Green Marine
Ulstein: Outfitting starts for Lindblad’s 2nd X-Bow polar expedition ship
On 22 October 2020, the hull of the National Geographic Resolution, a polar expedition cruise vessel ordered by US-based cruise company Lindblad Expeditions, arrived at the Ulstein Verft shipyard in Norway to undergo outfitting work.
Helsinki Shipyard wins order for hybrid expedition cruise vessel
Finnish shipbuilding company Helsinki Shipyard Oy has won an order from the British cruise line Swan Hellenic for a luxury expedition cruise vessel. The order comes at a very difficult situation for the global cruise and shipbuilding industry due to the impact of COVID-19 on traveling and demand for
Final Yamal LNG carrier for MOL and Cosco named
The fourth and final conventional Yamal LNG carrier for the MOL-COSCO JV was named at the Chinese Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding yard.
CMP joins Copenhagen’s carbon capture project
Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP), a Danish-Swedish joint venture port operator, revealed it would join the application for the EU funding for CO2 capture project on Amager Bakke.
Australia arrests Japanese car carrier over overdue crew change
Japanese-owned car import vessel Metis Leader has been arrested in Australia on the grounds of overdue crew changes. The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) said a number of seafarers on the Panamanian-flagged vessel had been working aboard the vessel in excess of the 11 months, the ma
NYK boosts LNG carrier management capacity
Japanese shipping major Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) has signed a deal with Total to acquire shares in the ship management company Gazocean.
HySHIP hydrogen project secures EU funding
Maritime innovation project HySHIP has been granted €8 million (about $9.4 million) in EU funding as the Norwegian government announces a strengthened focus on the development and commercialization of hydrogen as a carbon-neutral fuel.
Nexans Aurora getting its cable lay equipment
The installation of the MAATS cable lay equipment onboard the cable-laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Aurora has commenced. On 14 October, MAATS and Marine Fabricators installation team arrived at the Ulstein Verft shipyard to begin the installation, which kicked off with the two lay wheels being fitted at
Havyard to design Fjord1’s two new battery-powered ferries
Havyard Design & Solution AS, the subsidiary of Oslo-listed Havyard Group, has been chosen as the designer for two new battery-powered ferries to be operated by Fjord1 ASA on inner Sunnmøre, Norway. “Going forward the parties will work closely together to optimize the design for energy-efficient ope
P&O Ferries chooses Wärtsilä engines for ‘super ferries’
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been selected by British ferry operator P&O Ferries to power the company’s new series of ‘super ferries’.
Hutchison’s acquisition of APMT Rotterdam gets green light
The Netherlands Authority for Consumer and Markets (ACM) has cleared Hutchison Ports Netherlands to acquire container terminal APM Terminals Rotterdam. The Netherlands-based terminal operator APM Terminals, a subsidiary of Maersk Group, signed a letter of intent to divest its container terminal APM
Korea Shipbuilding gets AIP for world’s 1st large liquefied hydrogen carrier design
South Korean shipbuilder Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) and its shipyard Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) have received approval in principle (AIP) for the design of a commercial liquefied hydrogen carrier.
Port of Le Havre joins the Getting to Zero Coalition
Port of Le Havre, the top French port for foreign trade, has become a member of the Getting to Zero coalition to help decarbonize maritime transport. The coalition was launched at the United Nations Climate Action Summit 2019 as part of a partnership between three intergovernmental organisations (th
Kapellskär, Naantali ports win EU funding to reduce emissions
Swedish Port of Kapellskär, together with Finnish Port of Naantali, has been granted EU funding to reduce, among other things, air pollutant emissions from shipping.