Germany-based ferry owner and operator TT-Line and small-scale LNG provider Avenir LNG Limited have conducted the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship-to-ship (STS) bunkering operation for newbuild RoPax ferry Peter Pan.
Dutch tank storage company Vopak has teamed up with Germany-based Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies to establish a joint venture specializing in hydrogen storage, transport, and supply. At the heart of the 50-50 joint venture named LOHC Logistix will be Hydrogenious’ Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LO
China Merchants Industry Holding (CMI), a manufacturing flagship of China Merchants Group, has won a contract for the construction of up to eight 180,000 cbm LNG carriers from an undisclosed European shipowner. The company behind the contract, which includes four firm orders plus four options, is be
German energy company Uniper has delivered Germany’s first full cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the new LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven.
2022 has been a stellar year for methanol as an alternative fuel for ships as owners look to solutions to decarbonize their fleets. Based on the data from DNV, there are currently a total of 82 methanol-powered ships in operation and on order. The figure grew considerably from what we reported in Au
Three Japanese companies have signed a basic agreement to explore a joint hydrogen production business using waste plastic gasification facilities in the Nagoya Port area. Iwatani Corporation, Toyota Tsusho Corporation and JGC Holdings Corporation signed the agreement in December 2022, stating that
Boluda Towage, part of Spain’s Boluda Corporación Marítima, has dispatched four tugs to Lubmin, a small port located in the German Bay of Greifswald in the Baltic Sea region. The company has played a central role in the planning for the maneuvering of the floating storage and regasification unit (FS
India’s largest power generation company NTPC has partnered up with Tecnimont, a subsidiary of Italy’s Maire Tecnimont Group, to explore opportunities to develop a green methanol production facility. The companies have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with an aim to jointly eva
As we enter a new year, it is time for us to have a look back at the most-read stories from the past year. 2022 has been a rather turbulent year in many respects. As the world started to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, another black swan event rocked the shipping markets to the core, […]
Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has delivered Evergreen’s giant 24,000 TEU containership Ever Acme four months ahead of schedule, the shipbuilder said. The vessel was built at the yard’s Changxing Shipbuilding unit and it was earmarked for delivery in the second quarter of 2023. The
Finnlines’ second Superstar vessel Finncanopus was launched at the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Weihai on 30 December, the company announced. The first, Finnsirius, was launched in August 2022 and the keel laying of the second one was celebrated on 1 September 2022. The company ordered the sh
Taiwanese shipping company Wan Hai Lines held ship naming ceremonies for three 3,013 TEU containerships built by Japan Marine United Corporation TSU Shipyard. The vessels were named WAN HAI 356, WAN HAI 358, and WAN HAI 359. The trio features fully balanced twisted bulb rudders, pre-swirl fin, and a
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a large order to supply RoRo equipment for two 6,900 CEU Pure Car and Truck Carriers (PCTCs) to be built at Shin Kurushima Toyohashi Shipbuilding for K Line in Japan. The order was booked into Cargotec’s 2022 third-quarter order intake. The first vessel is sc
Bermuda-based owner and operator of liquefied gas carriers Seapeak has completed the acquisition of Danish shipping company Evergas. On 29 December, Seapeak, formerly known as Teekay LNG Partners, said it had completed the previously announced acquisition of Greenship Gas Trust and Greenship Gas Man
