Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda and French shipping company VELA Transport have entered into a business partnership that will enable Takeda to transport its products between Europe and the U.S. using the latter’s first-of-its-kind sailing cargo trimaran.
Singapore’s Marco Polo Marine has added two new anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels to its fleet.
New Zealand’s Port of Auckland is inching closer to wrapping up the development of an in-port biofouling solution to clean niche areas of vessels. According to the port’s officials, the technology being developed is anticipated to offer maritime transport lines and cruise operators with “additional
Malaysia’s energy-related maritime services provider MISC Berhad and South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) have received approval in principle (AiP) from French class society Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) for their design of “the world’s first” ammonia-fueled long-range 2 (
With the first two units delivered and already in commercial operations, Norway’s Reach Subsea has exercised the first in a series of exclusive options with Kongsberg Maritime for the delivery of the next two uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), Reach Remote 3 and 4. The specifications for Reach Remote
Norway’s vessel owner DOF Group has inked a deal to sell one vessel and secured a contract extension for work offshore Argentina for another.
Carbon Destroyer 1, the ‘first’ European-built offshore CO2 carrier, has been transported from Royal Niestern Sander shipbuilding yard to the Dutch Port of Delfzijl.
Switzerland-based RoRo cargo shipping company Sallaum Lines has unveiled its first LNG dual-fuel pure car and truck carrier (PCTC), Ocean Breeze, in the port of Antwerp, celebrating its European debut.
Chinese marine equipment provider Headway Technology Group has fitted an onboard carbon capture system (OCCS) onto a 57,000 dwt bulk carrier in Zhoushan, China, marking the country’s ‘first-ever’ deployment of centrifugal OCCS. As disclosed, the fifteen-year-old bulker named Yue Dian 56 was equipped
Greece’s Asso.subsea has signed a shipbuilding contract with China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) for the construction of its next-generation trenching support vessel (TSV), described as the world’s most powerful TSV ever built. The shipbuilding contract was signed at Asso.subsea’s headquarters in
Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Armon Gijon has splashed the third dual-fuel roll-on/roll-off passenger (RoPax) fast ferry designed for compatriot ferry operator Baleària by Australia’s Incat Crowther. As disclosed, now that it has been launched, the 123-meter-long vessel, christened Mercedes Pinto,
The UK-based specialist in navigation solutions for seagoing vessels Sperry Marine, part of Northrop Grumman, has been selected to supply the complete integrated bridge systems for two hydrogen-powered containerships under construction for Dutch logistics solutions provider Samskip.
Italy-headquartered Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has begun seabed surveys along the cable corridor route for the second electrical interconnector between Malta and Italy. The IC2 interconnector will link the Terna substation at Ragusa, Sicily, and the Enemalta terminal station in Maghtab, to be laid
Belgian shipping company EXMAR has placed an order in South Korea for four new Suezmax tankers equipped with scrubbers.
