South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received approval in principle (AiP) from the Liberian Registry and Korean Register (KR) for the basic design of its wing sail-equipped LNG carrier. The approval for the LNG carrier with the wing sail, an eco-friendly auxiliary propulsion s
Three Norsepower rotor sails (NPRS) have been installed onboard the 100,400 dwt Post Panamax bulk carrier Chinook Oldendorff, marking the ‘first stage’ in the collaboration between Germany’s Oldendorff Carriers and Finland’s Norsepower Oy to “advance” wind-assisted propulsion in shipping. As disclos
Norwegian company Navigare Shipping Logistics has ordered four diesel-electric GADUS vessels from Dutch shipbuilder Thecla Bodewes Shipyards.
Nordic energy company Gasum has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Finnish shipping company Viking Line on joining Gasum’s FuelEU Maritime pooling service.
Rotterdam-based CSL OWL Subsea Rock Installation (CSL OWL SRI), a newly formed partnership between The CSL Group and Offshore Wind Logistics (OWL), has placed an order for the construction of two subsea rock installation vessels that will service the offshore wind sector. The DP2 vessels will each h
South Korean shipping company HMM has welcomed two newbuild LNG-powered 7,700 TEU containerships chartered from Greek shipowner Navios. The two ships named HMM Ocean and HMM Sky were built by HJ Shipbuilding & Construction (HJSC) in South Korea under the shipbuilding order placed by Navios in 2022.
Navigator Holdings (Navigator Gas), a UK-based owner and operator of the ‘world’s largest’ fleet of Handysize liquefied gas carriers, has exercised its previously announced option to construct two further 48,500 cbm liquefied ethylene gas carriers (LEGCs) in China.
Wind propulsion specialist Norsepower has completed the installation of two rotor sails on Oceanus Aurora, a dual-fuel very large gas carrier (VLGC) owned by Japanese shipping company IINO Kaiun Kaisha (IINO Lines) and chartered by Austrian chemical company Borealis. Under the contract from March 20
Norwegian ocean services provider DeepOcean has secured what it says is its largest contract on record which includes the provision of subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) for compatriot state-owned energy company Equinor, keeping it busy for eight years, from 2027 to 2035. DeepOcean said
French software provider Syroco has released the performance data obtained from the first months of deployment of the wind propulsion system and weather optimization technology installed on TotalEnergies-chartered tanker Alcyone.
Singapore-based ship owner and operator BW LPG has taken delivery of the second of twelve very large gas carriers (VLGCs) acquired from Norwegian shipping company Avance Gas under the $1 billion deal in August 2024. At the same time, the company is pressing ahead with its fleet renewal program throu
Singapore-based green technology solutions provider Yinson GreenTech (YGT) has launched the region’s first fully electric hydrofoil vessel, the Hydroglyder.
LNG Shipping, a joint venture (JV) between Victrol and Sogestran, has christened an 8,000 cubic meter (cbm) inland LNG bunker vessel chartered by Shell Western LNG. Described as Europe’s largest inland LNG bunker vessel, Energy Stockholm was christened by its godmother Saheera Ahmad, Head of Busines
Singapore-based shipping company AAL Shipping (AAL) has reached the halfway mark in its latest fleet expansion program as it named its fourth methanol-ready dual-fuel Super B-class vessel in China.
