Chinese shipbuilder Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore ＆ Engineering (CIMC SOE) has laid the keel for a 1,450 TEU dual-fuel containership. The ceremony was held on the company’s West Area Shipway on October 18, 2024, after which full-scale construction work on the new vessel is to proceed. Offshore E
Construction has commenced on Norled’s new battery-powered ferries at Türkiye’s Tersan Shipyard, part of Tersan Group.
Türkiye’s Uzmar Shipyard has handed over its eco-friendly tugboat to Spain’s maritime company P&O Reyser, which operates under the UAE-based DP World’s subsidiary P&O Maritime Logistics, allowing the company to take a step closer toward ‘safe and sustainable’ operations in one of Spain’s busiest por
Hong Kong-based containership lessor Seaspan Corporation has signed a charter agreement Orient Overseas Container Lines (OOCL) for six 13,600 TEU containerships recently ordered at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC).
The Netherlands’ Damen Shipyards Group has delivered the first of three combi freighters (CF) 3850 that it is building for Germany’s shipping company Reederei M. Lauterjung and signed a contract for the construction of another vessel from the series. As disclosed, upon arrival, the vessel, which was
French technological containment specialist Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) has secured a new tank design order from Chinese shipyard Hudong-Zhonghua for a new LNG bunkering vessel being built for Ondimar Transportes Marítimos, a company of Spanish Ibaizabal Group. The order for the tank design of th
French company Grain de Sail has decided to construct its third cargo sailboat, the Grain de Sail III, to meet the need for wind-powered maritime transport.
Japan’s IINO Kaiun Kaisha (IINO Lines) has placed an order for what is said to be “Japan’s first methanol dual-fuel crude oil tanker” at compatriot Nihon Shipyard, a joint venture of Imabari Shipbuilding and Japan Marine United Corporation.
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has received an order for two eco-friendly cruise ships from Swiss cruise line Viking, with options to add four additional vessels to its orderbook in the future.
Wärtsilä Gas Solutions will supply cargo handling systems for four new 93,000 cbm capacity VLACs being built by Hanwha Ocean for Naftomar.
While the implementation of ammonia as a marine fuel is expected to be technologically feasible as early as 2025-2026, its toxic nature requires the maritime industry to develop new approaches to safety. However, the majority of maritime community members are willing to sail on or work with ammonia-
Dutch shipping company Amasus has signed a fresh contract with Spain’s bound4blue to install a new suction sail system onboard its 90-meter vessel being built at Astander Shipyard in Santander.
Fincantieri has held a steel-cutting ceremony for Seven Seas Prestige, the new ultra-luxury cruise ship of Regent Seven Seas Cruises, a brand of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH).
South Korean shipbuilding major HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), in collaboration with ship designer Robert Allan, has received approval in principle (AiP) from classification society ABS for an escort tug with methanol dual-fuel (DF) hybrid propulsion system. The AiP certific
