Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has revealed that land tests verifying the performance of “Seawing” automated kite system utilizing wind power have been successful, paving the way for offshore demonstration tests in the near future.
Sweden’s ship design and management player Wallenius Marine and Danish naval architect company Knud E. Hansen have presented a brand-new design concept for a roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel featuring multiple sustainability-oriented features. The concept, unveiled at a maritime event in Sweden on Sep
Allseas’ Solitaire, one of the world’s largest pipelay vessels, has produced its final double joint in its current setup before starting a major modernization process that will further advance its installation capabilities and production efficiency. Allseas announced at the beginning of this year th
French container shipping and logistics major has reportedly placed an order for six firm liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel 22,000 TEU containerships in China.
Royal Caribbean’s liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered Icon-class cruise ship, Legend of the Seas, has been floated out at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland.
Norwegian shipping company Höegh Autoliners has named its sixth Aurora-class pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) at the Port of Gothenburg in Sweden.
DEME’s cable-laying vessel (CLV) Viking Neptun is scheduled to start installing the first inter-array cables at the Dogger Bank C offshore wind farm site in the UK on or around September 7. The vessel will lay the inter-array cable onto the seabed, where the cable will remain exposed until trenching
Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, an arm of Finland-based technology group Wärtsilä, has been commissioned by South Korea’s giant Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to provide its cargo-handling and fuel gas supply system for five dual-fuel very large ethane gas carriers (VLECs). As disclosed, the vessels in ques
South Korean shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) has held a steel-cutting ceremony for a 115,000-ton petrochemical carrier at its shipyard in Subic Bay in the Philippines.
The Netherlands-headquartered Fugro has won two contracts with Brazil’s offshore energy services company Constellation to support responsible deepwater exploration activities in two regions in Brazil. Under the two three-year contracts, Fugro’s scope includes deploying advanced remotely operated veh
The Italy-flagged ferry Moby Drea, once cleared by Italian authorities for refurbishment in Croatia, has re-emerged as a controversial dismantling case after protests from Croatian civil society organizations exposed its heavy asbestos contamination, raising questions over regulatory oversight and t
Yokohama-based shipbuilding company Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) recently handed over an environmentally friendly 159,097 dwt Suezmax tanker to its owner. According to JMU, the tanker—christened Advantage Smart—was delivered on August 29 at the company’s Ariake Shipyard in Kumamoto prefectu
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group has launched the latest Island class fully electric-ready ferry for Canada’s ferry operator BC Ferries.
Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) has ordered a total of twelve E-class crew transfer vessels (CTVs), with four already on the way and eight more now on order. N-O-S said via social media that this was one of the largest CTV orders in history, with the agreement also including several options for a
