RMK Marine Shipyard in Tuzla, Turkey, has laid the keel for an 8000 m3 inland waterways liquified natural gas (LNG) bunker barge owned and operated by LNG Shipping (a joint venture between Victrol and Groupe Sogestran) and long-term time chartered by Shell. The companies said the barge, named LNG Er
North European Oil Trade (NEOT), a Finland-based group specializing in oil and bioproducts sale in the Nordic countries, has signed a charter agreement with Terntank for the shipping company’s two wind/methanol-ready hybrid tankers. Swedish shipping company Terntank placed an order for two plus two
Finland-based shipping company Meriaura has managed to reduce the ships’ emissions by 11.2 percent during 2022 compared to the previous year.
German liner heavy-weight Hapag-Lloyd is not planning any significant orders this year in the newbuilding space, especially not in the ultra-large containership sector. Speaking earlier today in a virtual live session, Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen said that if the company does move forward wit
A group of cross-industry experts, led by Grieg Star, has conducted a study involving the potential retrofitting of an open hatch vessel to run on green ammonia. Initial findings of the study said that elements perceived as challenges turned out not to be barriers or present major risks for moving f
Greek shipping company Aegean Shipping Management has taken delivery of M/T Green Anax, a 114,000 dwt newbuild Aframax tanker. The naming ceremony was hosted earlier today by Chinese shipbuilder COSCO Heavy Industries (Yangzhou). The vessel was classed by Bureau Veritas (BV) and the tanker is compli
CSSC Mitsui Shipbuilding Diesel Engine Co., a subsidiary of China Shipbuilding Power Group, has delivered “the world’s first CMD-WinGD 9X92DF dual-fuel main engine” that will be installed on a 13,000 TEU containership owned by French shipping giant CMA CGM.
Following the recent announcement of the split between Maersk and MSC on their 2M Alliance in 2025, questions are being raised on how this might affect other container shipping alliances on the market. In January this year, container shipping giants MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Maers
Cyprus-based bulk shipping operator SMT Shipping has welcomed a new eco-friendly cement trader from Dutch shipbuilding company Royal Bodewes.
Seaboard Blue, Seaboard Marine’s (liquified natural gas) LNG dual-fuel containership was bunkered at PortMiami using LNG as a fuel.
South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has won a construction order for two LNG carriers. The shipbuilder disclosed on the stock exchange that the company behind the order was a shipowner from Oceania, without revealing the company’s name. The delivery of the two LN
The world’s largest container shipping company MSC is delivering on its promise to inject massive vessel capacity into its fleet this year. Namely, the Swiss-based container shipping giant has welcomed into the fleet another giant 24,000 TEU vessel, MSC Irina, which was built by Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu
Haugesund Knutsen, the first small-scale LNG bunkering vessel built in Spain, has completed its first LNG bunkering operation. The ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation took place on 13 March at the port of Barcelona where Haugesund Knutsen delivered LNG to Costa Smeralda cruise ship owned by Italian
Korean shipbuilding giant, Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), has unveiled the design of a small modular reactor (SMR)-powered ship, Business Korea reports. This marks the first time a Korean company has revealed such a detailed design concept for an SMR-powered vessel as nuclear powe
