Netherlands-based Elegant Exit Company (EEC) has acquired the Wan Hai 165, a containership built in 1998, from Taiwanese shipping company Wan Hai Lines. The vessel was put up for demolition sale as part of a wider bidding process Wan Hai launched at the end of last year covering ten end-of-life cont
Prysmian has kicked off the construction of its new cable-laying vessel with a steel-cutting ceremony at VARD’s shipyard in Romania. The construction of the sister vessel to cable-layer Leonardo da Vinci began on 16 February at Vard Tulcea in Romania. “Prysmian Group had the honor of hitting the but
Hong Kong-based shipping company Seaspan has held a naming ceremony for the first liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered 15,000 TEU boxship scheduled for charter with Israel-based shipowner ZIM Integrated Shipping Services.
Ertuğrul Gazi, the first Turkish-flagged floating storage and gasification unit (FSRU), has worked at full capacity to meet the demand for natural gas after the devastating earthquake that hit the country on 6 February. According to a statement by Boru Hatları ile Petrol Taşıma AŞ (BOTAŞ), the compa
Transocean has posted a short video, featuring the rig crew from the world’s first eighth-generation drillship, which is working in the Gulf of Mexico.
German dry bulk operator Oldendorff Carriers has named its second Cazesize newbuilding built by Namura Shipbuilding in Japan. The vessel was named M/V Gina Oldendorff and follows the delivery of its sistership Alice Oldendorff, which was built also built by Namura and handed over in November 2022. B
UK-based shipping company Carisbrooke Shipping has partnered with London-based tech startup Carnot Ltd whose consortium has been awarded £2.3M to develop a zero-emission hydrogen auxiliary engine demonstrator. Following design, simulations and rigorous testing, the single-fuel hydrogen 50kW engine w
Although liner heavyweight Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is trying to keep its ordering of new boxships on the down low, details have emerged of the company’s ten recently ordered LNG dual-fuel containerships. The order was confirmed by China’s CIMC Group, which disclosed that the constructio
South Korean shipbuilder Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) has inked a deal with an undisclosed shipowner for the construction of two liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers.
Carnival Corporation’s Costa Group and Proman, a top methanol producer, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance the use of methanol as a marine fuel for the cruise industry. The partnership aims to accelerate the energy transition and decarbonization of the existing fleet by impro
Maran Tankers Management, an oil tanker shipping unit of the Angelicoussis Shipping Group, has taken delivery of its second liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel very large crude carrier (VLCC).
The European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) calls on the European Parliament and the Council to support the mandatory inclusion of fuel suppliers under the scope of FuelEU Maritime as proposed by the European Parliament in Amendment 129. The amendment approved on October 19th says that if
Swiss marine power company WinGD has launched a pilot project for a new engine diagnostics solution that will be trialled on a vessel managed by Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM).
Hong Kong-based container shipping company Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has taken delivery of its first 24,188 TEU mega vessel. The vessel was officially named OOCL Spain at a ceremony held today at the No.2 outfitting quay of Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co. (NACKS) in Nantong, China
