French maritime firm Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has celebrated the beginning of the construction of the first low-carbon roll-on /roll-off (RoRo) vessel to be chartered to European aerospace giant Airbus. The steel cutting ceremony for the first of three low-carbon vessels equipped with wind-assi
German shipbuilder Meyer Werft has delivered the second LNG-powered cruise ship, Disney Treasure, to U.S.-based Disney Cruise Line. Disney Treasure was delivered on October 24, 2024, earlier than contractually agreed, according to Meyer Werft. The ship featuring 1,240 cabins, a size of 144,000 GT, a
Public ferry service provider San Francisco Bay Ferry (SF Bay Ferry) has received a $12.5 million grant to set up electric vessel charging infrastructure at the Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal in Alameda as part of the Rapid Electric Emission-Free Ferry (REEF) Program. SF Bay Ferry’s REEF Program includes
Port of Amsterdam and Port of Den Helder have decided to strengthen their cooperation on energy transition, offshore wind, and hydrogen through a new memorandum of understanding (MoU). The Dutch ports signed the MoU on October 23, 2024, to intensify their collaboration in the areas of commerce, oper
In a little more than five years, renewable energy targets set for 2030 will come knocking on the door. Whether they will be reached, missed or overshot, depends on multiple factors, most of which concern policymakers and the energy sector itself. At the end of 2023, the EU increased the binding ren
Höegh Autoliners’ first of twelve multi-fuel Aurora-class pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) has made its first port call in Hamburg.
French technological containment specialist Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) has secured a new tank design order from Chinese shipyard Hudong-Zhonghua for a new LNG bunkering vessel being built for Ondimar Transportes Marítimos, a company of Spanish Ibaizabal Group. The order for the tank design of th
Global commodity trading group Trafigura and oil operator Meroil S.A. have created a joint venture company that includes storage infrastructure for biofuels within the port of Barcelona. Following Trafigura’s acquisition of 50% of the shares in Meroil Tank S.L. from Meroil for an undisclosed sum, Me
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Qatar Shipyard Technology Solutions, a joint venture between Nakilat and Keppel Offshore & Marine, related to maintenance and repair services involving eco-friendly technology, decarbonization, and dual-fuel conver
Norwegian Reach Subsea has secured funding of up to €14.3 million from the EU Innovation Fund, under the Net Zero Technologies initiative, which will be used for the scale-up of the Reach Remote project focusing on the development of advanced remote unmanned surface vessels (USVs). “This is a signif
French shipping giant CMA CGM has partnered with circular waste management solutions provider SUEZ to work on the production of biomethane and the low-carbon transition of maritime transport. To this end, on October 18, the companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) outlining three main ar
While the implementation of ammonia as a marine fuel is expected to be technologically feasible as early as 2025-2026, its toxic nature requires the maritime industry to develop new approaches to safety. However, the majority of maritime community members are willing to sail on or work with ammonia-
Fincantieri has held a steel-cutting ceremony for Seven Seas Prestige, the new ultra-luxury cruise ship of Regent Seven Seas Cruises, a brand of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH).
South Korean shipbuilding major HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), in collaboration with ship designer Robert Allan, has received approval in principle (AiP) from classification society ABS for an escort tug with methanol dual-fuel (DF) hybrid propulsion system. The AiP certific
