Japanese shipbuilder Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering has secured an Approval in Principle (AiP) from ClassNK for the design of a methanol dual-fueled tanker. The classification society confirmed that the design was in compliance with the IMO’s “Interim Guidelines for the Safety of Shi
Systems integration specialist Høglund has signed two more contracts with Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co Ltd and Babcock LGE to supply integrated automation and control systems (IACS) and gas handling for two Tianjin Southwest Maritime-owned very large ethane carrier (VLEC) newbuilds.
Classification society Bureau Veritas has completed the classification of the Torman LNG floating regasification unit (FRU) at Tema port, Ghana in sheltered waters.
The American Bureau of Shipping has issued an Approval in Principle to Australian Global Energy Ventures for their C-H2 Ship containment system. The hydrogen containment system, patent-pending, is the most critical component of the company’s C-H2 Ship. It is made up of two large (20 metre diameter)
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has won the contract to supply the Cargo Handling and Fuel Supply systems for six new 93,000 cubic meters capacity Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) carrier vessels.
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and its parent Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) have signed a joint development project with the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Marshall Island Registry to develop liquefied CO2 tankers. The project is being pursued in line with the shipbuilder’s decarbon
The UK government launched today a £20 million (about $27.7 million) competition to make innovative green maritime ideas a reality.
South Korea’s shipping company HMM has welcomed into the fleet HMM Nuri, the first of eight 16,000 TEU-class newbuild containerships designed as LNG-ready. Ulsan shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is building the series, scheduled to be delivered from this March throughout the second quarter
Qatar Petroleum has issued an invitation to tender to a large group of shipowners as it aims to firm up long-term LNG carrier charters to cover its future production increase.
Classification society RINA has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) Certificate to Marine Design and Research Institute of China (MARIC) for its 157,000dwt dual fuel crude oil tanker. The vessel features an innovative propulsion system featuring two four-stroke dual-fuel engines and an electric po
Damen Ship Lease and Damen Financial Services, units of Dutch shipbuilding group Damen, and local commercial bank NIBC have entered into a multi-year partnership in the field of ship leasing.
Spanish LNG terminal operator Enagás informed that Armon shipyard in Gijon laid the keel for the first LNG bunkering vessel to be built in Spain.
There has been a notable increase in the uptake of large ammonia vessels over the past year, according to Getting to Zero Coalition’s latest edition of zero-emission project mapping. The number of identified projects has jumped from 66 to 106, the coalition’s second edition of the biannual Mapping o
The Technical University Delft Solar Boat Team in the Netherlands has teamed up with Camfil, a Swedish producer of air filters and clean air products, to provide aerodynamically optimized, custom-made filtration solutions for the hydro motion boat.
