Icon of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International’s first LNG-powered cruise ship being built at Meyer Turku shipyard situated in Turku, Finland, has completed the first round of sea trials. Meyer Turku revealed in a brief social media update that the Icon of the Seas returned to the shipyard on 22 Ju
Ørsted has designed and developed its own uncrewed surface vessel (USV) for offshore metocean measurement campaigns. The USV, which has also achieved DNV’s type validation as a floating LiDAR system, is set to enter serial production. The company, whose employees invented the concept which has now b
Danish shipping company Norden has placed a newbuilding order for six Supramax dry cargo vessels with Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering (DACKS), a joint venture between COSCO Shipping and Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The 64,000 dwt vessels are slated for delivery in the next two to three years. “Placi
K Line Port Service Co., Ltd., a group company of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, has conducted a demonstrative test voyage with the tugboat Aihomaru operating in Nagoya Port using next-generation biodiesel fuel.
Prosafe has revealed a new timeline for the start of operations in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico for one of its semi-submersible vessels.
German chemical company K+S Aktiengesellschaft (K+S) and Swire Bulk have entered into a formal partnership to develop decarbonization solutions as they forge forward with efforts to decarbonize their operations and cut greenhouse gas emissions in the maritime supply chain. The partnership builds upo
Brooklyn-based technology startup Amogy has inked a pre-order contract for the supply of four of Amogy’s 200 kW ammonia-to-power systems with an undisclosed ‘renowned’ Norwegian shipping company. Amogy said that the newbuild vessel will be outfitted with a total of 800 kW of Amogy powerpacks, adding
Gas carrier owner and operator Navigator Holdings has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Bumi Armada Berhad, one of the world’s largest floating infrastructure operators, to establish a joint venture company to provide CO2 shipping and injection solutions in the United Kingdom. Th
Swedish tanker shipping company Donsötank has placed an order for two newbuildings dual-fuel 22,500 dwt oil and chemical tankers with Wuhu Shipyard based in China. The vessels are scheduled for delivery in the second and fourth quarters of 2025. “As we navigate the path towards the future of shippin
India’s Chowgule Shipyard has launched Electramar, the first unit in the series of twelve energy-efficient plug-in hybrid vessels ordered by AtoB@C Shipping, a subsidiary of Finnish dry bulk shipping company ESL Shipping. “The launching of a vessel is always a special moment in shipbuilding and we a
Evergreen Line’s vessel Ever Ulysses has received ExxonMobil’s marine biofuel oil blend via a ship-to-ship transfer in Singapore waters before heading to the discharge port. According to ExxonMobil, the commercial marine biofuel oil bunkering was completed in the port of Singapore on 1 April this ye
Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings, a Hong Kong shipowner, and Qiyao Environmental Technology (Qiyao Environ Tec), a subsidiary of Shanghai Marine Diesel Engine Research Institute, have secured an approval in principle from Bureau Veritas (BV) for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project onboar
Israel-based shipowner ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has held a naming ceremony for new 15,000 TEU containership duo which is powered by liquified natural gas (LNG).
Port of Aarhus, Denmark’s largest commercial port, opened its first shore power facility for cruise ships on June 20, 2023 enabling the vessels to keep their engines running on electricity while docked in the port and thus cut their emissions. The Port of Aarhus is one of Denmark’s largest cruise de
