Italian Grimaldi Group has held a christening ceremony at the port of Valletta for Eco Malta, the latest hybrid roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel delivered to the company in March.
Avenir LNG has taken delivery of the newbuild LNG bunkering supply vessel Avenir Achievement from the Chinese shipyard Nantong CIMC SOE.
On 26 May, Japanese tugboat services provider Tokyo Kisen held a naming and launching ceremony of the electric tugboat Taiga, currently under construction at Kanagawa Dockyard.
Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has held a naming ceremony for the second vessel in its EeneX series of next-generation coal carriers at compatriot Oshima Shipbuilding.
German multipurpose shipping company United Heavy Lift (UHL) has taken delivery of the newly built F900 Eco-Lifter vessel MV UHL Felicity at the CSSC Hudong shipyard in China.
AET has brought in the third and final Suezmax DP2 shuttle tanker, purpose-built for a long-term charter with Shell for operations in Brazil.
German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has cut the first steel of a roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel ordered by Australian shipping company SeaRoad.
Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has taken delivery of the newly-built W-Max class liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China.
MacGregor, a part of Finnish Cargotec, has secured a contract to supply comprehensive packages of RoRo equipment for three RoPax ferries powered by four liquefied natural gas (LNG) engines of dual-fuel type with battery assistance.
Canadian ship repair yard Shelburne Ship Repair Limited has become the newest participant in Green Marine – the largest voluntary environmental certification program for North America’s maritime industry.
Singapore-based shipping company Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has taken delivery of STL Yangtze, the first of the company’s six new very large ethane carriers (VLECs).
MEO Group has decided to beef up its fleet by ordering five executive crew boats from Penguin Shipyard International to rejuvenate its fleet.
MSC Cruises says its LNG-fuelled newbuild MSC World Europa is to become the greenest and most efficient vessel in its fleet.
MOL Drybulk, a subsidiary of Mitsui O.SK. Lines (MOL), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with sustainable wood bioenergy producer Enviva to deploy an environmentally-friendly bulk carrier to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the woody biomass supply chain.
