Danish logistics giant A.P. Moller – Maersk has launched an efficiency program for its time-chartered fleet, targeting the retrofit of approximately 200 vessels, with the aim of improving fuel efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Singapore-headquartered Aster, a provider of energy, chemical, and infrastructure solutions in Southeast Asia, has awarded contracts to Allseas and DOF Group, as well as other partners, for engineering and rejuvenation of direct tanker-to-refinery crude oil transfer infrastructure. Aster is investin
NYK Stolt Tankers (NST), a joint venture between shipping companies NYK Line and Stolt Tankers, has decided to order two additional parcel chemical tankers at Nantong Xiangyu Shipyard in China.
COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Shanghai) (CHI Shanghai) has completed China’s first ship-to-ship methanol bunkering operation by a shipbuilding and repair enterprise at a shipyard’s berth, marking a major milestone in the nation’s adoption of alternative marine fuels.
Taiwanese shipping company U-Ming Marine Transport Corporation (U-Ming) and the UK-based wind propulsion technology provider Anemoi Marine Technologies have completed the rotor sail installation on U-Ming’s Grand Pioneer, a 325,000 dwt very large ore carrier (VLOC).
South Korean Taihan Cable & Solution has begun the construction of its second submarine cable manufacturing facility, which will once operational deliver a production capacity nearly five times greater than the company’s first submarine cable plant. The Dangjin Submarine Cable Plant 2 is located at
Great Britain’s transmission owners National Grid Electricity Transmission and SP Energy Networks have selected Italian cabling giant Prysmian as the preferred bidder for the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable system for the fourth out of five subsea electricity superhighways between Scotland
UK classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has partnered with Deployable Energy, a Houston-based nuclear technology company, to advance the safe use of micro-nuclear reactor technology to power ships.
Norwegian maritime services provider Buksér og Berging has taken delivery of a new hybrid tugboat built by Türkiye’s Uzmar Shipyard.
TUI Cruises, a joint venture between TUI and Royal Caribbean Cruises, has commissioned Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for the construction of the new cruise ships that will be powered by dual-fuel LNG engines.
Canadian shipping company Algoma Central Corporation has taken delivery of Algoma Legacy, the first of three new methanol-ready Kamsarmax-sized ocean belt self-unloading vessels.
The Panama Canal is launching NetZero Slot, an initiative designed to incentivize Neopanamax vessels powered by clean fuels.
Seatrium has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with India’s Cochin Shipyard to strengthen cooperation in the offshore sector across India and Asia.
ABGC DMCC, a joint venture of Al Seer Marine and BGN, has taken delivery of Merak, a dual-fuel very large gas carrier (VLGC) equipped with ammonia-carrying capability.
