German shipping company E&S Tankers has taken delivery of the first of four of its 6,600 dwt duplex, stainless steel LNG dual-fuel chemical tankers Liselotte Esseberger. “So pleased to take delivery of our first newbuilding, Liselotte Essberger, and rest assure that she is the first of many new vess
Prominent American financial institution JP Morgan has placed an order for two advanced dual-fuel methanol carriers with China’s Guangzhou Shipbuilding International (GSI). The two methanol-powered product tankers each boast a capacity of 50,000 deadweight tons (dwt), according to the data from Athe
Finnish marine technology supplier Wärtsilä and Swedish shipping company Furetank are co-developing and testing two technologies showing the potential to halve the methane slip of LNG-fueled ships. Methane slip on LNG-powered vessels refers to the unintentional release of methane, a potent greenhous
COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry Technology (Weihai) has won test approval clearance for the company’s ammonia fuel supply system prototype. The marine product test approval was awarded by the China Classification Society (CCS) Qingdao Branch after the system successfully cleared its acceptance test. T
Norwegian equipment provider Brunvoll Mar-El has been contracted to provide electric propulsion systems for one new low-emission and two zero-emission passenger ferries owned by compatriot ferry operator Fjord1.
Nasdaq-listed shipowner OceanPal Inc. announced that it is investing in a Norwegian entity, RFSea Infrastructure II AS, that will construct two methanol-ready, stainless steel chemical tankers. The two 600 dwt chemical tankers, ordered under two separate contracts, will be built at China’s Wuhu Ship
COSCO SHIPPING Lines CO., COSCO SHIPPING Ports and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) have teamed up in a joint initiative to advocate for the widespread adoption of shore power technology. The partnership is being forged at a critical juncture as global efforts intensify to achieve “carbon emiss
SM Korealine Co., a shipping unit of South Korea’s SM Group, revealed on Monday that its subsidiary Korealine LNG has received official authorization from its flag state of Panama for autonomous sailing operations of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering ship, named the SM Jeju LNG 2. The LNG bu
Singapore-based ship management company Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has revealed that its liquified natural gas (LNG)-powered tanker Starway completed the company’s first LNG bunkering operation in USA.
DNV classification society has issued a letter of professional opinion confirming that ERMA FIRST’s alternative maritime power (AMP) system, BLUE CONNECT, meets the requirements for categorisation as an ‘energy-saving device’ (ESD). In the same document, DNV recognises BLUE CONNECT’s ability to impr
AET, a Singapore-based petroleum logistics unit of Malaysian energy logistics group MISC Berhad, has delivered its newest Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) powered by dual-fuel LNG engines on long-term charter to Shell Tankers (Singapore) Private Limited. It is the first of three crude tankers to be d
South Korea’s shipbuilding major HD Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (HD KSOE), the intermediate holding company for shipbuilding under HD Hyundai, has constructed and delivered the world’s first ship equipped with an ‘AI engineer’. The company has delivered and installed an AI-based engine a
China-based Chengxi Shipyard has completed the installation of Anemoi’s rotor sails on TR Lady, an 82,000 dwt Kamsarmax bulk carrier. The installation was completed in June 2023. TR Lady is owned by TR Lady Shipping Ltd, a portfolio company of Tufton Investment Management and is on a time charter wi
Oil major Shell, Japanese shipping company NYK Line and FueLNG, a joint venture between Keppel Offshore & Marine and Shell Eastern Petroleum, have carried out the first simultaneous operations (SIMOPS) liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering for a pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) in Southeast Asia.
