Vessels
Damen and MO4 pair up for offshore wind vessel digitalization
Damen Shipyards Group has partnered with MO4 to pair its Triton monitoring platform with MO4 motion forecasting service for the offshore wind sector. This strategic alliance aims to offer data analytics-based services, expected to make vessel operations more effective and safety levels to increase.
RMI claims greenest fleet throne
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Registry comprises the world’s youngest blue water fleet with an average age of 9.4 years based on Clarksons Research’s World Fleet Register (Clarksons).
HMM’s 2nd LNG-ready 16,000 TEU newbuild named HMM Gaon
Hyundai Heavy Industries hosted a naming ceremony for the 16,000 TEU container ship HMM Gaon, at its headquarters in Ulsan on Monday, March 22. The colossal containership is the second newbuild from a batch of eight ships ordered by HMM. The start of the deliveries was marked by HMM Nuri earlier thi
MOL, NYK clamp down on microplastics
Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) plans to install a microplastic collection device on a newbuilding woodchip carrier that will be delivered in 2022 and sail under a charter contract with Marusumi Paper. Microplastics are small particles less than 5 millimeters in diameter that are
FueLNG Bellina’s first LNG reloading operation in Singapore
Singapore LNG has welcomed FueLNG Bellina, Singapore’s first liquefied natural gas bunkering vessel, at the import terminal on Jurong Island, marking its first LNG reloading operation.
Höegh Autoliners concludes its first carbon-neutral journey
Norwegian RoRo shipping company Höegh Autoliners has completed its first carbon-neutral voyage with Höegh Trigger vessel running on biofuel from Europe to South Africa.
UKHO provides marine geospatial data for Mayflower Autonomous Ship
The UK Hydrographic Office has announced its support of the Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) project, which will see one of the first Transatlantic crossings of a fully-autonomous vessel.
Santos awards Barossa FPSO deal to BW with $4.6bn firm value
Santos has awarded a contract for the construction, connection, and operation of an FPSO for the Barossa gas field project off Australia to BW Offshore.
CSSC delivers 6th LNG-powered giant to CMA CGM
China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has named and delivered CMA CGM Montmartre, the 6th LNG-powered 23,000 TEU containership, to the French liner company CMA CGM. Built by Jiangnan Shipyard, the vessel forms part of a series of nine 23,000 LNG-powered vessels CMA CGM ordered back in 2017. CM
GC Rieber hands over Polar Queen
Norwegian offshore vessels owner GC Rieber said Tuesday it has delivered the IMR / Walk-to-Work vessel Polar Queen to its new owner, following the sale agreement in February this year. According to GC Rieber, the sale to an undisclosed buyer will see the vessel, built at Freire Shipyard in 2011, lea
BW LNG takes delivery of BW Lesmes
BW LNG, a unit of the Singapore-based gas shipping giant BW Group, has taken delivery of a new LNG carrier, BW Lesmes. The vessel named after the late LNG trading pioneer, Luis Lesmes, was built at the South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). In a brief statement throug
Evergreen to splash up to $2.6 billion on 20 boxships
Taiwanese container shipping company Evergreen Marine has revealed plans to build twenty 15,000 TEU containerships. The announcement made yesterday confirms broker rumours from February this year. When the company was approached for a comment by our editorial staff at the time, Evergreen issued the
Dorian LPG chooses Kongsberg’s tech for its fleet of LPG carriers
Norway’s Kongsberg Digital has signed a contract to install its Vessel Insight solution on U.S.-based Dorian LPG’s fleet of 22 LPG carriers.
CSL to test biodiesel on half of its fleet in 2021
Canadian shipping company Canada Steam Ship Lines (CSL) will be testing second generation biodiesel on half of its fleet over the course of the 2021 navigation season — a first for the Great Lakes shipping industry.