German shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd has released a video of how a massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tank was installed on its LNG-powered 23,600 TEU containership Berlin Express.
French LNG containment specialist GTT has received an order from its partner, the South Korean shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, for the tank design of two new LNG carriers (LNGCs). The order was placed in the second quarter of 2023 on behalf of an Asian ship-owner, GTT informed. The containm
Japanese shipping industry major NYK and its group company, NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers Ltd., have completed the dismantling of the heavy-lifter vessel, Kamo, at the PHP Ship Recycling Facility in Bangladesh. The Panama-flagged general cargo ship Kamo was built in 1998. The NYK Group said it was th
In the race to achieve net-zero emissions, the maritime sector is turning its attention to hydrogen fuel as a potential game-changer. Hydrogen has uses as a direct fuel in both gaseous or potentially liquid form, and also as a feedstock for liquid hydrogen carriers such as ammonia or methanol. Howev
Finnsirius, the first of two hybrid ro-pax vessels, was delivered to freight and passenger shipping company Finnlines at the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Weihai, China, on 18 July 2023. Finnsirius will start operating on the Naantali–Långnäs–Kapellskär route in September 2023. The second vess
USV AS, a joint venture (JV) company established by DeepOcean, Solstad Offshore and Østensjø, has contracted Astilleros Gondán shipyard to build its first unmanned surface vessel (USV). Expected to enter service in 2025, the USV will be utilised for subsea inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) w
Chengxi Shipyard, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, has signed a contract with China Shipbuilding Industry Trading and Huaxia Financial Leasing for the construction of two 82,600-ton bulk carriers. The Kamsarmaxes have been independently developed by CSSC Chengxi. The deal builds
The world’s largest containership, MSC Michel Cappellini, was named in Bremerhaven today, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company said. Measuring an impressive 400 meters in length and boasting a capacity to carry up to 24,346 containers, the MSC Michel Cappellini is the crown jewel of the brand-new Cele
Norwegian RoRo shipping company Höegh Autoliners has exercised the option to build an additional four new multi-fuel and net zero carbon ready Aurora class vessels. The shipping company will have the option to convert one or more of these vessels to ammonia propulsion as soon as the technology is av
Dutch producer and distributor of hydrogen-based products OCI Global has completed what has been described as ‘the world’s first green methanol bunkering operation’ at the Port of Ulsan, Korea. The bunkering operation took place on Sunday, July 16, when OCI fueled A.P. Moller Maersk’s first green me
Energy company World Fuel Services Corporation has conducted a liquified natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation in China, supplying LNG for Hapag-Lloyd’s 23,660 TEU containership Berlin Express.
A very large crude carrier the Nautica, bought in March by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) from Euronav, as part of a coordinated operation to remove oil from decaying FSO Safer, has arrived in Yemen. The arrival of the VLCC has been confirmed by Yemeni Foreign Minister, Ahmed Bin Mubarak. Nauti
Hong Kong’s new offshore LNG terminal, jointly developed and constructed by power companies CLP Power Hong Kong and the Hongkong Electric (HK Electric), has gone into operation. The first LNG shipment under a long-term supply agreement has arrived, and the LNG was unloaded and stored in the floating
Dynacom Tankers Management, owned by Greek shipping tycoon George Procopiou, has placed an order for two very large crude carriers (VLCCs) at Dalian Shipbuilding (DSIC).
