
Japan’s first LNG-fueled ferry has been launched and named at a local shipyard, shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) said.

North Star has inked contracts totalling over $133 million, marking its most sizeable ERRV order book in recent years.

Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), its group company Monohakobi Technology Institute (MTI) and Finnish maritime consulting and engineering firm Elomatic Oy have completed the development of a concept design for an ammonia-fuel ready LNG-fueled vessel (ARLFV) for the trans

Several container shipping majors have temporarily suspended bookings to and from Russia amid the Russian military attack on Ukraine.

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Eidesvik Offshore has won a contract by PXGEO UK for Subsea Viking under the master time charter agreement. The contract will commence ultimo April in direct continuation of the existing standby contract. The firm period is for 100 days with options for extensions. In

The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been hired to provide technical management for a broad scope of solutions installed on Viking Line’s new climate-smart ship Viking Glory.

Germany’s bank KfW IPEX-Bank is providing a €29 million (about $32 million) loan for the financing of three 4,250 dwt ECO cement carrier newbuildings for Cyprus-based shipping company Eureka Shipping.

Japanese shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has delivered Calluna Gas, a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) powered very large gas carrier (VLGC) to compatriot tanker owner and operator IINO Kaiun Kaisha.

Gastrade is planning the Thrace INGS project that will include its second floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) at the Sea of Thrace, offshore Alexandroupolis.

Shearwater GeoServices has won a contract with Lundin Energy Norway to deliver a 4D ocean bottom seismic (OBS) survey at the Edvard Grieg field. The SW Cook and SW Tasman will conduct the one-and-a-half-month project (3 vessel months) in the North Sea during the 2022 summer season using its Qseabed

Russian ships have been banned from UK ports, following a fresh raft of UK sanctions against Russia on 1 March 2022.

Felicity Ace, the 6,400 CEU car carrier which caught fire on 16 February while crossing the Atlantic Ocean lost stability and sank yesterday, 1 March, after attempts to be towed to safety.

GTT, Alwena Shipping and CHI Zhoushan have received AiP from BV for a new concept, combining LNG retrofit and jumboization applied to large containerships.

Norwegian shipowner Egil Ulvan Rederi has secured Approval in Principle (AiP) from maritime classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) for its zero-emission self-discharging hydrogen-fueled bulk carrier.