Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has delivered Evergreen’s giant 24,000 TEU containership Ever Acme four months ahead of schedule, the shipbuilder said. The vessel was built at the yard’s Changxing Shipbuilding unit and it was earmarked for delivery in the second quarter of 2023. The
Finnlines’ second Superstar vessel Finncanopus was launched at the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Weihai on 30 December, the company announced. The first, Finnsirius, was launched in August 2022 and the keel laying of the second one was celebrated on 1 September 2022. The company ordered the sh
Taiwanese shipping company Wan Hai Lines held ship naming ceremonies for three 3,013 TEU containerships built by Japan Marine United Corporation TSU Shipyard. The vessels were named WAN HAI 356, WAN HAI 358, and WAN HAI 359. The trio features fully balanced twisted bulb rudders, pre-swirl fin, and a
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a large order to supply RoRo equipment for two 6,900 CEU Pure Car and Truck Carriers (PCTCs) to be built at Shin Kurushima Toyohashi Shipbuilding for K Line in Japan. The order was booked into Cargotec’s 2022 third-quarter order intake. The first vessel is sc
Russia’s state-owned shipping company Sovcomflot (SCF Group) has welcomed into the fleet a new generation LNG-fuelled Aframax oil tanker Okeanskiy Prospekt. The 112,650 dwt ship was built at the Zvezda SSC in Primorsky Territory, and its construction was financed by the Russian state development cor
Sembcorp Marine has completed the delivery of the Deepwater Titan drillship, the world’s second 8th-generation drillship, to Transocean’s subsidiary Triton Titan. Following the delivery, Deepwater Titan is scheduled for deployment on a five-year contract in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. According to Semb
Japan, the world’s top importer of LNG, is working with marine insurers in the country to ensure LNG imports from Russia are not jeopardized in the wake of the latest sanctions against Moscow. Three companies from Japan, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance, Sompo Japan Insurance, and Mitsui Sumito
Oil major Chevron has teamed up with Singapore-based shipping giant Ocean Network Express (ONE) to complete inaugural biofuel bunkering on a 4,800 TEU containership.
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries hosted keel laying ceremonies for two LNG carriers on the same day earlier this week. The keels were laid for two 174,000 cbm LNG carriers that are being built for Norway-based Knutsen OAS Shipping AS. The vessels will be classed by Lloyd’s Reg
German bank KfW IPEX-Bank has revealed it will provide financing in the amount of €30 million for compatriot shipping company TT-Line’s dual-fuel roll-on/roll-off passenger (RoPax) ferry.
Swedish energy company Vattenfall conducted large-scale seabed surveys with uncrewed surface vessels at several of its offshore wind farms in Denmark, Sweden, and the UK earlier this year. In the late summer and early autumn of 2022, uncrewed vessels were used for seabed surveys across Horns Rev 1,
A Liberian-flagged containership HSL Nike suffered an engine malfunction on Monday, December 26 while sailing toward the port of Rotterdam. The vessel anchored off Cap Gris-Nez in northern France to avoid drifting while the crew tried to repair the engine. After a full day of investigations carried
Excelerate Energy’s floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Exemplar has anchored in the deep harbour Inkoo, Finland, to serve the country’s first FSRU-based terminal. Finnish transmission system operator Gasgrid Finland confirmed the Exemplar’s arrival on 28 December stating that “the float
UK-headquartered provider of marine engineering services James Fisher and Sons is selling the Subtech Swordfish dive support vessel (DSV) for a cash consideration of $24 million. The company has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) for the sale of the 2007-built vessel to Seamec Limited, a c
