Greece-based ship management company Capital Ship Management (Capital) has taken delivery of the newbuild 50,000 dwt chemical/product medium-range (MR) tanker with LNG fuel-ready propulsion. On 27 January, Capital said it took delivery of the vessel named M/T Alkiviadis from Hyundai Vietnam Shipyard
Dutch fuel producer OCI N.V. (OCI) has joined forces with compatriot barge operator Unibarge to develop Europe’s first dual-fuel bunker barge powered by green methanol.
South Korean shipbuilding major Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) has won an order for the construction of twelve very large container ships from an unnamed European shipping company. The vessels will be built by KSOE’s subsidiary Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries and the contract is wor
Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding has delivered Maersk Biscayne to Japanese Lepta Shipping, a joint venture between Nissen Kaiun and Mitsui & Co. The 3,500 TEU newbuilding containership is intended for a charter for Danish container shipping major Maersk. The vessel is believed to
Having aced its sea trials, Lady Maria Fisher, the second LNG dual-fuel tanker built for British marine engineering services provider James Fisher, has been delivered to its owner. The 6,000dwt LNG dual-fuel vessel was built by China Merchants Jinling (CMJL) shipyard in Yangzhou, China, and it was d
Swiss marine power company WinGD and Belgian shipping and cleantech group CMB.TECH have signed an agreement on the development of ammonia-fuelled two-stroke engines. The companies aim to install the ammonia dual-fuel X72DF engine on a series of ten x 210,000 DWT bulk carriers to be built at a Chines
Oceanbird, a project backed by Alfa Laval and Wallenius, is moving fast with the preparation for the installation of its first land-based Oceanbird Wing 560. The project developers are already ordering parts for the installation, following the award of €9 million worth of funding under the Horizon E
A closer look at this week’s highlights of the latest energy transition-related news gives us an insight into what the future may hold for the sector. With the world’s energy security at the top of nations’ agendas, more and more countries around the world are preparing to shift to renewable energy
Dutch startup Circular Maritime Technologies (CMT) has received a cheque for the €1.7 million grant from the Kansen voor West subsidy program, which is largely financed by the European Regional Development Fund. The company said that the financing would be used for the first steps of CMI’s test and
Setting up a fully automated line for the joint production of ship parts by the Northern Netherlands maritime sector for the benefit of Northern shipyards is technically, financially, and organizationally feasible, a study shows. The feasibility study, ‘Shared Facility micro panel line for the North
Geneva-based container shipping major MSC has reportedly returned to yards with a mammoth order comprising ten LNG-fuelled boxships. Shipbrokers say that the order involves Neopanamax vessels (11,400 TEU) and that the company is paying around $120 million per vessel. Chinese shipbuilder Zhoushan Cha
Swiss-based container shipping giant MSC has the largest orderbook by far in the industry with 124 containerships on order. Namely, MSC has 14 megamax ships and 22 neo-panamax ships on order scheduled for delivery in 2023, according to Alphaliner. The orders are spread between Chinese and South Kore
The hull of the first-ever inland hydrogen vessel is on its way from Shanghai, ready for outfitting in the Netherlands. The vessel, named ‘Antonie’, is being built by Dutch shipyard Concordia Damen for compatriot inland shipping company Lenten Scheepvaart. Antonie has been loaded onto the Sun Shine
MV Tennor Ocean, a 210-metre-long RoRo newbuild under construction at German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG), set off on a test voyage from Flensburg heading for Bremerhaven. The ferry is on the move to Dock 3 at Lloyd Werft. During its week-long stay there, the shipbuilders of FSG
