
US-based cruise major Royal Caribbean International has taken delivery of Wonder of the Seas, dubbed as the world’s largest cruise ship, after three years of construction.

Swedish shipping company Furetank has ordered a dual-fuel tanker from Chinese shipbuilder China Merchants Jinling Shipyard – former AVIC.

Dutch marine fuel supplier Titan LNG has completed the LNG bunkering of MT Prospero — Donsötank’s new 22,000 dwt product and chemical tanker.

The recent collision in the North Sea highlights hidden safety threats arising from disregarding maritime procedures for the sake of profit.

Singapore-based tanker owner and operator Hafnia has entered into a framework agreement for the purchase of 12 vessels from Monaco-based counterpart Scorpio Tanker.

Korean shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) has ordered the fuel tank design of six LNG-fueled container vessels from French LNG containment specialist GTT.

Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group has been contracted by Malaysia’s Penang Port to build up to five roll-on/roll-off passenger (RoPax) ferries to replace the current fleet.

Germany’s transport and logistics company Volkswagen Group Logistics, part of Volkswagen AG, has become a signatory of the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI), an information disclosure platform hosted by the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI).

Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has concluded a time charter contract for a newbuild LNG carrier with compatriot shipping company Mitsui & Co.

Equinor has selected two engineering players to carry out conceptual studies for an FPSO vessel while the review of the project’s EIS deemed it an unreliable source of information for decision-making processes.

As part of the CO2 emission reduction endeavour, Spliethoff Group, the Netherlands-based shipowner, has completed its first biofuel trial in cooperation with compatriot biofuels pioneer GoodFuel.

Spanish ferry operator Baleària has embarked on a project to build the first electric passenger and cargo ferry that will be pollution free during port stays and approaches.

Russia’s first dual-fuel RoRo-train ferry Marshal Rokossovsky has set out from the Port of Tuzla, Turkey, to the Kaliningrad region in Russia.

Multi-national corporation IDOM, in collaboration with U.S. partners, is seeking feedback from tidal energy industry on the optimal design of a mobile test vessel to ensure its capabilities provide best support for the scope of tidal energy turbine testing.