A total of 5.5% of fleet capacity today is alternatively fuelled, up from 2.3% in 2017, according to Clarksons’ Green Technology Tracker, which estimates the figure to reach 6.5% by 2025. Although alternative-fuelled newbuild ordering has been a little slower in 2023 to date, 48% of overall orderboo
China-based New Times Shipbuilding (NTS) has held launching ceremonies for two LNG dual-fuel bulk carriers built for Himalaya Shipping and Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS). The launching ceremony for Himalaya Shipping’s 210,000 dwt bulk carrier was held on 9 June. Named Mount Neblina, the vessel is th
UK’s provider of flexible trailer, container and shipping services A2B-online has booked two multi-fuel, methanol ready hybrid containerships at Turkish Sedef Shipyard.
The second newbuild dual-fuel stainless steel parcel chemical tanker being built for E&S Tankers, a joint venture of Essberger Tankers and Stolt Tankers, has been launched. The ship named John T. Essberger was launched on 5 June – two months after the launch of its sister vessel Liselotte Essberger.
Singapore-based ship management company Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has signed a construction contract for 2+2 LNG dual-fuel LRII tankers with Chinese shipyard Guangzhou Shipbuilding International Co., a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, and CSSC Trading. The order for the 111,0
Shipping startup Viridis Bulk Carriers has won Approval in Principle (AiP) for its ammonia-fuelled short sea bulk carrier design from the DNV classification society. The certificate was presented during the Nor-Shipping trade fair at the DNV stand. The Viridis Bulk Carriers design, developed by Kong
Cruise company Hurtigruten Norway has revealed the most promising technologies for its zero-emission ship set to be launched in 2030. The technologies have been selected following a year of research by the company alongside its consortium of 12 maritime partners and research institute SINTEF as the
Japanese shipping heavyweight Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has revealed plans to build a dual-fuelled bulk carrier at Oshima Shipbuilding that will be intended for charter with Kansai Electric Power Co. The LNG dual-fuel bulker is intended to transport coal to KEPCO’s Maizuru Power Station from oversea
A 40,000 m3 LCO2 carrier developed by South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has secured Approval in Principle (AIP) from compatriot Korean Register (KR). The certificate was presented during a ceremony held at Nor-Shipping 2023 in Oslo, Norway on 7 June. The achievement is the result of a col
Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, in collaboration with its Nordic Green Ammonia Powered Ships (NoGAPS) partners, has obtained Approval in Principle (AiP) from classification society DNV for the design of an ammonia-powered gas carrier – the M/S NoGAPS. The approval certificate
Classification society DNV has awarded an approval in principle to Norwegian marine technology company Kongsberg Maritime for its future fuels-ready 2,000 TEU containership design.
Classification society ABS and Norwegian company Vaholmen VOC Recovery have signed a letter of intent (LoI) for the development of a volatile organic compounds (VOC) recovery vessel to capture emissions released during the loading of crude oil cargoes.
Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers AS (KNCC) is ready to order LCO2 carriers fitted with its unique Liquefied CO2-Elevated Pressure (LCO2-EP) containment system, the company said. The intention is being revealed on the back of a General Approval for Ship Application (GASA) the company secured for the LCO2-
Norwegian shipping company Avance Gas has ordered two mid-sized 40,000 cubic metres LPG/ammonia carriers with dual fuel engines at China International Marine Containers(Group) Ltd. (CIMC). The two companies entered into a newbuilding contract worth $123 million on 7 June. The agreement for the two n
