Norwegian shipowner Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA (KCC) has decided to equip the upcoming CABU III newbuild with “the world’s largest” suction sails.
Candela, a Swedish maker of sustainable, electric hydrofoil vessels, has marked a new milestone as its P-12 Nova, described as the world’s first electric hydrofoil ferry, began operations in Stockholm. In the early morning of October 29, Nova, the first of Candela’s new P-12 model to enter service,
Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding, a part of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has held a steel-cutting ceremony for what it said to be “the world’s first 210,000-ton ammonia dual-fuel bulk carrier”.
Marine battery manufacturer AYK Energy has secured a contract with Spanish shipowner Mureloil to deliver a 4,200 kWh battery for a new diesel-electric tanker. Under the agreement, AYK Energy will supply its Aries+ battery on a new 7,999 dwt diesel-electric product tanker being built for Mureloil at
Germany-based shipping company Elbdeich Reederei has christened the 1,380 TEU eco-friendly ship Elbinsel at the Port of Bützfleth.
Classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has released a new report highlighting the potential of nuclear technology in the maritime industry through a study of a small modular reactor (SMR) on a standard LNG carrier. The study modeled by ABS and Herbert Engineering Corporation (HEC)
The EverLoNG project, an initiative aiming to encourage the uptake of ship-based carbon capture (SBCC) by trialing its use onboard LNG-fueled ships, has completed the second demonstration campaign on Heerema Marine Contractors’ LNG-powered crane ship Sleipnir. The demonstration campaign began in Jun
As part of its ongoing commitment to decarbonize the fleet, Taiwanese shipping company Wan Hai Lines has placed orders for eight methanol dual-fuel ready containerships at South Korean yards.
Norwegian shipping company Solstad Offshore has secured multiple contracts together worth around $53 million for three of its vessels to perform work in Brazil. The 2005-built anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel Normand Topazio has been awarded a one-year contract with commencement this month,
Singaporean shipping company Pacific International Lines (PIL) and China’s bunkering supplier Shanghai SIPG Energy Service (SSES) have completed the inaugural bunkering of PIL’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered container vessel, Kota Eagle.
Japan’s shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has held a naming ceremony for a newbuild liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier at the Geoje Shipyard of South Korea’s shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean. With the naming ceremony out of the way, the next item on the agenda for MOL’s Marvel Swallow LNG carrier, s
Greek shipping company Globus Maritime has signed, through two separate subsidiaries, memoranda of agreement to acquire two Kamsarmax scrubber-fitted dry bulk vessels.
The Netherlands-based shipping company Longship has taken delivery of the second of a series of four ultra-low-emission, diesel-electric newbuildings from Türkiye’s Atlas Shipyard. As disclosed, the 8,600 dwt general cargo vessel, dubbed the Longeon, was handed over on October 25, 2024. It is part o
French maritime firm Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has celebrated the beginning of the construction of the first low-carbon roll-on /roll-off (RoRo) vessel to be chartered to European aerospace giant Airbus. The steel cutting ceremony for the first of three low-carbon vessels equipped with wind-assi
