A chemical tanker Monjasa Reformer was boarded by pirates on Saturday, March 25, some 140 nautical miles West of Port Pointe-Noire, DR Congo. A group of five pirates approached the tanker in a skiff before boarding it, the British-French naval maritime response center Maritime Domain Awareness for T
Finnish technology company Wärtsilä has introduced a new radical derating retrofit solution, Wärtsilä Fit4Power, to extend the emissions-compliant lifetime of merchant vessels.
Singapore’s first LNG hybrid tug, JMS Sunshine, has received LNG via truck-to-ship bunkering operation conducted by Pavilion Energy. For this operation, a total of 34 cubic metres of LNG was transferred from the trucks to the receiving vessel at Jurong Port on 29 March, Pavilion Energy revealed in i
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a large order to supply comprehensive packages of roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) equipment for two dual-fuel LNG pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) being built for RoRo shipping company Sallaum Lines. The vessels are Sallaum Lines’ first-ever newbuilds and will be
Estonian energy group Elenger has reported that, on its order, two LNG cargoes arrived at the port of Klaipeda from Norway in March, one on the tanker Arctic Aurora and the other on the tanker Arctic Princess. Elenger has booked terminal capacity to bring 10 LNG cargoes until the fall of this year.
Dutch marine biofuel provider GoodFuels has completed the biofuel bunkering of a pure car truck carrier owned by Hyundai Glovis, the logistics arm of South Korea’s Hyundai Group.
The adoption of alternative, low-carbon fuels in the shipping industry is one of the key aspects of achieving the goal of mitigating the impact of international maritime trade on air pollution and the emission of greenhouse gas. Cost is a particularly important consideration, as the adoption of new
Construction of LNG carriers for Greek LNG shipping services provider GasLog has started at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) Shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. According to GasLog’s social media update, the construction began with the steel cutting of 174,000 cbm LNG carrier, Hull No. 25
Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA (KCC), part of Norwegian shipping company Torvald Klaveness, plans to introduce its first zero-emission vessel within 2030. The move is part of the company’s updated environmental strategy which is targeting a 45% reduction in energy efficiency operational indicato
Low and zero-emission fuels supplier Titan has taken delivery of the first of a recently acquired set of two LNG carriers, the Titan Unikum. According to Titan, the carrier was delivered on 24 March in Gibraltar and then sailed to Vigo, Spain, to start the conversion into an LNG bunker vessel at Met
Vista Shipping, a joint venture between Hafnia and CSSC Shipping Hong Kong, has secured financing for its first pair of liquefied natural gas (LNG)-dual-fuelled tankers.
Nordic Green Ammonia Powered Ships (NoGAPS) project consortium has revealed the initial ship design for the ammonia-fueled gas carrier M/S NoGAPS. The NoGAPS project brings together key players in the value chain, including Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS), Nordic Inn
Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has laid the keel of a new 13,000 TEU containership powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) for French shipping giant CMA CGM.
The MEYER Group, an international consortium specializing in cruise shipbuilding, and the Dutch Shiprepair company Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) have signed a joint cooperation agreement. Under the agreement, DSC will work with the recently established company MEYER RE, a subsidiary of the MEY
