In the bidding for the batch tugboat construction project of Sinopec Shengli Oilfield Branch, Tongfang Jiangxin Shipbuilding won the 2023 Shengli Oilfield Offshore Oil Ship Center 4 A 5000 HP full-turn tugboat construction project contract. According to the China Association of the National Shipbuil
Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has started construction of the first LNG carrier for compatriot COSCO Shipping Energy and Sinochem Petroleum. According to the shipbuilder’s statement, the construction of the 174,000 m3 LNG carrier began on 8 August at the Changxing Shipbuilding Bas
Dutch bunker supplier Titan has completed the conversion of its recently acquired vessels, Titan Unikum and Titan Vision, into state-of-the-art LNG bunker vessels. The company bought the two ships at the beginning of 2023 from Canadian gas transportation company Seapeak for bunkering retrofit. Titan
China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s Wuchang Shipbuilding has inked a construction contract for two stainless steel chemical tankers, each weighing 25,900 deadweight tons, with Xingtong Shipping Co., a prominent name in the chemical tanker domain in China. The agreement marks an initial partnershi
Florida-based marine company Crowley and the Port of San Diego broke ground for the shoreside charging station designed to provide clean energy for the company’s forth-coming zero-emissions tugboat, eWolf. The eWolf, under continuing construction at Master Boat Builders, is a crucial component of th
The global energy and commodity group, Mercuria, has partnered with maritime innovator ÈTA Shipping to establish a joint venture. This collaboration aims to build six initial electric short sea vessels, with an option for an additional ten ships. The construction of these vessels will be carried out
Crude oil tanker company DHT Holdings has completed the installation of three exhaust gas cleaning systems in the second quarter of 2023 and now all 23 very large crude carriers (VLCCs) in the company’s fleet are scrubber-fitted. Scrubbers, also known as exhaust gas cleaning systems, allow companies
Swiss renewable energy producer Axpo has inked a ten-year charter deal for a liqufied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel, which could also transport bio-LNG and ammonia.
Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) has delivered a new, eco-friendly bulk carrier for Norway-based dry bulk shipping company Golden Ocean Group Limited (GOGL).
The world’s largest container shipping firm MSC has returned to Chinese shipbuilder Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard with an order for an additional ten LNG-powered containerships. The deal will see Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard build ten LNG-powered behemoths each boasting a 10
Japan’s Mitsui E&S has received orders for two units of WT-3 high-pressure boil-off gas (BOG) compressor from its compatriot Mitsubishi Shipbuilding. According to Mitsui, the WT-3 BOG compressors will be delivered as one of LNG fuel supply systems of dual-fuel engines to be equipped on 210,000 DWT L
Singapore-based tanker owner and operator Hafnia has leaped onto the methanol bandwagon with the recent order for four 49,800 deadweight dual-fuel methanol chemical IMOII Medium-Range (MR) tankers. The deal was signed with China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) together with Hafnia’s joint-v
Hong Kong-based container shipping company Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. (OOCL) has welcomed one more 24,188 TEU mega vessel. The new container vessel was named “OOCL Felixstowe” today at the Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. (DACKS) shipyard. “We ordered this series of ultra large
Bermuda-based shipping company Himalaya Shipping, a rising star in the dry bulk industry, is well on its way on its transition path into a fully operational company, thanks to timely investments in the ‘right ships’. One of the key highlights of the first half of 2023 for the company was the deliver
