A 24,116 TEU ultra-large containership was named and delivered on Thursday, March 23, at China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s Changxing shipbuilding base. The vessel bears the name MSC Celestino Maresca and it was built by Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding for China’s Bank of Communications Financial L
Italian ferry operator Liberty Lines has expanded its order of 38m hybrid monohull passenger ferries from Incat Crowther with three additional vessels, pushing the ordering tally to 12 ships. Incat said that the expansion of the project comes following a digital design process with the Trapani-based
Hoegh Gannet, a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) serving the Elbehafen LNG terminal in Brunsbüttel, Germany, has started supplying gas into the grid as regular operations are expected to commence in April. The Elbehafen LNG terminal will be Germany’s third FSRU-based terminal followin
Finnish shipbuilding company Meyer Turku has started the hull assembly of the methanol-ready Mein Schiff 7, being built for TUI Cruises. Mein Schiff 7’s keel laying ceremony was celebrated on March 21, as the crane lowered the ship’s first steel block to the bottom of the dry dock. As is tradition,
Four Dutch shipowners will pioneer the 3rd generation of VentoFoils produced by eConowind, becoming active ambassadors of the solutions. Namely, Boomsma Shipping, Vertom Group, Van Dam Shipping, and Schram Shipping have been the early developers of wind-assisted propulsion and have gained experience
Chinese shipbuilder Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) has delivered the fourth liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered bulk carrier to Taiwanese bulk carrier company U-Ming Marine.
Dutch multimodal operator Samskip has installed its first CO2 exhaust gas cleaning system on one of its shortsea vessels. The installation was performed while the vessel, Samskip Innovator, was docked at the shipyard Royal Niestern Sander. The system is being provided by Value Maritime under a deal
As informed, the new consortium is dedicated to developing innovative, zero-emission solutions for the future of passenger ships. The project, named Sea Zero, has been awarded €7 million in public funding and has a total budget of €13 million going into this research and development phase.
Shipbuilder Austal Philippines has delivered a liqufed natural gas (LNG)-ready. high-speed vehicle-passenger ferry Express 5 to Denmark’s Molslinjen, following the successful completion of sea trials in Balamban, Cebu.
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., MOL Coastal Shipping, Ltd., Tabuchi Kaiun Co., Ltd., Niihama Kaiun Co., Ltd., Murakami Hide Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., and Hanshin Diesel Works, Ltd. have joined forces to build a methanol-fueled coastal tanker.
Höegh LNG, an owner and operator of floating LNG import terminals (FSRUs) and LNG carriers, has completed the acquisition of the 2013-built LNG carrier from Cool Company (CoolCo). Under the deal signed in February 2023, Höegh LNG agreed to purchase CoolCo’s Golar Seal, an LNG carrier with 160,000 cb
Japanese shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) and compatriot electric utility Electric Power Development (J-POWER) have decided to install the Seawing, an automated kite system using wind power, on a coal carrier. The vessel in question is Corona Citrus, an 88,000 DWT-type special coal carr
A new consortium comprising UK-based mining company Anglo American, Tata Steel, CMB, VUKA Marine, Freeport Saldanha, and ENGIE plans to explore the options for developing a maritime green corridor for the zero-emission shipping of iron ore between South Africa and Europe. The initiative has been des
South Korea’s shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries, an affiliate of HD Hyundai, announced today that it has become the world’s first company whose cumulative production of two-stroke marine engines exceeds 200 million horsepower output. The company held a ceremony to mark the occasion at its
