COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Co. and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Technology have won two approvals in principle from ABS classification society for their ammonia-fueled vessel and ammonia supply system designs which are being trialed on a tugboat. Given the challenging characteristics of ammonia,
Taiwanese shipping company Wan Hai Lines has held a naming ceremony for new eco-friendly 3,013 TEU containerships.
New Times Shipbuilding in China has launched two LNG dual-fuel bulk carriers being built for Bermuda-based bulk carrier company Himalaya Shipping. The two 210,000 dwt vessels, named Mount Norefjell and Mount Ita, are the first two vessels from a series of twelve newcastlemax dry bulk vessels under c
Italian maritime transportation group Fratelli Cosulich has won a €29.5m loan from a consortium of lenders to finance 70% of the construction costs for a new LNG bunkering vessel currently being built by Chinese shipyard Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering Co. The lenders include Crédit
South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has received a contract to build one liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier.
Norwegian shipowning company Ocean Yield AS has agreed to purchase a 5,500 TEU newbuilding container vessel under construction at HJ Shipbuilding, Korea.
P&O Cruises’ second LNG-powered Excel-class cruise ship Arvia is set for delivery, German shipbuilding company Meyer Werft revealed.
The world’s biggest ice-rated ConRo vessel Baltic Enabler was named at a traditional ceremony in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges held on 2 November 2022. Baltic Enabler and her sister ship Botnia Enabler, owned by Swedish shipping company Wallenius Sol, are both icebreakers with a deadweight of 28,000 to
South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has developed a new containership concept that does not require fixing of containers. Hyundai Heavy Industries said that the novel lashing-free containership design, described as the world’s first, has won Design Approval from the American Bureau
Hong Kong-based Pacific Gas, a fully owned subsidiary of Shandong Shipping, has placed an order for four 99,000cbm very large ethane carriers with Chinese shipbuilder Jiangnan Shipbuilding (Group) Co, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation. The contract is estimated to be worth around
Longkou Shipyard in China held the keel laying ceremony for the first vessel from the Sleipner concept, which will be chartered out to Volkswagen Konzernlogistik GmbH & Co. OHG. The ships, which were ordered back in 2021, are being built and will be managed by Swedish ship design and management comp
Singapore-based bunker supplier Global Energy Trading, and Stellar Ship Management Services, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Global Energy Group, together with Bureau Veritas classification society, have entered into an agreement for the construction of a methanol bunkering ship. The order was confirme
Qatar’s state-owned oil and gas company QatarEnergy has awarded long-term charter contracts to Malaysian energy logistics group MISC Berhad and its consortium partners for additional five newbuild liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. MISC’s consortium partners include shipping companies Nippon Yuse
US-based transportation and logistics company Matson has signed $1 billion contracts with Philly Shipyard Inc. to build three 3,600 TEU Aloha Class containerships capable of running on LNG. The new vessels will join two Aloha Class ships previously built for Matson by the shipyard that entered servi
