Spanish ferry operator Baleària has selected its LNG-fueled ferry Hypatia De Alejandria to operate the route between the Spanish town of Motril and the Spanish autonomous city of Melilla in North Africa.
China State Shipbuilding Corporation will build Seaspan’s latest batch of six container vessels featuring 15,000 TEU capacity. The company’s subsidiaries Hudong Zhonghua and Jiangnan Shipbuilding will build three ships from the series each. This project marks the first time that Seaspan has placed a
Chinese shipyard Cosco has started working on a conversion of a VLCC into an FPSO for the Woodside -operated Sangomar project located offshore Senegal.
German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions has won an order for ten ME-GI dual-fuel engines from South Korean ship maker Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI). The 8G95ME-GI10.5 engines will power ten 15,000 TEU containerships ordered recently by Seaspan Corporation. The vessels are scheduled for deli
South Korean shipbuilding giant Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) continues its success in securing new orders, meeting the projections of the sector’s full recovery in 2021.
As the maritime industry embarks upon the fourth propulsion revolution, ammonia has been identified as one of the key alternatives to fossil fuels in the shipping’s pathway toward becoming carbon neutral. There has been a notable increase in the uptake of large ammonia vessels over the past year, ac
Japanese cruise shipping company NYK Cruises, part of the NYK Group, has ordered an LNG-powered 51,950 GT cruise ship from German shipbuilder Meyer Werft.
Allseas has equipped its Pioneering Spirit vessel with a second lift system capable of removing and installing complete jackets in one go.
MAN Energy Solutions and Korean counterpart STX Engine have carried a remote type approval test for a new engine. German-based engine manufacturer said the type approval test was carried out on-site in Korea in early March 2021 with STX and MAN Energy Solutions staff on site and classification socie
Russian Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex held a keel-laying ceremony on Tuesday for the first of three ice-class MR product tankers, ordered by SCF Atlantic, a subsidiary of SCF Group. The MR-type product carrier will be operating on LNG as a marine fuel as a means of cutting sulfur and NOx emissions. Th
Seaspan Corporation, part of Atlas Corp., has entered into an agreement with an unnamed shipyard for the construction of six 15,500 TEU containerships.
Norwegian shipping consultancy Amon Maritime has set up a joint venture with compatriot shipowners Navigare Shipping & Logistics and AS Mosvolds Rederi named Viridis Bulk Carriers. The company will specialize in short-sea shipping, powering its ships by green and blue ammonia. “We are launching a fl
Enviva, a global energy company specializing in sustainable wood bioenergy, and Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have signed a memorandum of understanding agreement to develop and deploy an environmentally friendly bulk carrier. The goal of the agreement is to reduce the greenhouse
Japanese shipbuilders Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co. and Tsuneishi Shipbuilding have agreed on the main terms and conditions of a business tie-up further driving consolidation in the sector. Mitsui announced plans to split its naval ship business and merchant shipbuilding business as part of its Mid-Te
