
As part of its fleet renewal push, China’s Nanjing Tanker, a unit of China Merchants Group, has ordered four methanol-ready tankers from compatriot shipyard Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI).

French shipping major CMA CGM and China’s Shanghai International Port (Group) have completed the 100th simultaneous operation (SIMOPS) LNG bunkering at the Shanghai Yangshan terminal.

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has delivered a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier ordered by Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) at the former’s shipyard in Geoje, South Korea.

French Sogestran Group has launched the ZULU 06, said to be France’s “first” hydrogen-powered river vessel, on the Seine in Paris.

South Korean shipbuilder HJ Shipbuilding & Construction (HJSC) has signed a contract with a European shipowner to build four 7,900 TEU methanol-ready containerships.

Chile’s state-owned company Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (Enap) and harbor towage services provider SAAM have launched Latin America’s first electric tug at Sanmar shipyard in Tuzla Bay, Turkey.

Hong Kong-based container shipping company Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has named its first environmentally-friendly 16,828 TEU containership at China’s Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering (DACKS).

Stolt Tankers plans to bunker all ships in its inland tanker fleet with renewable fuel in December 2024, reducing carbon emissions by 18%.

India’s state-owned natural gas player GAIL has signed a long-term time charter agreement with Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessel to be built by Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).

Norway-based RoRo transportation provider United European Car Carriers (UECC) and Dutch marine fuels supplier Titan Clean Fuels (Titan) have penned a new agreement under which Titan is set to supply liquefied gas, primarily biomethane (LBM/bio LNG), to the former’s multi-fuel ships. Under the agreem

Maersk has concluded agreements with three shipyards for the construction of 20 container vessels equipped with dual-fuel engines, rounding off the newbuilding orders revealed in August 2024.

Dutch short-sea shipping company Vertom Group has taken delivery of MV Vertom Rita, the first of a series of twelve diesel-electric short-sea vessels ordered from Chowgule Shipyards in India.

Pursuing the goal of zero direct emissions by 2040, Scandlines signed an MoU with Caterpillar Motoren to investigate the use of e-methanol on MaK-powered ferries.

Florida-based expedition cruise ship owner SunStone Ships, part of SunStone Maritime Group, has launched the seventh and final Infinity Class series vessel—the Douglas Mawson— during a ceremony held at China Merchant’s Heavy Indstry (CMHI) in Haimen China. Following sea trials which are projected fo