Italian shipowner Grimaldi has taken delivery of Eco Adriatica, the eleventh of a series of twelve hybrid RoRo vessels. With the delivery of Eco Adriatica, the fleet of Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class hybrid vessels, ordered from the Chinese Jinling shipyard in Nanjing, is almost complete
A total of 147 ports around the globe can bunker LNG to vessels at the moment and this figure is likely to reach 200 by 2024 as demand continues to grow, estimates from Clarksons Research show. Europe is leading the way with LNG bunkering infrastructure, with the majority of its top ports offering t
Swedish sustainable solutions provider Alfa Laval has signed an agreement to acquire BunkerMetric, a Scandinavian software company that develops advanced decision support tools for marine bunker vessels. According to Alfa Laval, the acquisition is part of the strategy to expand its digital marine se
Pure-play Capesize vessel owner Seanergy Maritime Holdings has completed the installation of ballast water treatment systems on its entire fleet. The company’s operating fleet consists of 17 Capesize vessels with an average age of approximately 12.1 years. “We have now successfully completed install
Naval architecture and marine engineering company Glosten has been selected to design a new coastal research vessel with a hydrogen-hybrid propulsion system for the University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. For this project, Glosten will provide the preliminary design
Four Japanese companies, including shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), have entered into an agreement to start a joint study related to wind-powered propulsion of vessels by application of aerospace engineering technologies. The study will be conducted by MOL, MOL Tech-Trade (MOLTT), Tokai Uni
Meeting the IMO 2023 regulations will have quite a significant impact on the supply of vessels in the container shipping market in the long term, Søren Skou, CEO of A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S, estimates. As of 2023, the shipping industry will need to meet a new round of vessel efficiency and carbon int
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has decided to suspend Glencore’s bunkering licence for two months following an investigation into a recent bunker fuel contamination in Singapore port. The move comes following the completion of an investigation into bunker fuel contamination in th
Technomar Shipping has signed a contract with Italian certification and engineering company RINA for software licenses to employ the RINACube MRV-DCS-CII Data Collection and Reporting platform across 105 of its vessels. RINACube MRV-DCS-CII web application will be used on board each ship to collect
French R&D office which specialises in nautical applications CRAIN Technologies (Centre de Recherche pour l’Architecture et l’Industrie Nautiques) has obtained approval in principle (AiP) from compatriot classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) for its suction wing SW270, an auxiliary wind propuls
Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corporation is participating in the Blue Visby Consortium to support the development of an integrated system that notifies ships of the optimal date and time for arriving at their destination. The recently launched consortium is aimed at helping the shipping industry e
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and the country’s National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) have launched a joint study on ship fuel to contribute to the safe operation of machinery on vessels. For this study, MOL and NIES will collaborate to conduct fuel quality analysis
Australia’s Port of Newcastle, the world’s largest coal export port, has welcomed two Liebherr mobile harbour cranes intended for the port’s container handling operations. The German-built LHM 550 cranes sailed into Newcastle Harbour on Tuesday morning, August 2, onboard the general cargo ship UHL F
Norway-based shuttle tankers owner and operator Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers AS (KNOT), an affiliate of NYK, has taken delivery of its first dual-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) shuttle tanker to be chartered to Italian energy giant Eni. The vessel, named Frida Knutsen, was delivered on 2 August at
