The colossal vessel, MSC Loreto, with an unprecedented capacity of 24,346 TEU is calling at Europe’s top ports this week. This remarkable ship has captivated onlookers and left them in awe as it arrived on Wednesday morning, 24 May, at APMT 2 at the Prinses Amaliahaven in the port of Rotterdam. MSC
Swedish shipping company Erik Thun Group is investing $3.34 million in the installation of battery packs on nine of its existing vessels in the dry cargo fleet. The ship owner explained that by installing battery packs and making the shore power connection smoother for the vessels, the need to use t
The cruise industry is pushing forward with the uptake of alternative fuels as part of its decarbonization efforts, with 65 percent of the current orderbook being capable of running on alternative fuels, data from Clarksons shows. What is more, the focus of the newbuilding intertest has shifted to s
Dutch shipbuilding major Damen shipyards has inked a partnership agreement with Boluda Towage, part of Spain’s Boluda Corporación Marítima, aimed at bringing zero-emission tugs to Europe. In the harbour and towage sector, electric and methanol-fueled propulsion systems currently offer the best and m
Oslo-listed shipowner Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC) has entered into a deal with Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding Co for the construction of three third generation (CABU III) vessels. The company said that the CABU III newbuilds will introduce a new standard of efficiency w
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has revealed that it will carry out decarbonisation modelling on two vessels in the fleet of Franco-Italian ferry company Corsica Ferries.
Single-fuel methanol engines may hold the key to a greener future for tugs, marine propulsion systems manufacturer Rolls-Royce Power Solutions (RRPS) and Maersk’s towage operator Svitzer said in a joint paper. The main driver behind the development of dual-fuel engines is fuel flexibility, allowing
Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group, in collaboration with China Shipbuilding Trading Co., Ltd. (CSTC), hosted a naming and delivery ceremony for the 24,000 TEU container vessel, MSC Gemma. The colossal containership was officially handed over to ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.,
The retrofitting cost of an existing ship fitted with a two-stroke engine to a dual-fuel engine should not exceed 25 percent of the ship’s newbuilding cost, according to an assessment from DNV and MAN Energy Solutions. The duo carried out an analysis of how retrofitting the existing maritime fleet t
Yangshan Port in China took the top position in the third edition of the global Container Port Performance Index (CPPI), despite periods of disruption caused by typhoons and various other factors in 2022. Developed by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence, the third edition of the CPPI i
The world’s largest container shipping company Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (Mou) with Lloyd’s Register (LR), Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) and MAN Energy Solutions (MAN-ES) for a design for the ammonia dual-fuel operation
bound4blue, a developer of wind-assisted propulsion technology, and Oceanking, a Greece-based provider of marine technology solutions, have formed a partnership to jointly expand access to the eSAIL technology in Greece and Cyprus. bound4blue’s eSAIL is a wind-assisted propulsion system known as a s
Investment in decarbonization for a shipping company may appear counterintuitive to its profitability due to several factors. Firstly, the upfront costs of transitioning to low-carbon technologies, such as investing in eco-friendly vessels or retrofitting existing ones, can be substantial. These exp
Bulkship Management, the Oslo-based ship manager with a specialty in geared vessels, has signed a contract to implement BERG Propulsion’s ‘EPL for EEXI’ power limitation solution across 10 ships trading in US Gulf and Caribbean waters. The Berg Engine Power Limitation (EPL) is intended for ships who
