A prototype ship named ZEUS (Zero Emission Ultimate Ship) with hybrid propulsion has been classed by the Italian classification society RINA, becoming its first ship capable of running on hydrogen. The vessel was developed as part of the research project named Technologies with Low Environmental Imp
Maran Dry Management Inc., a dry bulk shipping unit of the Angelicoussis Group, has signed a joint development project (JDP) agreement with the Italian classification society RINA and Shanghai Ship Research and Design Institute (SDARI) for an LNG and hydrogen-powered bulk carrier. The project will b
The world’s first bulker equipped with Wind Challenger, a hard sail wind power propulsion system, has completed its maiden voyage round trip back in Japan, Port of Noshiro.
U.S.-based cruise shipping company Disney Cruise Line has decided to acquire cruise ship Global Dream, currently under construction at German shipyard Meyer Werft
Circular Maritime Technologies (CMT), a Dutch startup targeting to automate shipbreaking processes, has secured an EU subsidy that would help the company take the project to the next stage of development. CMT said that it won a subsidy as part of the Kansen voor West III, a program largely financed
NACKS, a joint venture between Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation and COSCO Shipping, has launched a new 24,000 TEU containership built for Hong Kong-based shipowner Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL).
Norwegian provider of shortsea RoRo transportation United European Car Carriers (UECC) has held a naming ceremony for its second dual-fuel LNG battery hybrid pure car and truck carrier (PCTC).
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has handed over MSC Seascape to MSC Cruises at a ceremony held at Fincantieri’s yard in Monfalcone. MSC Seascape is the second ship of the Seaside EVO class, an evolution of the Seaside class and joins the sister ships MSC Seaside and MSC Seaview, which entered servic
Danish shipping companies have 51 new vessels under construction, and 25 of them can sail on green fuels, according to a new analysis from Danish Shipping, a trade and employer organisation for more than 90 shipowners and offshore companies. Right now, there is a total of orders for 51 new vessels f
Seaspan Corporation took delivery of its final 11,800 TEU containership from a series of six ultra-large containerships ordered from Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group. The New Panamax container vessel was named ZIM Canada at a ceremony held on November 8, as it would be ope
Classification society DNV has granted approval in principle (AIP) for a Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI) designed pure car and truck carrier (PCTC).
Singapore-based LNG bunker supplier FueLNG revealed that its second LNG bunkering vessel was launched earlier today at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd., Korea. According to FueLNG, the Singapore-flagged bunker vessel with a carrying capacity of 18,000 cubic meters would be the largest LNG bunkering ve
A new report by the Tyndall Centre at the University of Manchester, which highlights the role of the shipping sector in transporting green fuels, is urging governments to create far stronger national policies on low-carbon fuels in order to bridge ‘a yawning gap’ between government-led projects and
Hai Yang Shi You 301, described as the world’s largest LNG bunker vessel, has been officially put into operation by China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s subsidiary Guangzhou Shipbuilding International (GSI) following a conversion project. The official delivery ceremony was held earlier today, Chin
