
Swedish shipping company Erik Thun has launched the first in a series of six new Lake Vanern Max vessels at Shipyard Ferus Smit in the Netherlands.

Wärtsilä Gas Solutions (WGS), part of Finnish technology group Wärtsilä, has been selected to deliver fuel supply and cargo handling systems for two new gas carriers that will operate with ammonia fuel.

MOL Chemical Tankers, a group company of Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), has signed Japan’s first sustainability-linked lease agreement with compatriot Tokyo Century Corporation for chemical tanker Bonita Ana.

Norwegian short-sea company Wilson ASA has signed a contract for the construction of eight 6,300 dwt future-proof vessels.

ClassNK awarded AiP for a design concept of a hydrogen-fueled engine-compatible oil tanker with an electric propulsion system.

Consort Bunkers, ClassNK, YanmarCorporation, and Taiko Asia Pacific will work on introducing alternative fuel bunkering ships.

Swedish ferry company Stena Line has held a keel-laying ceremony for its first methanol-ready NewMax hybrid ferry Stena Futura.

French shipping major CMA CGM has taken delivery of new 13,000 TEU liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel containership CMA CGM Belem.

Stena RoRo has ordered two more multi-fuel E-Flexer roll-on/roll-off passenger (RoPax) vessels at China’s CMI Jinling, Weihai Shipyard.

Norwegian shipping company Misje Rederi vessel has launched the bulker number six, Misje Lotus and laid the keel of the vessel number eight, Misje Lily, in its series of eco-friendly bulkers.

Italian shipping company Liberty Lines has launched hybrid fast ferry Vittorio Morace built by the Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armon.

The ABB-powered all-electric tug eWolf was christened this week at the Port of San Diego, California, marking a new chapter in vessel electrification in the United States.

Japanese shipping major NYK and compatriot liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) trader and importer Astomos Energy Corporation have held a delivery and naming ceremony for a new LPG dual-fuel LPG/ammonia carrier.

The first of two carbon-neutral 1,300 TEU vessels ordered by Norwegian container tonnage provider MPC Container Ships has been launched in China.