Taiwanese company Asia Cement Corporation has completed a full shore power project for cement vessels in an effort to reduce the impact on the sea, the ecology and the environment.
Chengxi Shipyard in China hosted yesterday the naming and launching ceremony for M/V Nukumi, a new self-unloading vessel being built for Canada Steamship Lines (CSL). The launching comes four months after the ship’s keel-laying ceremony, which was held in January 2021. Once delivered, the 26,000 dwt
Norwegian pure-play LNG carrier company Flex LNG has secured a new charter deal for the 173,4000-cbm Flex Freedom.
Five crew members have been reportedly kidnapped from a fishing vessel in the Gulf on Guinea.
French shipping major CMA CGM has launched its low-carbon shipping offering based on biomethane as part of its Act with CMA CGM+ range of services. The new CLEANER ENERGY biomethane solution will be offered on the group’s intra-European line run by its Containerships brand. With the new service, Con
Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot (SCF Group) has performed a landmark 150th marine LNG fuelling operation for Green Funnel Aframax tankers with its partner, Hague-based oil and LNG major Shell.
China-based petrochemical group Hengyi Petrochemical Co. Ltd. has ordered a total of eight 49,600-ton chemical/product tankers at local Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) shipyard.
Seaspan Corporation has taken delivery of two 8,500 TEU containerships.
Hydra Subsea, part of Hydra Offshore Construction, has acquired the deep-water DP2 multi-purpose construction vessel Subsea Responder IV. Subsea Responder IV, previously named URF Challenger and DMT Emerald, is a US-built Jones Act-compliant vessel with dual internal work-class remotely operated veh
South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) reported a net loss for the first quarter of 2021, reversing from last year’s profit amid lower than expected order intake. DSME said that the net loss for the first quarter was KRW 234 billion ($207 million), against a profit
The keel has been laid for the third battery hybrid LNG-powered pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) being built for United European Car Carriers (UECC), a Norway-based provider of shortsea RoRo transportation.
Bulk shipping company Genco Shipping & Trading Limited has inked a deal to acquire two 2022-built 61,000 dwt Ultramax vessels to be constructed at Dalian Cosco KHI Ship Engineering (DACKS). The shipowner did not reveal the price tag of the two newbuilds. The vessels are expected to be delivered to G
BC Ferries’ third Island-class hybrid-electric ferry is now on its way to British Columbia after it departed Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania on 19 May.
German shipowner John T. Essberger Group has signed final agreements with China Merchants Jinling Shipyard Dingheng Co. Ltd to build four 6,600 dwt stainless steel parcel chemical tankers with options for an additional four vessels.
