
NovaAlgoma Cement Carriers, a cement shipping joint venture between Italian-Swiss Nova Marine Group and Canada’s Algoma Central Corporation, has placed an order for a methanol dual-fuel cement carrier in China.

X-Press Feeders has started Europe’s first scheduled feeder network serviced by green methanol-powered vessels and named its first dual-fuel methanol-powered vessel.

Oriental Land Company (OLC), a Japanese leisure and tourism company, has commissioned German shipbuilder Meyer Werft to build a Disney Wish-class cruise ship for the Japanese market.

Danaos Corporation has ordered five new methanol-ready containerships for $509 million at Chinese shipyards.

Spanish ferry company Baleària has taken delivery of Margarita Salas, its second LNG dual-fuel fast ferry.

Fratelli Cosulich has made a new investment in alternative fuels by ordering two advanced methanol-ready chemical bunkering tankers.

Terntank exercised the option to order the fifth next-generation oil and chemical tanker with wind-assisted propulsion and dual-fuel engine.

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) has booked a new order for the construction of two very large ammonia carriers (VLACs).

Bermuda-based shipowner and charterer SFL Corporation has placed an order to build five liquified natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel containerships.

Italian classification society RINA has granted approval in principle (AiP) to Chinese ship design company SDARI for an eco-friendly Aframax tanker design.

Norwegian short-sea company Wilson ASA has signed a contract for the construction of eight 6,300 dwt future-proof vessels.

Stena RoRo has ordered two more multi-fuel E-Flexer roll-on/roll-off passenger (RoPax) vessels at China’s CMI Jinling, Weihai Shipyard.

On the Day of the Seafarers, June 26, Sofia, the third newbuild owned by Finland-based shipping company Langh Ship, arrived for the first time in Tornio in Finland.

Swedish shipping company Thun Tankers, part of the Erik Thun Group, has taken delivery of the second in a series of six new eco R-class tankers, Thun Reliance.