Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Tokyo LNG Tanker, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo Gas, will install MOL-developed Wind Challenger wind-assisted ship propulsion systems on a newbuild LNG carrier.
U.S. public ferry service provider San Francisco Bay Ferry (SF Bay Ferry) has contracted Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB) to design and construct two battery-electric ferries.
Italian shipping group Grimaldi has placed a $1.3 billion order for nine methanol-ready Roll-On/Roll-Off Passenger (Ro-Pax) vessels at China Merchants Jingling Shipyard (Weihai) as part of its fleet expansion and renewal agenda.
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and Swiss cruise line Viking have launched the “world’s first: cruise ship to be powered by hydrogen stored onboard for propulsion and electricity generation.
German shipbuilder Meyer Werft has presented a new climate-neutral ship concept targeting older people.
German cruise line AIDA Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation, has placed an order for two new multi-fuel cruise ships from Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri.
Japanese shipping company NYK has executed construction and charter contracts for its first methanol-powered very large crude carrier (VLCC).
Accelerating its push for global expansion, China’s plug-in hybrid electric vehicle manufacturer BYD has launched its latest roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) car carrier, BYD Xi’an.
French activist shipping company Windcoop has placed an order for what it hailed as the ‘world’s first’ wind-powered container vessel at RMK Marine shipyard in Tuzla, Türkiye. According to RMK Marine, the wind-powered open hatch boxship will operate on a route between Madagascar and France. The unit
Scotland’s state-owned Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) and Polish shipbuilder Remontowa Shipbuilding have signed a contract for the construction of seven new Loch-class electric ferries.
The project for retrofitting conventionally-fueled Kamsarmax bulk carrier to dual-fuel methanol, co-led by MMMCZCS and Tsuneishi Shipbuilding, has received approval in principle (AiP), paving the way for green transition within the medium-size bulk carrier sector.
Fratelli Cosulich marked the beginning of the construction of its first methanol-ready IMO II bunker tanker, Anna Cosulich, at Taizhou Maple Leaf Shipyard in China.
Germany’s KfW IPEX-Bank has decided to finance the newbuilding program of Finnish shipping company Langh Ship by providing €35 million for two eco-friendly 1,200 TEU containerships.
Japan’s Tsuneishi Shipbuilding has launched the country’s first tugboat equipped with a hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine.
