French shipping giant CMA CGM has held a christening ceremony for two of its 2,000 TEU LNG-fueled ships, CMA CGM Sintra and CMA CGM Altamira. The vessels are the eighth and ninth in a series of ten 2,000 TEU LNG-powered ships being built by HD Hyundai Mipo in South Korea for CMA CGM’s Northern Europ
Antarctica21, an operator of air-cruise expeditions to Antarctica, has unveiled a new collaboration with U.S.-based e-fuels producer HIF Global in an effort to integrate synthetic gasoline into its operations on the White Continent.
Marine battery manufacturer AYK Energy has secured a contract with Spanish shipowner Mureloil to deliver a 4,200 kWh battery for a new diesel-electric tanker. Under the agreement, AYK Energy will supply its Aries+ battery on a new 7,999 dwt diesel-electric product tanker being built for Mureloil at
The EverLoNG project, an initiative aiming to encourage the uptake of ship-based carbon capture (SBCC) by trialing its use onboard LNG-fueled ships, has completed the second demonstration campaign on Heerema Marine Contractors’ LNG-powered crane ship Sleipnir. The demonstration campaign began in Jun
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
Swedish shipping company Stena RoRo has taken delivery of a new E-Flexer roll-on/roll-off passenger (RoPax) vessel, which will be powered multi-fuel engine and a battery package, from the Chinese shipyard CMI Jinling (Weihai).
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
Höegh Autoliners’ first of twelve multi-fuel Aurora-class pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) has made its first port call in Hamburg.
Tree Energy Solutions (TES), a Belgium-based producer of electric natural gas derived from green hydrogen (e-NG), and Advantage Partners (AP), a Japanese private equity fund, are in discussions to explore potential investments in TES’ e-NG projects.
Van Oord’s new, next-generation cable-laying vessel (CLV) Calypso has begun installing cables at its first offshore wind project, marking its official debut. Calypso’s first project is RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm, being constructed on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea, 195 kilometers from the
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
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
ABS has completed a safety evaluation of ammonia dispersion on board an ammonia-fueled gas turbine LNG carrier design from Hanwha Ocean.
Classification society Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) has teamed up with Singapore-based maritime engineering and design company SeaTech Solutions to work on the design and classification of next-generation green tugs and harbor crafts. To bolster their partnership, IRS and SeaTech signed a memor
