Dutch shipbuilding company Ferus Smit has launched the second in a series of ten vessels being built for Ireland’s Arklow Shipping, the Arklow Cape. The vessel was launched at the shipbuilder’s Westerbroek yard. With a maximized hold volume of 220.000 cft and a carrying capacity of over 5,000 deadwe
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted an own initiative opinion that calls on the European Commission to introduce an incentive that will “eliminate the abuses of irresponsible ship dismantling through a system which creates added value in an end-of-life ship.” SEA Europe, Indust
The Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) has taken a step toward the masterless ships as it is launching a pre-study on autonomous ships together with the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). The cooperation between the parties has an aim to increase the common knowledge base and to set the preliminary
Non-delivery of vessels on the orderbook, which has been a prominent theme in shipbuilding in the last decade, looks set to be increasing again this year amid troubled shipping markets, according to Clarksons Research. In the year to date, changes to the market environment have been important across
Norwegian cruise line Hurtigruten has unveiled the names of its new hybrid-powered expedition ships, Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen. The expedition ships will be named after the two Norwegian polar pioneers from the period when the company started offering adventure travels. Being built by Hurti
Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction has received Approval in Principle (AIP) for a 7,500 cbm liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel design from the classification society ClassNK. The design, which is the result of joint research carried out by the parties to improve the efficiency of LNG b
Alang-based yard Leela Ship Recycling has become the first ship recycling facility in South Asia to receive the Social Accountability certification, as per SA8000 standards. “Being the first ship recycling yard in South Asia to obtain a Social Accountability certification, clearly demonstrates our h
Atlantic Container Line (ACL), an American shipping company owned by the Italian Grimaldi Group, has christened the Atlantic Sea, its newest transatlantic combination container/roll-on roll-off (CONRO) vessel, in Liverpool. The vessel is a part of the company’s new fleet of generation 4 (G4) CONRO v
Owner and operator of LNG carriers GasLog Ltd. has placed an order for a 180,000 cubic meter liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier with XDF propulsion at South Korea’s shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries. The company signed a time charter party with UK-based utility company Centrica plc. to charter t
Florida-based shipping company Crowley Maritime Corporation has reached milestones in the construction of two new, combination container and Roll/On-Roll/Off (Commitment Class ConRo) ships which are now taking shape at VT Halter Marine shipyard in Pascagoula. Namely, the bow of El Coquí was recently
Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik held a launching ceremony for a 50,000 dwt oil and chemical tanker being built for the Spanish shipping company Marflet Marine at 3. MAJ Shipyard on October 7, 2016. The vessel, to be named Santiago, features a length of 182.9 meters and a width of 32.2 meters. Together
India’s Cochin Shipyard Limited is looking to design and construct small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers as the shipbuilder signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with M/s Engineers India Limited on the project. Signed on October 16 in Kochi, the MoU is part of the initiative under th
Greek ship owner and operator Byzantine Maritime Corp. has decided to enter the tanker market as it placed an order for an LR2 tanker at South Korean shipbuilder Daehan Shipbuilding, according to data provided by VesselsValue. Featuring 114,900 dwt, the ECO tanker is scheduled to join its owner in 2
After the Danish shipping company Maersk admitted to duplicity in vessel recycling, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform’s Executive Director Patrizia Heidegger has called on “the world’s leading ship owner to become a true leader for clean and safe ship recycling.” In order to do so, Heidegger said that t
