Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has reached a new chapter in the construction of LNG-powered ships for Explora Journeys, the cruise division of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC).
Hong Kong-based dry bulk vessel owner and operator Pacific Basin Shipping has closed a new $250 million sustainability-linked 7-year senior secured committed revolving credit facility for general corporate purposes.
The UAE-based logistics heavyweight DP World has signed a 30-year concession agreement with Syria’s General Authority for Land and Sea Ports to develop and operate the Port of Tartus.
Bunker supplier Chimbusco Pan Nation Petro-Chemical (CPN) has conducted the first-ever delivery of B30-marine gasoil (B30 MGO) in Hong Kong.
French maritime company Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has commissioned compatriot Ascenz Marorka, a smart shipping arm of GTT Group, to install a voyage optimization solution on four roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessels.
An investment of about €1.1 billion in the Port of Hamburg’s infrastructure expansion has been unveiled – a move that would secure the port’s competitiveness and pave the way to climate neutrality.
Singapore has topped the list of the world’s maritime centers for the 12th consecutive year based on the Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development (ISCD) Index.
Japanese trading company ITOCHU Corporation has contracted compatriot Sasaki Shipbuilding to construct a 5,000 cubic meter (cbm) ammonia bunkering vessel and Izumi Steel Works to build an ammonia tank plant that will be loaded onto the vessel.
Singapore-based shipping company Swire Shipping has launched Voyage to Zero, a carbon insetting program that promises a reduction in Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Singapore-based vessel builder Pinnacle Marine has launched its first B100 biofuel-powered utility boat, paving the way for the nation’s sustainable harbor craft sector.
U.S.-based cruise holding company Royal Caribbean has taken delivery of an LNG-fueled Icon-class newbuild Star of the Seas from Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku.
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has collaborated with Taiwanese container shipping company Evergreen to develop and install virtual reality (VR) solutions intended to teach seafarers how to operate green ships.
Latin America’s first electric tugboat, a joint endeavor by Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (Enap) and harbor towage services provider SAAM, has been christened in Chile, marking ‘a historic milestone’ for the country and the region.
Japanese engineering corporation IHI Corporation (IHI) and Dutch tank storage company Royal Vopak (Vopak) have signed a joint development agreement under which they plan to establish a new joint venture for the development and operation of an ammonia terminal in Japan.
