types, which are expected to be available from stock soon. For nearly 60 years, Royal IHC has continuously...
The Daehan yard in Korea has recently delivered an 115,000 dwt crude oil carrier ordered by Greek operator Sun Enterprises. The new vessel is 249.9m long and 44m wide. It is an eco-friendly, high-efficiency vessel that satisfies Phase 3 of the Energy Efficiency Design...
Wärtsilä and Danish ship operator A.P. Moller-Maersk have developed a means for preventing corrosion in scrubber discharge pipes, using a permanent in-pipe solution which is designed to solve corrosion problems associated with open-loop scrubber washwater discharge....
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company Mitsubishi Shipbuilding has held a christening and launch ceremony for the Sunflower Murasaki, the second of two large LNG-fuelled ferries being built for Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) at MHI’s Shimonoseki Shipyard and...
'Stellar Harmony', a dedicated wood-chip carrier, has recently been delivered from the Iwagi Zosen shipyard, a member of the Imabari Shipbuilding Group, to Japanese operator NYK. The vessel will transport environmentally and socially conscious wood chips mainly from...
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has signed construction deals for four Capesize bulkers and two VLCCs, which will all use environment-friendly LNG as their main fuel. The four 210,000 dwt 300m Capesize bulkers will be built at CSSC Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding, marking MOL's...
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