Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s largest ocean carrier by operated container vessel capacity, is exploring retrofitting projects involving various types of fuels including LNG and methanol. The two solutions remain the key options for owners that want to act today on lowering their
Italian cabling giant Prysmian Group is investing approximately €200 million in a new cable-laying vessel which will be equipped with a battery pack for a total power of 3 MW. The new 170-meter-long vessel will be built by the VARD Group, a subsidiary of the Fincantieri Group, just like Leonardo da
Carnival Cruise Line, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, has held a christening ceremony for its new flagship, a cruise ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), Carnival Celebration.
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has won a construction contract for two shuttle tankers, resuming its winning streak into the final weeks of this year. The shuttle tankers have been ordered by an undisclosed company from Oceania, which is paying KRW 346.6 billion ($255 millio
Norwegian oil major Equinor has joined forces with compatriot ship design company Breeze Ship Design to develop a ship design concept for a CO2 carrier for direct offshore injection.
Canadian fuel cell supplier Ballard Power Systems has installed two 200 kilowatt (kW) fuel cell modules onboard the Hydra ferry, operated by Norwegian company Norled. The installation of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells comes ahead of the vessel’s first sea trial scheduled for December this
Singapore-based shipowner Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has taken delivery of a 210,000 DWT dual-fuel bulk carrier from Chinese shipbuilder New Times Shipbuilding.
German fuel gas system provider TGE Marine has secured nine contracts with Swedish shipowner Furetank to supply LNG fuel gas systems for the Vinga series of energy-efficient climate-friendly tankers. The contract is in relation to the 17,999 dwt vessels that will be built by China Merchants Jinling
Chinese shipbuilding company Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) has delivered a new 109,000-dwt Aframax dual-fuel tanker to Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co (BoComm).
A prototype ship named ZEUS (Zero Emission Ultimate Ship) with hybrid propulsion has been classed by the Italian classification society RINA, becoming its first ship capable of running on hydrogen. The vessel was developed as part of the research project named Technologies with Low Environmental Imp
Maran Dry Management Inc., a dry bulk shipping unit of the Angelicoussis Group, has signed a joint development project (JDP) agreement with the Italian classification society RINA and Shanghai Ship Research and Design Institute (SDARI) for an LNG and hydrogen-powered bulk carrier. The project will b
The world’s first bulker equipped with Wind Challenger, a hard sail wind power propulsion system, has completed its maiden voyage round trip back in Japan, Port of Noshiro.
U.S.-based cruise shipping company Disney Cruise Line has decided to acquire cruise ship Global Dream, currently under construction at German shipyard Meyer Werft
Circular Maritime Technologies (CMT), a Dutch startup targeting to automate shipbreaking processes, has secured an EU subsidy that would help the company take the project to the next stage of development. CMT said that it won a subsidy as part of the Kansen voor West III, a program largely financed
