Norwegian shipowner Grieg Maritime Group has placed an order for up to four ammonia-ready open-hatch bulk carriers at CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Longxue in China.
Damen Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam is gearing up to begin rapid series production of Damen’s Fast Crew Supplier 2710. This is to meet the projected rapid growth in demand for wind farm support vessels due to the expansion in offshore wind development across South-East Asia that is already underway.
The shipping industry reported the lowest number of large ships lost in a year, according to Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE’s Safety & Shipping Review 2023. In 2022, there were 38 total losses of vessels worldwide, a significant decrease of more than a third compared to the previous year. T
Italian OLT Offshore LNG Toscana has received authorisation to increase its annual regasification capacity from the current 3.75 billion to about 5 billion standard cubic meters per year. OLT said the capacity increase does not involve plant modifications, but a greater utilisation of the existing p
China Merchants Heavy Industry has ordered two MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) B&W 7S60ME liquid gas injection methanol (LGIM) engines in connection with the construction of two 9,300 ceu PCTCs the shipbuilder is constructing for China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES).
Boskalis is getting ready to start a thorough inspection of a rapidly decaying FSO vessel moored off the Red Sea coast of Yemen.
Bermuda-based bulk carrier company Himalaya Shipping has taken delivery of the fourth LNG dual-fuel 210,000 dwt Newcastlemax newbuilding from New Times Shipbuilding (NTS) in China. The delivery of the vessel Mount Blanc was announced on 31 May, some three months after its launch. The vessel will com
Norwegian Company Pherousa Green Shipping, in collaboration with Pherousa Green Technologies, has revealed plans to potentially order up to six Ultramax dry bulk carriers, developed in cooperation with Deltamarin in Finland, specifically tailored to run on ammonia as a fuel. The Ultramax ships will
Norwegian ferry company Fjord Line has completed the retrofit of two of its ships from LNG-only engines to dual-fuel LNG / marine gas oil (MGO) engines. As announced at the end of 2022, the company decided to convert its two LNG-operated ships, MS Stavangerfjord and MS Bergensfjord ferries, which st
South Korean shipbuilding company HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. has revealed it has signed a contract for the construction of two product carriers.
Norwegian shipping company Avance Gas has welcomed the fourth dual-fuel very large gas carrier (VLGC) to its fleet. The company took delivery of the 91,000 cbm carrier, Avance Avior, on 30 May from South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean, which recently rebranded from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engi
Italian shipping major Grimaldi Group has placed an order for two more ammonia-ready Pure Car & Truck Carrier (PCTC) vessels, lifting the options from the previous contract signed with China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC) back in January. Under the contract from earlier this year, Gri
Hong Kong-based container shipping company Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. (OOCL) held a naming ceremony for the 24,188 TEU vessel OOCL Piraeus at the Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co. (DACKS) shipyard. The mega containership is the first of six 24,188 TEU vessels ordered by OOCL and to be d
FueLNG Venosa, Singapore’s second LNG bunker vessel, has successfully completed its inaugural LNG loading operations through ship-to-ship (STS) transfer.
