
French LNG containment specialist GTT has received two new orders, each for the tank design of one new LNG carrier.

Hamburg-based asset and investment manager MPC Capital, together with partners, has ordered four container vessels at Korean shipyard Hanjin Heavy Industries.

Rystad’s analysis shows offshore oil needs more shuttle tankers as volumes requiring transport set to rise by 35 per cent in this decade.

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has floated out Viking Neptune, the newest ocean cruise ship of the Swiss cruise line Viking, at its shipyard in Ancona.

Japanese shipping company NYK Line has placed orders for four new LNG-fueled Capesize bulk carriers at Nihon, Namura, and CSSC shipyards.

Opsealog and Identec have teamed up to optimise vessel operations and carried out a successful pilot project with Shell’s fleet in Nigeria.

Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corporation has teamed up with its compatriot energy company ENEOS for the introduction of an eco-friendly ethylene carrier.

The European Commission has adopted a decision to prohibit a merger that would combine two South Korean shipbuilding companies, Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings (HHIH) and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).

A Jones Act-compliant subsea rock installation vessel, the first such ship to enter the US market, is to be built to ABS Class by Philly Shipyard, Inc. for the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC. The vessel will transport and strategically deposit loads of up to 20,000 MT of rock on the seabed,

Canadian ferry operator BC Ferries has revealed the name of its sixth Island-class ferry — Island Gwawis.

German propulsion manufacturer Schottel has won a contract to supply main and auxiliary propulsion systems for the first LNG bunkering vessel of the Italian shipping group Fratelli Cosulich.

French shipyard Piriou has secured a contract with a sailing freight transport company TransOceanic Wind Transport (TOWT) for the design studies and the construction of an 81-metre sailing cargo ship.

The construction of the largest US-built liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering barge began at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin on 6 January.

Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and compatriot general trading firm ITOCHU Corporation have acquired approval in principle (AIP) from classification society ABS for an ammonia bunkering vessel.