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Gazprom Neft’s LNG bunkering vessel completes sea trials
Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft informed its liquefied natural gas bunkering vessel, Dmitry Mendeleev has completed sea trials.
Industry heavyweights call for net-zero shipping by 2050
The shipping industry must reach zero emissions by 2050, and to get there zero-emission ships must become the dominant and competitive choice by 2030, an op-ed signed by big industry names insists. This means that the International Maritime Organization (IMO) would need to step up and revise its dec
Fincantieri, Faist JV to produce lithium-ion batteries
Italian shipbuilding major Fincantieri SI and Faist Group company specialized in the development and supply of complete energy storage systems, Faist Electronics have founded Power4Future, a joint venture dedicated to the production of lithium-ion batteries.
SITC inks $153.6m contract to build 8 boxships at Dae Sun
Chinese shipping company SITC International Holdings Co (SITC) has placed an order for eight 1,023 TEU container vessels worth a total of $153.6m at South Korean shipyard Dae Sun Shipbuilding & Engineering Co.
Mayflower Autonomous Ship picks partners for transatlantic research data sharing
The Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) has chosen Iridium and partner Thales Group to deliver real-time communications for the fully autonomous transatlantic research vessel.
MOL launches AI-powered, vessel allocation support system
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and its group company MOL Information Systems have started the operation of a support system for car carrier allocation planning based on mathematical optimization. The introduction of this type of system is expected to enable speedy decision-making
Frontline turns to DNV to help decarbonize its fleet
Tanker owner and operator Frontline has appointed classification society DNV to assist the company through its decarbonization journey towards IMO 2030- 2050. The project, launched last year, is aimed at providing Frontline with a solid understanding of its options, and the ways of further optimizin
First study into LNG carrier methane emissions wrapped up
Queen Mary University London, with support from the Collaboratory to Advance Methane Science (CAMS) and Enagas SA, conducted a first-of-its-kind study to directly measure methane emissions of an operating liquid natural gas (LNG) vessel.
BIMCO: Shipbuilding orders jump by 119.7% YoY amid record containership demand
Total shipbuilding orders in the first five months of this year have increased by 119.7% compared with the same period in 2020, BIMCO’s data shows. The massive rebound in ordering has been driven by record high containership contracting, as investors in this segment find themselves flush with cash.
Maersk Supply orders hybrid battery for AHTS in push to decarbonise fleet
Maersk Supply Service has ordered a battery pack for one of its M-class vessels as part of its target to reduce carbon intensity of its fleet.
One crew member of X-Press Pearl tests positive for Covid as efforts to douse the fire start to bear fruit
One of the two injured crew members of the X-Press Pearl containership, which remains ablaze off Colombo port, Sri Lanka, has tested positive for COVID-19, operator of the ship informed. According to Singapore-based X-Press Feeders, the two crew members, who received leg injuries during their evacua
MAN’s ME-GI dual-fuel engines to power additional EPS Capesize bulkers
Three B&W 6G70 ME-GI dual-fuel engines constructed by German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions were chosen to be built in three 210,000 dwt bulkcarriers for Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS).
8th LNG-powered behemoth joins CMA CGM’s fleet
CMA CGM Trocadero, the eight LNG-fuelled, 23,000 TEU containership out of a series of nine giant boxships being built in China, has been delivered to French shipping major CMA CGM. The colossal containership, spanning almost 400 meters in length and 61 meters in width, is the fourth and last vessel
Alfa Laval’s BWTS deckhouse solutions win DNV’s design approval
Alfa Laval, a Sweden-based ballast water treatment system (BWTS) manufacturer, has received a Type Approval Design Certificate from classification society DNV for PureBallast 3 Ex deckhouse solutions.