The UK-based classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has granted the maritime industry’s ‘first-ever’ enhanced antifouling type approval to Canada-based coatings company Graphite Innovation & Technologies (GIT Coatings). The type approval was created to provide ship owners and operators with ‘v
Two California ports have bagged critical federal grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), allowing them to ‘further accelerate’ their zero-emission initiatives and take one step closer to the global climate neutrality targets. As disclosed, the Port of Los Angeles has secured “un
South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has received approval in principle (AiP) from classification society DNV and signed a joint development project (JDP) for AiP with Lloyd’s Register (LR) for its new design of a 15,300 TEU ammonia dual-fuel containership. DNV granted the appr
In a major fleet expansion move, UECC has signed a shipbuilding contract with a Chinese yard for up to four multi-fuel battery hybrid PCTCs.
Swedish shipping company Erik Thun has launched the second plug-in hybrid dry cargo vessel in the new generation of Lake Vanern Max vessels, designed to minimize emissions and maximize cargo.
REGENT Craft, a U.S. manufacturer of all-electric seagliders, has received a deal to deliver its all-electric Monarch seaglider to United Marine Egypt (UME) Shipping.
Swedish ferry company Stena Line has reached another milestone in the construction of its methanol-ready NewMax hybrid ships, having held a joint launch and keel-laying ceremony last week.
Vietnam’s Vingroup JSC and Abu Dhabi-based AD Ports Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly explore developing and modernizing ports, logistics and maritime infrastructure in Vietnam.
Norwegian shipping company Rem Offshore has held the keel laying ceremony for what is said to be the first-of-its-kind energy subsea construction vessel (ESCV), set to perform heavy construction work in offshore wind and subsea arenas with net zero emissions. Following the initial steel cutting on J
French shipping giant CMA CGM has held a christening ceremony for two of its 2,000 TEU LNG-fueled ships, CMA CGM Sintra and CMA CGM Altamira. The vessels are the eighth and ninth in a series of ten 2,000 TEU LNG-powered ships being built by HD Hyundai Mipo in South Korea for CMA CGM’s Northern Europ
Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk has entered a long-term bio-methanol offtake agreement with China’s photovoltaic (PV) manufacturer LONGi Green Energy Technology.
Norwegian shipowner Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA (KCC) has decided to equip the upcoming CABU III newbuild with “the world’s largest” suction sails.
China Classification Society (CCS), Weichai Singapore, Marine Energy and Sustainability Research Department of Nanyang Technological University (MESD), and Pinnacle Marine have signed a research cooperation agreement to test B100 biofuel for 1,000 hours in Singaporean waters. The four-party agreemen
French designer and manufacturer of wind propulsion systems OceanWings has received approval in principle (AiP) from classification society DNV for its ‘innovative’ wind propulsion technology in Busan, South Korea.
