South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has received a contract to build one liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier.
Norwegian shipowning company Ocean Yield AS has agreed to purchase a 5,500 TEU newbuilding container vessel under construction at HJ Shipbuilding, Korea.
P&O Cruises’ second LNG-powered Excel-class cruise ship Arvia is set for delivery, German shipbuilding company Meyer Werft revealed.
The world’s biggest ice-rated ConRo vessel Baltic Enabler was named at a traditional ceremony in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges held on 2 November 2022. Baltic Enabler and her sister ship Botnia Enabler, owned by Swedish shipping company Wallenius Sol, are both icebreakers with a deadweight of 28,000 to
South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has developed a new containership concept that does not require fixing of containers. Hyundai Heavy Industries said that the novel lashing-free containership design, described as the world’s first, has won Design Approval from the American Bureau
Hong Kong-based Pacific Gas, a fully owned subsidiary of Shandong Shipping, has placed an order for four 99,000cbm very large ethane carriers with Chinese shipbuilder Jiangnan Shipbuilding (Group) Co, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation. The contract is estimated to be worth around
Longkou Shipyard in China held the keel laying ceremony for the first vessel from the Sleipner concept, which will be chartered out to Volkswagen Konzernlogistik GmbH & Co. OHG. The ships, which were ordered back in 2021, are being built and will be managed by Swedish ship design and management comp
Singapore-based bunker supplier Global Energy Trading, and Stellar Ship Management Services, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Global Energy Group, together with Bureau Veritas classification society, have entered into an agreement for the construction of a methanol bunkering ship. The order was confirme
Qatar’s state-owned oil and gas company QatarEnergy has awarded long-term charter contracts to Malaysian energy logistics group MISC Berhad and its consortium partners for additional five newbuild liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. MISC’s consortium partners include shipping companies Nippon Yuse
US-based transportation and logistics company Matson has signed $1 billion contracts with Philly Shipyard Inc. to build three 3,600 TEU Aloha Class containerships capable of running on LNG. The new vessels will join two Aloha Class ships previously built for Matson by the shipyard that entered servi
Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku has delivered the LNG-powered Carnival Celebration cruise ship to Carnival Cruise Line. This is the second ship in Carnival’s Excel class and it was delivered on schedule. The cruise ship will start its maiden voyage already later this week. The vessel was launched at
Guangzhou Shipyard International Co Ltd (GSI) has delivered the third IMOIIMeMAX dual-fuel MR tanker powered by methanol, Stena Promise, to Proman Stena Bulk, a joint venture (JV) between methanol producer Proman and Stena Bulk. The shipbuilder delivered the first one, Stena Pro Patria, to its owner
Classification society RINA has granted approval-in-principle (AiP) for 50,000-ton ammonia-fueled oil/chemical tanker developed and designed by Shanghai Shipyard, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC).
German fuel gas system provider TGE Marine has signed a contract to design and supply the cargo handling and fuel gas system for a 12,000 cbm liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker vessel. The contract was awarded by the Chinese shipyard Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering for the vessel tha
