Fincantieri has held a steel-cutting ceremony for Seven Seas Prestige, the new ultra-luxury cruise ship of Regent Seven Seas Cruises, a brand of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH).
South Korean shipbuilding major HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), in collaboration with ship designer Robert Allan, has received approval in principle (AiP) from classification society ABS for an escort tug with methanol dual-fuel (DF) hybrid propulsion system. The AiP certific
Eidesvik Offshore and its partner, Agalas, have begun to build a methanol-powered hybrid construction support vessel (CSV) for offshore wind and subsea operations.
Classification society Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) has teamed up with Singapore-based maritime engineering and design company SeaTech Solutions to work on the design and classification of next-generation green tugs and harbor crafts. To bolster their partnership, IRS and SeaTech signed a memor
Hong Kong-based containership lessor Seaspan Corporation has ordered six environmentally friendly boxships at Chinese Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC).
Norwegian shipping company Höegh Autoliners has welcomed the second multi-fuel Aurora-class pure car and truck carrier (PCTC), Höegh Borealis, to its fleet. Höegh Autoliners took delivery of the latest newbuild from China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) on October 16, 2024, following the naming cere
Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar has held a steel-cutting ceremony for four electric tugs to be built for state-owned crude oil and natural gas pipelines and trading company BOTAŞ.
In an effort to ‘enhance’ the sustainability and efficiency of its fleet, Germany’s family-owned shipping company Reederei Bernd Sibum has commissioned four hybrid-ready combi freighter (CF) 3850s from the Netherlands’ Damen Shipyards Group. As disclosed, set to be built at Damen Yichang shipyard in
Al Seer Marine, a subsidiary of International Holding Company, has secured $80 million in financing from BOCOM Financial Leasing, a subsidiary of the Bank of Communications, one of China’s largest commercial banks, for its newly delivered MR tankers Betelgeuse and Bellatrix.
Construction has started in Türkiye on the first of four battery-powered autonomous double-ended ferries ordered by Norwegian ferry operator Fjord1.
Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has taken delivery of a new car carrier powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) and with a capacity of 7,000 CEU.
Amadeus Schiffahrts- und Speditions, a subsidiary of German shipping company HGK Shipping, has enhanced its charter fleet with Amadeus Saffier, a wind-powered diesel-electric shortsea vessel.
On its fleet expansion quest, Taiwanese shipping company U-Ming Marine Transport has placed a new order for the construction of LNG-ready ultramax bulk carriers at New Dayang shipyard in China. Under the contract, the Chinese shipyard will build four 64,000 dwt bulk carriers with LNG-ready notations
South Korean shipbuilding major HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) has received an order for the construction of two very large ammonia carriers (VLAC).
