
Classification society Bureau Veritas has issued design approval for what will be “the world’s largest” very large gas carriers (VLGCs).

After achieving its carbon reduction target of 35% compared to a 2005 baseline, American cruise holding company Royal Caribbean Group has committed to further reduce emissions by 25% by 2025 from 2019 levels.

The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä and the Finnish–Swedish ferry operator Wasaline have signed a ten-year optimised maintenance agreement for the Aurora Botnia LNG-powered ferry.

Germany’s boat builder Fassmer Shipyard and compatriot electric drive system provider Torqeedo have developed a fully electric ferry concept for public transport — the Fassmer CIT-E Ferry powered by a Torqeedo integrated drive system.

South Korean shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) has ordered French containment specialist GTT’s tank design for two new LNG carriers on behalf of a European ship-owner.

The classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted approval in principle (AiP) to French engineering firm GTT and Finnish ship designer Deltamarin for the Aframax LNG tanker design.

Liquefied CO2 carrier designs by South Korean shipyard Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) and its parent company Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering (KSOE) have been granted approval in principle (AIP) by classification society ABS and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime Administrat

Anglo-Dutch energy major Shell has awarded a contract to Penguin International Ltd, a Singapore-based designer, builder and owner of aluminium high-speed craft, to design, build, and operate at least three pure electric ferries and shore chargers in Singapore.

Turkish tugboat design company Navtek Naval Technologies has proven the design and operational performance of their first ZEETUG, the zero-emission electric tugboat.

New York-based gas-to-power developer New Fortress Energy has finalised a contract with Sri Lanka’s government to construct a new offshore LNG receiving, storage and regasification terminal.

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä and Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) have signed a joint development programme (JDP) agreement aimed at developing ammonia-fuelled vessels with 4-stroke auxiliary engines available for future newbuild projects.

Russian Arctic LNG 2 projects’ EPC contractor, a joint venture of Technip Energies, Saipem and NIPIGAS, has delivered the first modules for LNG Train 1.

Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has granted an approval in principle (AiP) to South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and its parent company Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) for the design and development of an ammonia carrier with ammonia-fuelled propulsio

UK’s investment manager Tufton Investment Management has completed a voyage using 100% sustainable marine biofuel in partnership with Dutch marine biofuels supplier GoodFuels.