A consortium established by Japanese maritime majors NYK, Idemitsu Tanker, IINO Lines, and Nihon Shipyard has presented a design concept for Japan’s first Malacca Max type very large crude carrier (VLCC) that can run on methanol as an alternative fuel. To remind, the consortium was formed in January
In a major fleet expansion move, UECC has signed a shipbuilding contract with a Chinese yard for up to four multi-fuel battery hybrid PCTCs.
Swedish shipping company Erik Thun has launched the second plug-in hybrid dry cargo vessel in the new generation of Lake Vanern Max vessels, designed to minimize emissions and maximize cargo.
REGENT Craft, a U.S. manufacturer of all-electric seagliders, has received a deal to deliver its all-electric Monarch seaglider to United Marine Egypt (UME) Shipping.
Swedish ferry company Stena Line has reached another milestone in the construction of its methanol-ready NewMax hybrid ships, having held a joint launch and keel-laying ceremony last week.
French shipping giant CMA CGM has held a christening ceremony for two of its 2,000 TEU LNG-fueled ships, CMA CGM Sintra and CMA CGM Altamira. The vessels are the eighth and ninth in a series of ten 2,000 TEU LNG-powered ships being built by HD Hyundai Mipo in South Korea for CMA CGM’s Northern Europ
Norwegian shipowner Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA (KCC) has decided to equip the upcoming CABU III newbuild with “the world’s largest” suction sails.
Candela, a Swedish maker of sustainable, electric hydrofoil vessels, has marked a new milestone as its P-12 Nova, described as the world’s first electric hydrofoil ferry, began operations in Stockholm. In the early morning of October 29, Nova, the first of Candela’s new P-12 model to enter service,
Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding, a part of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has held a steel-cutting ceremony for what it said to be “the world’s first 210,000-ton ammonia dual-fuel bulk carrier”.
Marine battery manufacturer AYK Energy has secured a contract with Spanish shipowner Mureloil to deliver a 4,200 kWh battery for a new diesel-electric tanker. Under the agreement, AYK Energy will supply its Aries+ battery on a new 7,999 dwt diesel-electric product tanker being built for Mureloil at
As part of its ongoing commitment to decarbonize the fleet, Taiwanese shipping company Wan Hai Lines has placed orders for eight methanol dual-fuel ready containerships at South Korean yards.
China Classification Society (CCS) has awarded approvals in principle for designs of a new ammonia dual-fuel containership and a methanol dual-fuel bulk carrier independently developed by CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding Company.
Greek shipping company Globus Maritime has signed, through two separate subsidiaries, memoranda of agreement to acquire two Kamsarmax scrubber-fitted dry bulk vessels.
French maritime firm Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has celebrated the beginning of the construction of the first low-carbon roll-on /roll-off (RoRo) vessel to be chartered to European aerospace giant Airbus. The steel cutting ceremony for the first of three low-carbon vessels equipped with wind-assi
