
The Shipyards’ & Maritime Equipment Association of Europe (SEA Europe) and the federation of trade unions industriAll Europe – the social partners for shipbuilding and ship repair – have called on the next European Commission to issue ‘a robust EU maritime industrial strategy’.

Singapore-based independent common carrier X-Press Feeders has taken delivery of its new green methanol-powered containership built by Chinese shipbuilder Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group.

AtoB@C Shipping, a Swedish subsidiary of Finland-based shipping company ESL Shipping, has christened its first plug-in hybrid vessel Electramar in Helsinki.

Deltamarin and ECOLOG have unveiled a short-range, low-pressure liquified CO2 (LCO2) carrier design with LNG dual-fuel propulsion.

Japanese shipping heavyweight Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), through its group company MOL Energia Pte, has signed a time charter contract for two liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dual-fuel very large gas carriers (VLGCs) with a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, CSSA Chartering and Shipping Services (CSSA).

German shipbuilder Meyer Werft has delivered liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered cruise ship Silver Ray to Monaco-based cruise company Silversea Cruises.

Japanese shipping company NS United Kaiun Kaisha (NS United) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with compatriot companies Nippon Shipyard (NSY), Imabari Shipbuilding, and Japan Marine United Corporation for the construction of a methanol-powered bulk carrier.

Malaysia’s state-owned energy giant PETRONAS, through its wholly-owned subsidiary PETRONAS CCS Ventures, its compatriot shipowner MISC Berhad and Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL) have signed an agreement to launch a joint venture company for the purpose of developing and owning liqui

Japanese companies NYK Line, NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers (NBP), Tsuneishi Shipbuilding and British renewable energy business Drax Group have signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop the ‘world’s first’ biomass-fueled ship (bioship) and the technology that could power it.

Shipping company Maris Fiducia Norway has entered into cooperation agreements with maritime technology company HAV Hydrogen and hydrogen producer and distributor Norwegian Hydrogen to develop, build and operate hydrogen-powered dry-bulk vessels in Europe.

Indonesia’s Pertamina International Shipping (PIS) has welcomed into the fleet two new very large gas carriers (VLGCs), Pertamina Gas Caspia and Pertamina Gas Dahlia.

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has revealed that CMA CGM Sao Paulo, a 13,000 TEU dual-fuel containership owned by French shipping major CMA CGM, has completed its sea trails.

KOTUG Canada, a partnership between KOTUG International and Canada’s Horizon Maritime, has held a keel-laying ceremony for two dual-fuel methanol escort tugs that will service the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP).

Fratelli Cosulich has taken delivery of the newbuild chemical bunker barge equipped to carry methanol and biofuels up to B100.