Eco Livorno, the third of twelve hybrid vessels of the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class, has been delivered to the Grimaldi Group by the Chinese Jinling shipyard located in Nanjing. The Eco Livorno, which flies the Italian flag, has a length of 238 meters, a beam of 34 meters, a gross tonn
SEA Europe, a shipyards and maritime equipment association, supports the inclusion of shipping into the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) as part of the EU Green Deal. However, the association said that the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions should be incentivised by internalising the external cos
The planned mega-merger between Italian shipbuilding major Fincantieri with its French counterpart Chantiers de l’Atlantique has fallen through. The decision has been made public in a joint statement by the French and Italian ministries of economies citing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply dual-fuel engines for six new 172,500 cbm Arctic LNG 2 carriers.
Engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions has won an order to supply six main engines for Hapag-Lloyd’s LNG-powered 23,000+TEU ultra large container vessels. The MAN B&W 11G95ME-GI Mk10.5 engines will be built in Korea and will offer the option of operating on LNG or conventional fuel, meeting Tier I
Italy’s Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of Grande Texas, the sixth in a series of seven pure car & truck carriers (PCTCs) the company ordered from the Chinese shipyard Yangfan.
MAATS Tech has secured a contract with VARD to deliver cable lay equipment for Van Oord’s new cable laying vessel (CLV). “I am immensely proud of the team effort that has gone into winning this contract and continues our track record in providing this type of equipment in the cable industry, already
Kongsberg Maritime has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore shipyard for the delivery of a large technology package for the BT-220IU Wind Turbine Installation Unit, a next-generation installation vessel to be built for OIM Wind. Norway-based OIM Wind and China’s CIMC Yan
Siem Car Carriers, specializing in the movement of new autos, roll on roll off (RO-RO) and project cargo, has welcomed Siem Aristotle, the second of two LNG-powered ships, to its fleet. The vessel is on her maiden voyage from Emden, Germany to North America. The ship has bunkered its first fuel, tak
Norway’s Havyard has won a contract from a European company to develop a new zero-emission ship concept for cargo transport.
Stolt Tankers has been commissioned by chemicals company BASF to help design and build a new tanker that can operate at extreme low water levels in the river Rhine. The ship will be built by Mercurius Shipping Group and after scheduled delivery in 2022, Stolt Tankers will operate it exclusively for
Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot has secured a charter deal for its newbuild LNG tanker with Total.
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has launched GasLog-s LNG carrier newbuild.
Maersk expects to resolve safety and all other issues faced by ammonia and fuel types based on alcohols in two to three years, clearing the way to order the first ships to run on these fuels in the next three years, the company’s CEO Søren Skou said in a podcast hosted by Global Optimism. The [&hell
