UK-headquartered Quadrise has signed a collaboration agreement with renewable biofuels supplier Cargill NV and MAC2 Solutions, part of Group Machiels, concerning the production of MSAR and bioMSAR fuels for its forthcoming marine vessel trials. Upon completion of trials, Quadrise aims to commence co
Germany-based family-owned shipping company GEFO has decided to invest ‘a three-digit million amount’ in ten new 3,850 dwt tankers.
Japanese shipping company NYK has taken delivery of a domestically manufactured ammonia-powered engine to be installed on a tugboat which is set to become the world’s first commercially operated ammonia-fueled ship. The engine, jointly developed with IHI Power Systems and ClassNK as part of the Gree
Turkish shipbuilder Gelibolu Shipyard has launched a diesel-electric, wind-assisted general cargo vessel for Dutch shipping company Conoship International.
U.S. shipowner Matson has inked a contract with Chinese shipbuilder COSCO Shipping Shipyard (Nantong) for the integration of an LNG dual-fuel gas supply system into the 2019-built container ship Kaimana Hila. The contract signing ceremony for MV Kaimana Hila LNG retrofit project was held in Nantong
A Canadian company active in the offshore oil & gas and energy sectors has appointed Norway’s VARD to convert a platform supply vessel (PSV) that it built 16 years ago into a cable-laying vessel (CLV). I.T. International Telecom Marine (IT) is a Halifax-based marine network installer offering deskto
Europe’s shipping investor Hayfin Capital Management has signed a contract with Oshima Shipbuilding and Sumisho Marine to construct two 100,000 dwt Post-Panamax dry bulk carriers. Once constructed, the ships will be delivered to an unnamed international energy trader on a long-term charter. The vess
China Shipbuilding Industry Trading Co., a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), and Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Co. have delivered and named the new eco-friendly 5,500 TEU containership CMA CGM Sahara to French shipping giant CMA CGM.
Maritime fuel supplier Peninsula has delivered LNG to MSC Virginia containership, owned by shipping major MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, at the Gibraltar anchorage. Peninsula’s first purpose-built 12,500 cubic meter LNG bunker vessel Levante LNG completed the LNG bunker supply to the MSC Virgin
A consortium comprised of subsidiaries from VINCI Energies and VINCI Construction has won a contract for the implementation of a high-voltage power supply system at HAROPA PORT’s Pointe de Floride terminal. The system is expected to cut emissions by 15,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent a year, according
Eidesvik Offshore has signed an extension to its ship management agreement with DEME for the construction support vessel (CSV) Viking Neptun. Eidesvik has provided full technical management, crewing and operation of Viking Neptun since December 2022 and this agreement extends the firm period to Janu
India-based shipbuilder Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE) has launched a next-generation electric ferry for the West Bengal government.
2023 was an exciting year for offshore wind, but there are still major challenges to tackle, said Jan Vos, Chairman of the board of the Netherlands Wind Energy Association (NWEA), at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) 2023, proposing standardization in the industry. Vos affirmed that
Ane Maersk, the world’s first large methanol dual-fuel containership, has completed its first ship-to-ship (STS) green methanol bunkering at Ulsan Port, South Korea. The green methanol was bunkered to 16,000 TEU Ane Maersk, Maersk’s first large methanol-powered containership, by Golden Sunny Hana, a
