The Kobe Express, a container ship owned by Hapag-Lloyd and managed by Anglo-Eastern, completed what has been described as the ‘world’s first digitally controlled port arrival.’ The vessel’s docking was carried out within the framework of a partnership between Wärtsilä and Tanger Med, the largest Me
Norwegian tanker owner and operator Frontline has entered into an acquisition deal for two scrubber-fitted, ECO-type very large crude carriers (VLCCs) worth a total of $180 million. Frontline said it intends to meet the financing of this acquisition with existing borrowing facilities and establish l
PGS and Cognite have systemized data to increase PGS vessel speed without jeopardizing the seismic acquisition operation or the vessel integrity. PGS is using Cognite’s Industrial DataOps to give seismic vessel operators an overview of the factors determining a vessel’s optimal operating speed. The
Electrification and hybridization of ships have been picking up in the industry for a while now, being the predominant choice for short-sea shipping. There are several solutions on the market to choose from such as shore power connection, battery hybrid solutions, shaft generators, or alternative el
Nowegian ship designer Ulstein Design & Solutions AS has been chosen by compatriot maritime startup Edge Navigation AS as a partner in developing a container vessel with the patented X-Bow hull lines for non-fossil propulsion towards achieving zero emissions in maritime transport.
Chinese shipbuilding major Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, has won an order for the construction of two 24,000 TEU containerships from Evergreen Group. This is a repeat order, building on the contract between CSSC and Evergreen Group signed in Nove
Japanese shipping heavyweight Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) aims to deploy net-zero emissions ocean-going vessels in the 2020s in line with its environmental vision of achieving net-zero GHG emissions by 2050. Under its revised vision, released earlier today, the company has set sights on reducing GHG e
Brittany Ferries is exploring the potential for a new high-speed, sustainable and more efficient form of ferry travel called a seaglider.
Containership giant CMA CGM Group has signed a five-year agreement with the French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) to identify, design and develop innovative solutions for the shipping, logistics and space industries.
Japan’s shipbuilding company, Tsuneishi Shipbulding has announced it will start collecting actual operation data for some of its built ships using the internet of ships open platform (IoSOP) framework for the first time.
Canadian energy storage company, Sterling PlanB, and independent ship design group, ICE Marine Design, have signed a cooperation agreement to increase the uptake of energy storage systems (ESS).
At this point in time, there is no technology in sight that would make large, ocean-going ships carbon-neutral in the next three to five years, CEO of German liner company Hapag-Lloyd, Rolf Habben Jansen believes. Jansen was one of the panelists of the Green Shipping Roundtable hosted yesterday by t
d’Amico Group has teamed up with a number of industry majors in a Joint Industry Project (JIP) to test the biofuel blends on board its LR1 product tankers. The tests will involve biofuel (B30), which is derived from advanced second-generation feedstock. They will be undertaken on d’Amico’s vessels,
China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai) has cut the steel of the MS Finnsirius, the first of two new Finnlines’ Superstar Ro-Pax vessels. MS Finnsirius is a part of Finnlines’ EUR 500 million newbuilding programme which includes two eco-sustainable ro-pax vessels as well as three hybrid ro-ro vess
