Cosco Shipping Development has signed an investment, construction and leasing agreement for 42 bulk carriers, which the company says marks the largest shipbuilding and leasing transaction since the company transformed into a shipping industry and finance operator in...
Hawaii-based Pasha Hawaii has taken delivery of the 'George III' from Texas shipbuilder Keppel AmFELS, the first LNG powered vessel to fuel on the US West Coast and the first to serve Hawaii. The 236m long containership is the first of two new Ohana Class...
Chinese shipyard CIMC Raffles has begun construction at the Yantai shipyard of 'Juv Boreas', a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) commissioned by Netherlands-based marine construction company Van Oord. The DNV classed vessel is designed by Danish Naval Architect...
With the traditional keel laying ceremony at Meyer Werft's Papenburg shipyard, the construction of Carnival Jubilee - the first ship for the Miami-based shipping company to be built in Papenburg - has reached another milestone. Bernard Meyer, MD Meyer Werft, said: "We...
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ('K' Line) group company Seagate Corporation is to build a new all-electric battery-powered tugboat. The boat's hybrid propulsion system will have an electric motor as the main power source, fed by a large capacity lithium-ion battery recharged...
Offshore operator Edda Wind, which is jointly owned by Østensjø and Wilhelmsen, has launched its Service Operation Vessel (SOV) 'Edda Goelo' at Astilleros Balenciaga in Spain. Edda Goelo will commence operations on a five-year contract for Siemens Gamesa at...
Long-established ship management company Reederei Wessels recently made the same purchase as its even older near neighbour HS Shipping Group, both ordering two Damen Combi Freighter 3850 (CF 3850) vessels. The shipyard says that the choice was underpinned by the...
Damen Shipyards has been contracted to construct and deliver seven fast Patrol Vessels for Kustbevakningen (KBV), the coastguard organisation of Sweden. These vessels, to be known as the KBV 320 series, will be 26,75m in length, built in carbon fibre composite and...
A christening ceremony at Oshima Shipbuilding yard in Japan has been held by U-Ming Marine Transport for its new built 99,990 dwt Post Panamax Bulk Carrier 'Cemtex Dominance'. Measuring 235m in length and 40m in width, Cemtex Dominance is U-Ming’s second new built...
Stena Line is introducing its second large E-Flexer class vessels, 'Stena Ebba', which from December 2022 will join sister 'Stena Estelle' on the route Karlskrona-Gdynia. The twin ferries are the two largest of the E-Flexer class of Stena Line and have an increased...
Proman Stena Bulk, the joint venture (JV) between a methanol producer Proman and tanker shipping company Stena Bulk, has taken delivery of its second methanol-powered newbuild tanker, 'Stena Pro Marine'. The announcement is said to reaffirm Proman Stena Bulk’s early...
Wilhelmsen-owned shipping company Topeka, together with partners MPC Container Ships and MPC Capital, has contracted two 1300 TEU carbon neutral container vessels, scheduled to be delivered in 2024 and enter long-term contracts with North Sea Container Line (NCL)....
Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI), the biggest shipbuilder in South China, is celebrating ‘a high watermark’ in its history after delivering two of the world’s most innovative ships in a week. The new vessels leaving GSI, part of China State Shipbuilding...
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