
Japanese shipping major NYK and compatriot liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) trader and importer Astomos Energy Corporation have held a delivery and naming ceremony for a new LPG dual-fuel LPG/ammonia carrier.

The first of two carbon-neutral 1,300 TEU vessels ordered by Norwegian container tonnage provider MPC Container Ships has been launched in China.

GAS 95, an environmentally-friendly diesel-electric gas tanker owned by HGK Shipping, has received the Green Award in Gold certification.

On the Day of the Seafarers, June 26, Sofia, the third newbuild owned by Finland-based shipping company Langh Ship, arrived for the first time in Tornio in Finland.

MOL Switch, a US-based corporate venture capital firm that is part of Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), has decided to invest in REGENT Craft, a US company developing all-electric seagliders.

Njord, a Denmark-based green technology business founded by Maersk Tankers, has received a contract to install energy-saving devices on twelve bulk carriers owned by German shipowner Hartmann Group.

Norwegian RoRo transportation services provider Höegh Autoliners has signed a five-year contract with an unnamed ‘major’ international car producer for the transport of cars from the US and Mexico to the Middle East.

Eastern Pacific Shipping and Yinson GreenTech have completed the first cargo and crew deliveries with a fully electric vessel in Singapore.

German equipment provider Schottel has been contracted to provide a full propulsion package for a methanol bunker vessel under construction at San Giorgio del Porto Shipyards in Italy.

German shipowner John T. Essberger Group has held a christening ceremony for two liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel chemical tankers.

GCMD and NYK Line are advancing their Project LOTUS with the first biofuel blend bunkering on NYK’s short-sea vehicle carrier.

Swedish shipping company Thun Tankers, part of the Erik Thun Group, has taken delivery of the second in a series of six new eco R-class tankers, Thun Reliance.

Japanese shipping company NYK and PT Pertamina International Shipping (PIS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate in the field of liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) and jointly establish a ship management company.

ZeroNorth and Hapag-Lloyd teamed up to launch a new solution for digitalizing the end-to-end bunker planning and procurement process.