A consortium led by Acua Ocean and featuring Houlder, Ad Hoc Marine Designs, Trident Marine and the University of Southampton has secured UK government backing to develop a new class of medium-sized uncrewed support vessels (USVs). The Project MROS consortium was...
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has obtained approval in principle (AiP) from classification society Lloyd's Register (LR) for two new different designs of a membrane-type LNG carrier equipped with four units of Wind Challenger, a hard sail wind assisted propulsion system. In...
Danish naval architecture practice Knud E Hansen is to provide the outline design for three new ferries for Orkney Islands Council in Scotland. The new ferries will serve the outer North Isles (Westray, Stronsay, Sanday, and Eday) using existing infrastructure, with a...
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, in collaboration with Mitsui E&S, have been granted Approval in Principle (AiP) from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) for an LPG/ammonia carrier that can use liquid ammonia as the ship’s fuel. Ammonia is a green fuel that emits zero CO2...
A new ro-ro vessel concept developed in collaboration between Wallenius Marine and Knud E Hansen builds on the Sleipner PCTC concept and on operational data from the Sleipner vessels 'Future Way' and 'Way Forward'. The new ro-ro design, which includes an engine room...
Incat Crowther has been selected by Port Houston in the US to design a new hybrid electric vessel for the port’s Houston Ship Channel tours. Incat Crowther will partner with Louisiana-based shipbuilder Breaux Brothers on the project, meaning the new vessel will be...
Japanese companies Tokyo Kisen and Marindows have officially launched Japan’s first pure battery -powered all-electric harbour tugboat development project. The electric harbour tugboat which will be operated in the ports of Yokohama and Kawasaki is aiming to...
Canadian naval architecture practice Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) has been awarded a contract to design an AmpRA 3600 tug for Tianjin Port in Northern China. The AmpRA 3600 series tug will be constructed at Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard Group. According to RAL, this builds on...
HAV Design has successfully completed what it describes as one of its most technically demanding vessel conversions, transforming the offshore vessel 'Rem Inspector' into a specialised IMR vessel tailored for Equinor’s operations. The project is said to have pushed...
C-Job Naval Architects has appointed Marek Sawczuk as MD of C-Job Gdańsk, with responsibility for overseeing the company’s sales and engineering teams based in Gdańsk, Poland. C-Job claims expertise in future fuels like hydrogen, methanol and ammonia. Sawczuk brings...
Swedish ship designer FKAB has announced the successful delivery of 'Weco Memphis Elle' and 'Weco Senna', the first two of a series of MR tankers ordered jointly by Hartree Partners, Weco Tankers and Oceangold Tankers, and constructed at Penglai Zhongbai Jinglu...
Electric vessel developer Artemis Technologies has announced it is leading a feasibility study in partnership with international ferry operator FRS Group to establish a new UK Green Shipping Corridor between Newlyn in Cornwall and St Mary’s in the Isles of Scilly. The...
Danish designer OSK says that it has been selected as design partner for Molslinjen's maritime electrification project, contributing a ship design that enables full electrification of the Kattegat route. The project, which includes the construction of two...
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