Italian maritime transportation group Fratelli Cosulich has won a €29.5m loan from a consortium of lenders to finance 70% of the construction costs for a new LNG bunkering vessel currently being built by Chinese shipyard Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering Co. The lenders include Crédit
Norwegian shipowning company Ocean Yield AS has agreed to purchase a 5,500 TEU newbuilding container vessel under construction at HJ Shipbuilding, Korea.
P&O Cruises’ second LNG-powered Excel-class cruise ship Arvia is set for delivery, German shipbuilding company Meyer Werft revealed.
The world’s biggest ice-rated ConRo vessel Baltic Enabler was named at a traditional ceremony in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges held on 2 November 2022. Baltic Enabler and her sister ship Botnia Enabler, owned by Swedish shipping company Wallenius Sol, are both icebreakers with a deadweight of 28,000 to
Longkou Shipyard in China held the keel laying ceremony for the first vessel from the Sleipner concept, which will be chartered out to Volkswagen Konzernlogistik GmbH & Co. OHG. The ships, which were ordered back in 2021, are being built and will be managed by Swedish ship design and management comp
Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku has delivered the LNG-powered Carnival Celebration cruise ship to Carnival Cruise Line. This is the second ship in Carnival’s Excel class and it was delivered on schedule. The cruise ship will start its maiden voyage already later this week. The vessel was launched at
Guangzhou Shipyard International Co Ltd (GSI) has delivered the third IMOIIMeMAX dual-fuel MR tanker powered by methanol, Stena Promise, to Proman Stena Bulk, a joint venture (JV) between methanol producer Proman and Stena Bulk. The shipbuilder delivered the first one, Stena Pro Patria, to its owner
The Alfred Wegener Institute’s new eco-friendly research vessel Uthörn has been christened at Fassmer shipyard in Berne.
Amon Maritime has launched a new offshore market player – Amon Offshore – and a carbon-free, ammonia-powered PSV design.
Croatian shipbuilder Brodosplit, part of the DIV Group, has laid the keel for a zero-emission electric passenger sailing ship.
Northern Xplorer, a recently established Norwegian cruise venture, has selected classification society DNV to class its first zero-emission cruise ship.
Spanish ferry operator Baleària has placed an order for the second liquefied natural gas (LNG) powered passenger and cargo fast ferry in Spain.
Swiss-headquartered tech company ABB has been selected to deliver the shaft generator system with permanent magnet technology for the first dedicated CO2-storage vessels for Norway’s Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.
Classification society RINA has granted approval in principle (AiP) for a methanol dual fuel tugboat designed by Turkish shipbuilding company Med Marine.
