A new study carried out by Herbert Engineering Corp. (HEC) on behalf of ABS classification society finds that the adoption of advanced nuclear reactors onboard a 14,000 TEU containership would basically eliminate the need for refueling of the vessel during its entire 25-year lifespan. The study look
Michelin’s Wing Sail Mobility (WISAMO) project has achieved a significant milestone with the completion of the installation of its wing sail on the MN Pélican, a container ship owned by Compagnie Maritime Nantaise – MN. The vessel has returned to sea since June, according to an update from WISAMO. T
Taiwanese shipping company Wan Hai Lines has signed a 10-year sustainability-linked shipping financing agreement with Standard Chartered Bank.
Singapore’s maritime industry is abuzz with anticipation as it prepares to carry out its first methanol bunkering operation this week. The operation will take place between the A.P. Moller – Maersk’s methanol-fuelled container vessel which is on its maiden voyage and Hong Lam Marine Pte Ltd’s Singap
Norway’s cleantech company TECO 2030 and its partners have been awarded a €13.5 million Horizon Europe grant to build and demonstrate a passenger ferry powered by TECO 2030 fuel cells. Specifically, the partners’ project has been invited for Horizon Europe grant agreement preparation. The project’s
NYK Bulkship (Atlantic) N.V., a subsidiary of the NYK Group headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium, will introduce a wind-assisted ship-propulsion unit on one of its vessels currently under a long-term charter contract with Cargill International S.A., a prominent Swiss-based freight trader. The initiativ
Sri Lanka-based shipbuilder Colombo Dockyard has launched the third hybrid ship in a series of six new eco bulk carriers being built for Norwegian shipowner Misje Rederi AS.
U.S. dredging services provider Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation has held the steel-cutting ceremony for the construction of what is said to be the first U.S. offshore wind subsea rock placement vessel. The ceremony marking the start of construction for the Acadia vessel was held on 20 July at
The bidding process for the privatization of South Korea’s flagship carrier HMM was officially launched on Thursday in South Korea. The move was confirmed by HMM in a regulatory filing saying that the company’s largest shareholders, government-run banks, Korea Development Bank (KDB), and Korean Ocea
Japan’s maritime industry is taking significant strides towards the full-scale commercialization of fully autonomous ships, thanks to the MEGURI2040 Fully Autonomous Ship Project. This collaborative effort, administered by the Nippon Foundation and involving 51 companies under the Designing the Futu
German shipbuilder Meyer Werft has handed over Silver Nova, an LNG-fueled cruise ship, to Monaco-based cruise line Silversea Cruises. The delivery was announced on 21 July in a brief social media update by Meyer Werft. The 54,700-ton ship is part of a newbuild project known as Project Evolution, and
Van Oord has completed installing and burying inter-array cables at CrossWind’s Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Van Oord’s cable-laying vessel Nexus and trencher Dig-It, a remotely-operated vehicle operated from Subsea Viking, have installed a web of 69 inter-array ca
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued an approval in principle to the fully autonomous ship framework named Action Planning and Execution System for full autonomous (APExS-auto). The system was developed by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), Monohakobi Technology Institute (MTI), and Ja
The Clean Canaveral liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker barge has completed its first barge-to-ship bunkering of a cargo vessel at Port Canaveral. JAX LNG, along with Polaris New Energy, handled the LNG refueling of the M/T Damia Desgagnés on the ship’s inaugural call to Port Canaveral at the port’s
